We recently announced substantial changes to the data input form and other elements in REsearch 4.5. The following notice was sent to users who use, or have used, the “Rentals” section of our system.

Thank you for adding Rentals to REsearch!

As you know, the Rentals section of REsearch is in its early stages, and we plan to focus on improving and expanding rental-specific features in a future release. For the time being, as a user of the Rental Input Form and related formats, we wanted to let you know about changes coming with the release of REsearch 4.5.

Revised Rental Input Form

The easiest way to familiarize yourself with the updated Rental Input Form is to view, or print, a simple mock up of the new form. To download the revised form, please click here:

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view and print this document.

Important Notes:

  1. For review purposes, the form is provided with all sections visible. Typically, when entering a listing, the form will not display sections for unrelated property types (i.e. sections specific to business or vacant land).
  2. These are rough mock-ups that reflect the various changes (detailed below). It does not necessarily show precise changes to layout, element positioning, and spacing that will inevitably result from these changes, and which we are separately addressing.

List of Rental Input Form Changes

Listors Section

  1. Change layout of Listor’s to be side by side, left to right, same as Listing Input form format.

Rental Basics Section:

  1. Rental Type: Remove the following options: Short Term, Long Term & 6 Months. Add “Annually” as an option. Add new options in this order: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annually & Vacation.
  2. Eliminate entirely “Other Address Used for property with multiple addresses”.
  3. Relocate “Online Display(Public)”, “Customer Remarks (Public)” & “Agent Remarks (Private)” to the end before the signature section.

Rental Details Section:

  1. Change “Available” & replace with “Available Date”.
  2. Eliminate the category “Rental Price” and relocate the options to under Rental Details. Move “Expires” to second line & Move “Rent Amount” & “Rent Period” to 1st line, as shown below.
  3. Rent Period: Eliminate the word “Rent” & “Per” from all the options. Options should read as follows in this order: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly & Annually.
  4. Move In Includes: Eliminate options: “Cleaning” & “Last Month”. Change “Security” to “Security Deposit”.
  5. House Rules: Changed to Yes/No checkable box.
  6. Rent Payable By: Add “PayPal”. Change “On-Line” to “On-Line(ACH)”.
  7. Primary Rental Type: Relocate this field to Rental Basics Section. Add as an option, “Vacation”. Eliminate “Monthly per sq ft” & “Annually per sq ft”. Place in the following order: Vacation, Daily, Weekly, Monthly & Annually.
  8. Utilities Included in Rent: Eliminate the following options: Overhead Electric, Private Water, Catchment Water, County Water, High Speed Internet, Special Subdivided Power Policy & Underground Electric. Add “DSL” & “Wireless” as options.
  9. Relocate “Rent Payable By:” field under the beginning area of the Rental Details section, after “Security Deposit” field, followed by “Utilities Included in Rent” & “Showing Instructions”.
  10. Move-in Includes: Eliminate “Cleaning” & “Last month”. Change “Security” to read “Security Deposit”.
  11. Additional Information: Eliminate “Rent Description”, “County Catchment”, “Potable Water” & “Solar Electric” fields.

Property Details Section:

  1. Eliminate “Flood Zone” & Lava Zone” as options.
  2. Eliminate “Lot Dimensions – Width (ft)” and “Lot Dimensions – Length (ft)” as an option.
  3. Eliminate Utilities Section(Power, Water, Wastewater Treatment System”, Telephone Availability, TV Availability & Internet Availability.
  4. Eliminate “Solid Waste Disposal, (Trash) & all the options.
  5. Eliminate “Water Features” as an option.
  6. Change “Living Area” to read “Interior Area”.

Financial Details Section:

  1. Eliminate section.

Live Webinars

We have scheduled several live, online “What’s New in REsearch 4.5” training sessions in which you can get an overview of the planned changes. These may be a good opportunity to ask questions or provide feedback specific to Rentals.

Click above to RSVP, and mark your calendars!

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