REALHOUND
Newsletter 2.068
Commercial Real Estate Software
February 2, 2001
TECH RECOMMENDATIONS
We visit lots of sites and try hundreds of programs. Here are some of our
favorites. None of these recommendations are paid. Please let us know if
you try one and like it too.
* Most Useful Web Sites
1. http://www.globest.com/ - The new standard in Commercial Real Estate news
2. http://www.realfacts.com/ - Lots of informative and fun multi-family news
updated weekly
3. http://www.meyersgroup.com/ - Great market studies
4. http://www.storetrax.com/ - Comprehensive retail property listings
5. http://www.cpnrenet.com/ - Commercial Property News on-Line
6. http://www.newsalert.com/ - Excellent news clipping service, delivers right
to your email
7. http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/index.html - US Census information with
easy interface
8. http://www.smmonline.com/ - Terrific info for anyone in apartment leasing
9. http://www.rentv.com/ - Up to date real estate news
10. http://www.roddyreport.com/ - Confirmed sales for the Texas market
* Top Products
eBay - http://www.ebay.com -
Everyone has heard of this. But, if you haven't used it, give it a try. In over
50 purchases I have never had a single one go bad.
Street Wizard - http://www.streetwizard.com - Excellent mapping software. If
you purchase REALHOUND, you get a free copy. If not, buy it for a powerful,
easy to use, inexpensive mapping solution.
Access Line - http://www.accessline.com - A powerful phone system for only $20
per month? Exactly!
NEWS
* New REALHOUND 2.068 release available - http://www.REALHOUND.com or select
Help->Upgrade from your REALHOUND main menu. This is a significant upgrade.
* Special pricing for REALHOUND.
Only $995 per license. This is a $500 discount off our standard pricing. This
price is good until February 28, 2001.
* Try out Word Reporter for free.
This is a very helpful add-in for REALHOUND. Create stunning custom reports
right in Microsoft Word with two clicks - directly from REALHOUND. To download
a 30-day trial, select Help->Addins from your REALHOUND main menu.
UPCOMING EVENTS
* Multi-Housing World - www.mhw.com
NEW PROGRAM FEATURES
Here's what's new in this version...
* New Report - Historical Rents by Group Graph
* New Report Property List Comments
* New Field Owner comments found on the owner screen
* New Screen - Added a properties owned, purchased and sold tab to the owners
screen
* New Function - Merge Properties, found under the Property menu
* Modified Function - Import zip file now imports new fields
* Modified Search Screen - 'does not equal' search now includes blanks
* Modified Search Screen - 'greater than' and 'less than' now also search for
'or equal to'
* Modified Function - The Act! link now looks up the contact name if no company
match is found
* Commercial - New report Available Spaces
* Commercial - New report Available List
* Commercial - Added sub-lease to the detailed lease screen
* Commercial - Added property name, address and city to the leases screen
* Commercial Added available field
* Commercial - Changed profile screens and rent roll to show available instead
of vacant
* Fixed SpringStreet import to
work with their new site
* Fixed link to National Zip Code file to automatically lookup a city and
county when you enter a zip code
* Fixed sales trend report
* Fixed Lookup Selected Owners in Act! function
* Fixed Property Notes from Act! function
* Fixed image cropping bug
REALHOUND QUICK TIP
If you often times search for the same group of properties, just save the
property group instead. After you do a search and narrow down your
properties, select File->Save Property Group. Name the group by specifying
a file name. The next time you want to return to those properties, select
File->Open Property Group and double-click on the group name. You can
share the group by saving it to a network drive, or keep the group private
by saving it to a local drive.
