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Commercial Real Estate Technology Newsletter

Commercial Professional Release 1.550
August 1, 2000

The Official Apartment/Commercial Professional Newsletter

* New Apartment/Commercial Professional 1.550 release available -
http://www.commercialprofessional.com/downloadinfo.asp or select
Help->Upgrade from your Commercial Professional main menu.

* MAJOR NEW FEATURE - THE DEAL FINDER!

* End of the year 2000, Database Solutions will release REALHOUND.COM, a web enabled version of Commercial Professional. Look the name of Commercial Professional to change to REALHOUND with the optional Internet version called REALHOUND.COM. You will be able to access it via any computer and easily share your data.

WEB RESOURCES

There are thousands of web-sites that are useful to the commercial real
estate executive. Which are the must see?

1. http://www.pikenet.com/
2. http://www.vandema.com/
3. http://www.springstreet.com/
4. http://www.egrabber.com/addressgrabber.htm
5. http://www.infods.com/
6. http://www.niteowl.net/
7. http://www.yieldstar.com/
8. http://www.tradescape.com/
9. http://www.dataconsortium.org/
10. http://www.commercialsource.com/

UPCOMING EVENTS

* Annual Apartment Outlook - October 2. To learn more...
http://www.realestateoutlook.com/

NEW PROGRAM FEATURES

Here's what's new in this version...

* Deal Finder - select Analysis->Deal Finder to compare proforma values of every property in your search group. This is hot!!!
* Optional International formatting of all phone numbers and postal codes. Make the switch in the Administration screen.
* Act! Synchronization - select Link->Act! Reports->Act! Sync to synchronize your Commercial Professional owners with your Act! contacts.
* New Report - Offering (Photo)
* New Report - Offering List
* Modified duplicate search on the Special Search screen to include Parcel number and property name.
* Added a memory to the report subtitle.

* Added a button to the new sale screen which will automatically change the owner of the property to the newly entered buyer.
* Added a delete owner button to the Data Entry Owners screen.
* Revised the Spring Street import to read their new format.
* Improved upgrade reliability.
* Misc. bug fixes

APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL QUICK TIP

Search out the least valued property with the new Deal Finder screen. To start, search for a group of properties to analyze. Next, select Analysis->Deal Finder from the main menu. Enter your defaults and instantly you will know which property is worth the least, or the most. Scout out deals!