The REdirect + Datarails Partnership: Bringing AI-Powered FP&A to Real Estate Finance Teams in 2026
Real estate finance teams have spent years stitching together ERPs, spreadsheets, and one-off reports just to answer a simple question: what happened last month, and what does it mean for the business?
REdirect Consulting's partnership with Datarails was built to close that gap — pairing REdirect's real estate technology expertise with Datarails' AI-powered FP&A platform so finance teams can consolidate, automate, and report without giving up the Excel workflows they already know.
Why REdirect Partnered with Datarails
REdirect has spent more than two decades helping real estate owners, operators, and investment managers get more out of platforms like Yardi, MRI, and AppFolio. But implementation alone doesn't solve the last-mile problem finance teams face every close: pulling accounting data out of the ERP, reshaping it in Excel, and turning it into something leadership can actually use.
Datarails was built to solve exactly that. It connects directly to the systems real estate teams already run — ERPs, data warehouses, and existing Excel models — and turns that data into a governed, single source of truth for reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and dashboards, all without forcing finance teams out of Excel. Bringing Datarails into REdirect's service lineup means clients get the platform plus the real estate-specific implementation and advisory support REdirect is known for, so the rollout fits how a property management or investment firm actually operates.
What's New in 2026
REdirect and Datarails have both expanded meaningfully heading into 2026, and the partnership is now positioned inside a broader set of updates on both sides:
- AI moving from add-on to core. Both firms are leaning further into AI in 2026. On the Datarails side, the FinanceOS platform now centers on an AI Connector that links governed financial data directly to the AI tools finance teams are already using, plus "Insights by Genius," which proactively surfaces trends and anomalies in the data rather than waiting for someone to go looking for them. On the REdirect side, the CoE folds in an AI Adoption Accelerator and agentic automation services, so clients rolling out Datarails can pair it with broader AI-driven workflow automation.
- Deeper real estate specialization. Datarails' partner network now includes a direct integration with MRI Software, giving MRI clients a more direct path to Datarails' consolidation and analytics layer. Combined with REdirect's existing Yardi and AppFolio depth, that means real estate finance teams on any of the major platforms have a supported path into Datarails.
A Real Estate Case Study: Kane Realty
Datarails' work with Kane Realty, a full-service real estate developer and property manager based in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a good illustration of what this partnership is meant to deliver.
When Kane Realty's FP&A Manager set out to build the company's finance function from the ground up, the biggest obstacle wasn't a lack of data — it was getting data out of the ERP and into a usable report. Preparing the monthly reporting package for leadership could eat up a full day, leaving little time to actually analyze what the numbers meant before presenting them.
After adopting Datarails, which connected directly into Kane Realty's existing Snowflake data environment, that process changed considerably:
- Month-end reporting time cut in half, freeing up time for analysis instead of manual data prep
- A single source of truth across reporting and planning that the finance team and business leaders could both rely on
- Room to grow into scenario analysis and long-range planning, without needing to rebuild the system as the company scaled
Kane Realty's team has since started exploring Datarails' Premium Success services and its AI Connector to get even more value out of the data they've already connected — a natural next step for a real estate finance function that started with basic reporting automation and is now building toward more advanced analysis.
What This Means for Real Estate Finance Teams
The through-line across the Kane Realty story and REdirect's 2026 roadmap is the same: real estate finance teams don't need to choose between staying in Excel and getting modern, automated, AI-ready reporting. Datarails provides the platform; REdirect provides the real estate context, implementation expertise, and ongoing support to make sure it actually fits how a property management or investment firm runs its books.
For finance teams still spending days each month wrestling data into shape before they can even start analyzing it, that combination — now wrapped into REdirect's 2026 Center of Excellence — is exactly the kind of continuity-over-one-off-projects approach the partnership was designed around.
Interested in seeing what Datarails could do for your reporting process? Reach out to REdirect Consulting to talk through your current FP&A workflow.
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About the Author
Noelle Lipschutz
Noelle brings property management and real estate operations experience to her role. Her journey in real estate began at a Family Office, where she immersed herself in the MRI software, actively seeking innovative ways to enhance efficiency and streamline processes.
Noelle holds a degree in …