One thing to keep in mind is that official Yardi training is usually only available if you’re working for a company that already uses it. That said, you can still get a head start by looking into third-party resources like Gelbgroup Academy or browsing YouTube for recent tutorials and walkthroughs. Another approach is to reach out to a local property manager who uses Yardi and see if they’d be willing to give you some hands-on training. You could offer to help them with a project or assist part-time in exchange for learning the system.
It won’t fully replace hands-on experience, but it’ll definitely help you get familiar with the system and stand out when applying.
Coming from the operator side (I run a commercial portfolio in SoCal), here's the honest take on how hiring managers think about Yardi proficiency: most of them know you're not going to arrive knowing their specific implementation since every company configures it differently. What they're really testing for is whether you understand the underlying concepts — how lease charges and billing work, how CAM and NNN pass-throughs flow through the system, how work orders connect to vendor payments, etc.
The Yardi client portal (client.yardi.com) has free training modules if you can get a login through a company that licenses Yardi — worth asking about in your network. Mohammed's suggestion on YouTube is legitimate; search specifically for "Yardi Voyager" tutorials and look for content published in the last 2 years since the UI has changed.
One thing that will differentiate you for NYC roles specifically: there's a lot of multifamily and mixed-use commercial in that market, and property managers who understand both the residential and commercial billing logic (especially for retail in mixed-use buildings) are harder to find. If you can get comfortable with how Yardi handles CAM estimates, year-end reconciliations, and the difference between gross and NNN lease billing structures, you'll stand out against candidates who only know the residential module.