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Build vs. Buy AI in 2026: Why the Old Rules No Longer Apply
Even though DIY for AI is getting easier and easier, it's also getting more and more complicated.

Eric Huang
3 days ago4 min read


The Duality of AI: A 2026 Canadian Practitioner’s Perspective, Some Stories and Some Activism
Intro to the 'growing' growing gap problem, compounding and investments
The human impact: workforce and education, org structure changes, aging workforce and the trickle down effect
The dichotomy of AI gains: efficiency vs. disruption, solo unicorns, under indexing of human skillsets, the mundanity of excellence
Our collective responsibility and activism: why AI regulation might look like car regulations, our values and action to affect the fine AI line we are curren

Eric Huang
Aug 1912 min read


Building a Custom AI Copilot for Residential Real Estate: Integrating Yardi with Gemini and NotebookLM
For decades, the standard in residential real estate analytics has been the static dashboard. Asset managers and property teams have spent countless hours exporting data from property management systems (PMS) to hunt for insights. Today, the frontier has shifted toward Agentic AI—systems that not only aggregate data but actively synthesize it, detect variances, and generate executive-ready performance reports. By leveraging Google’s Gemini and NotebookLM, real estate firms

Eric Huang
Jul 154 min read


Securing Your Company's AI: A C-Suite Guide to Preventing Gemini Data Leaks
As your team adopts AI, the biggest question on any CTO’s mind is simple: Is our proprietary data safe? When rolling out generative AI like Gemini to multiple team members, protecting your intellectual property, customer data, and internal communications isn't just an IT preference—it's a compliance mandate. Here is what you need to know to ensure your Gemini deployment is secure, private, and leak-proof. 1. Choose the Right Subscription (The Golden Rule) The single most impo

Eric Huang
Jul 152 min read


Mastering Residential Leasing Analytics: Leveraging Yardi Data Connect and Power BI
In the fast-paced residential real estate sector, tracking operational data effectively dictates portfolio profitability. For many property management firms, valuable leasing data remains trapped inside legacy software environments or gets siloed into static month-end spreadsheets. To drive occupancy and optimize operations, forward-thinking asset managers are shifting toward automated, real-time analytics by pairing Yardi Data Connect (YDC) with Microsoft Power BI. Deployi
AAARL
Jul 83 min read


Unlocking Residential Real Estate Insights: Power BI and Yardi Data Connect
For residential real estate firms, data is your most valuable asset—but only if you can actually use it. For years, asset managers and reporting teams have struggled with siloed information, relying on manual CSV exports from Yardi Voyager and static month-end spreadsheets. By the time leadership reviews the portfolio metrics, the data is often already stale. Enter Yardi Data Connect (YDC) combined with Microsoft Power BI. At Advanced Analytics and Research Lab (aaarl.ca),

Eric Huang
Jul 82 min read


Revenue Management for Four Single Family Rental Communities
As part of a pilot project, Propertylab.ai (a subsidiary of Advanced Analytics and Research lab focused on the Real Estate Industry) leveraged the first AI-based dynamic pricing for Single Family Rental Communities for a Large US-based residential rental owners. The goal was to help the organization increase rent revenue, decrease vacancy costs, and improve operational efficiencies for four Single Family Rental Communities. BACKGROUND: This company, which was relatively new t
michaelwoolfson
Sep 6, 20233 min read


Lease Expiration Management for Residential Real-Estate
This blog goes over the topic of lease expiration management, and how it can be used to help residential real estate assets perform better.
michaelwoolfson
Sep 30, 20225 min read


Inventory Management - Q vs. P Systems
This blog goes into the details of two inventory management systems: The Fixed Order Quantity (Q) and Fixed Order Period (P) systems.
michaelwoolfson
Sep 23, 20224 min read


Revenue Management for Single Family Rentals
This post dives into revenue management and how it can be implemented in the single family rental space.
michaelwoolfson
Sep 16, 20225 min read


Three Easy Steps to get your Organization Started with Data Analytics
Three easy steps for any organization to get started with data and analytics.
michaelwoolfson
May 27, 20223 min read


Analytics and AI in Residential Real Estate Pricing
This blog will focus on the how and the why of using analytics and AI to better price residential real estate units.
michaelwoolfson
Apr 29, 20224 min read


How To: HR / People Analytics
Human capital is one of the key driving forces of success within any company. Undoubtedly, organizations that strategically attract...
michaelwoolfson
Apr 14, 20223 min read


How to: Sales Analytics
This blog goes into sales analytics - and how to use your data to improve your organizations sales performance.
michaelwoolfson
Apr 1, 20222 min read


How To: Customer Analytics
This blog discusses customer analytics and how organizations can better utilize their data to understand and better serve customers
michaelwoolfson
Mar 25, 20223 min read


How To: Social Media Analytics
In the second part of our How To Series, we discuss social media analytics. What metrics to track, how track them, and the benefits.
michaelwoolfson
Mar 11, 20223 min read


How To: Marketing Analytics
Learn the basics of marketing analytics and how you can incorporate it into your organization today!
michaelwoolfson
Mar 4, 20223 min read


Four Data & Analytics Initiatives to Achieve Retail Excellence - Webinar Overview
This blog highlights our latest webinar "Four Data & Analytics Initiatives to Achieve Retail Excellence".
michaelwoolfson
Feb 25, 20224 min read


Are Super Bowl Commercials Worth It?
The NFL’s final game, the Super Bowl, is known for a few things: football, wings, pizza, beer, the half-time show, and commercials....
michaelwoolfson
Feb 18, 20224 min read


Building a Successful Data Analytics Strategy
This blog goes into how your organization can build a successful data analytics strategy.
michaelwoolfson
Feb 11, 20224 min read
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