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Use the More Reports Function in the Toolbar

February 3, 2012

All ProAPOD real estate investing software solutions provide a specially-designed toolbar to make your real estate analysis as trouble-free as possible. Included in this toolbar is the “More Reports” function which allows you to select a number of other forms that can be opened which in turn enables you to create other specific reports such as a marketing package (for instance).

This function is often overlooked by customers using our real estate software so we felt it needful to point it out. You will see this function on the toolbar labeled “More Reports” . Simply click it and a drop-down menu containing the names of the other reports will appear. Click your selection and the form required to create that specific report will automatically appear. To hide the form, simply go back to the toolbar and deselect the report.

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About ProAPOD Customer Support

January 30, 2012

Although most new customers of our real estate investing software solutions are able to download, install, and work with ProAPOD without a hitch, there are times when it becomes an issue. We track these and then post the appropriate resolutions on the customer support page of our website  for the convenience of future customers.

Unfortunately, when some new customers do encounter a problem they seem to ignore our online tutorials (or simply aren’t aware that they exist) and put in a call to me. I certainly don’t object to these calls, but they can be avoided if the customer would read the tutorials first; it would certainly be easier for them and actually would be more informative because our tutorials provide step-by-step instructions along with screenshots.

The issues most typically encountered are the result of the way newer versions of  Windows handles applications for Excel such as our real estate software. Namely, since Vista, Windows requires the computer owner to do two things that were not necessary with applications for Excel on Windows XP and older. Both were introduced by the guys at Microsoft for general security reasons (so I guess we can say it’s for our own good, though it does make things slightly more difficult).

  1.  The computer owner must gain file permission to the ProAPOD folder. Until this is done the customer will not be able to save any project they are working on or might be alerted that ProAPOD is “read only”. This is an easy fix that needs attention only. The tutorials can be found (with screenshots) at Resolving Vista Read Only and File Permissions and at Resolving Windows 7 Read Only and File Permissions.
  2. The computer owner must display the ProAPOD toolbar. Starting with Vista, the toolbar for Excel applications can only be displayed from the Excel “Add-ins” tab. This is crucial to the performance of ProAPOD because all the functions such as Save and Print are built-in to our toolbar. This is also an easy resolution. The tutorial (with screenshots) are located at How to Display Our Toolbar in Excel 7 and  at How to Display Our Toolbar in Excel 10.

Hopefully this article will be a reminder to our new customers that ProAPOD does provide excellent customer support with informative articles always just a click away. If all else fails, of course, feel free to call, but if you just take a few moments to read the tutorials first you can save the call.

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About ProAPOD Executive 10 Real Estate Investing Software

January 12, 2012

EXECUTIVE 10 is ProAPOD’s platinum-grade real estate analysis solution. This real estate investing software includes tax shelter and time value of money computations, deep-level cash flow analysis and projections, marketing reports, and a myriad of advanced features.

So real estate agents and investors (experienced or not) can quickly and easily analyze the profitability of any-size rental income property for investment decisions as well as create a marketing package and executive summary when the income property goes up for sale.

Origin

EXECUTIVE 10 was developed in 2005 following a string of requests from customers asking us to provide a software program with cash flow and rates of return computed after taxes as well as before taxes. So we took the flagship solution we released earlier in 2000 and beefed it up with elements for both tax shelter and time value of money. The result is this real estate investing analysis software solution (which has since become our most popular).

Overview

EXECUTIVE 10 is a “deep-level” real estate analysis and marketing program. That is, it enables agents, real estate investors, and other analysts to evaluate the profitability of income-producing properties with full consideration for income taxes and time value as well as to create complete marketing reports. So it is ideal if you are seriously engaged in buying, listing, and selling rental property.

Special Features

  • Currency symbol selection
  • Multiple depreciation schedules
  • Passive losses selection
  • Flash-form tool

Rates of Return (at a glance)

  • Cap Rate
  • Cash on Cash Return
  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Profitability Index
  • Return on Equity
  • Cash flow (before and after tax)
  • Sales proceeds (before and after tax)
  • Financial Management Rate of Return
  • AND MORE

Reports (at a glance)

  • Proforma Income Statement
  • APOD
  • Rent Roll
  • Property photo pages
  • Comparative Market Analysis
  • Executive Summary
  • Charts
  • AND MORE

Features (at a glance)

  • User-friendly
  • Unlimited units
  • Integrated name-rider
  • Automatic calculations
  • AND MORE

Price and Terms

  • TWO licensed software downloads for two computers!
  • FREE software updates and support for one year!
  • NO subscription or renewal fees!
  • Price: $279.95

System Requirements

  • PC or compatible
  • Windows 98 and later
  • Microsoft Excel 97 or later
  • MAC with MAC Office 4.2 or MAC Office 11

Learn More

You can preview sample reports, screen shots, and purchase EXECUTIVE 10 by going to http://www.proapod.com/real-estate-investing-software.htm

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