The Official Apartment/Commercial Professional Newsletter

TECH RECOMMENDATIONS

We are a technology shop. We visit lots of sites and try hundreds of programs. Here are some of my favorites. None of these recommendations are paid. Please let me know if you try one and like it too.

* Favorite Web Sites

1. http://www.happyfatguy.com/ - It's my site :-) Had to list it.
2. http://www.springstreet.com/ - THE resource for the apartment renter
3. http://www.tradescape.com/ - Direct to the exchange stock trading - free level II quotes
4. http://www.pikenet.com/ - A great directory of the industry
5. http://www.netmysteryshopper.com/ - How does your community respond to internet leads?
6. http://www.realfacts.com/ - In depth apartment information service
7. http://www.vandema.com/ - Another great directory of the industry
8. http://www.globest.com/ - Great new news service
9. http://www.businesscreditusa.com/ - Know your contacts before you call on them
10. http://www.niteowl.net/ - Free assessor's information - nationwide

* Top Products

Calculator!: Symbolic Calculator - http://www.prosolv.com/prod01.htm

This is one of the most amazing tools I have ever seen! It actually SOLVES algebra equations and will show you step-by-step what the math is.
Enter something like 'x * 3 = x + 10' and it will walk you through getting to 'x = 5'.

Screen Shots: Hypersnap DX - http://www.hyperionics.com
Take 'pictures' of any screen or window on your computer and paste them into Word or Excel

Favorites/Bookmarks: Powermarks - http://www.kaylon.com/power.html
An incredible way to keep track of and search for your Internet Explorer Favorites and Netscape Bookmarks

NEWS

* New Apartment/Commercial Professional 1.585 release available -
http://www.commercialprofessional.com/ or select Help->Upgrade from your Commercial Professional main menu. If you do not have Commercial Professional installed, you can download a 30-day trial of the full version from http://www.commercialprofessional.com/

* We are still working out bugs in our new phone system. Please be patient when you call.

* See us on a TV interview. Just go to http://www.commercialprofessional.com/ and click on the Biz News 1 interview.

* Give our on-line techdocs a try.
http://www.commercialprofessional.com/support.htm

* A revised manual has been posted to the http://www.commercialprofessional.com/ website. Just click on the 'Quick Start Guide' to the right.

NEW PROGRAM FEATURES

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

· Added New Report ­ 'User Fields' (profile)
· Added New Report - 'Comparative Property Report - No Owner' (sale)
· Added New Report - 'Historical Rents by Group' (trend)
· Added 25 more user defined numerical, date, memo and text fields.
· Added a Utilities screen ­ just double-click on the meter type on the property profile
· Added 'Multiple sort ascending' to the Search menu
· Added 'Multiple sort descending' to the Search menu
· Added 'unzip a file' function ­ File->Administration->Unzip a file
· Added 'Web Helpers' button to the toolbar
· Added 'Transfer a field' function to the Administration screen
· Modified the 'Survey Compact' report to include the survey date
· Modified the 'Rent Comparable (photo)' report to include the utilities
· Modified the user fields screen to display all user fields. Will also resize.
· Clarified the wording on the upgrade screen
· Renamed the 'Inventory by Group' report to 'Current Rents by Group'
· Renamed the 'Description' report to 'Offering Summary'
· Fixed an error when deleting the last property from the property list
· Fixed last letter dropping on the report titles
· Fixed calculation error in the 'Survey ­ Compact' report
· Fixed historical rent anomaly in all historical reports

COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL QUICK TIP

After you run a search, there are two ways to easily drop properties from the search group. First, while you are on the property profile screen, select Property->Drop Property. This will remove the current property from the group. Or, you can open the property list (view->property list), select the property you want to drop, then click the 'drop property' button at the bottom of the screen.