How it Works: Feature List

ComposerSuite offers hundreds of features to make managing your comparables more efficient. But the most important features of all are:

Intuitive, easy to learn, and easy to use
Affordable and flexible account plans
Powerful and secure
Constantly updated to meet your needs

Account Management

Create accounts for access by Appraisers, Manager, and Administrators
Appraisers view all records in searches
Appraisers create and edit only their own comp records
Managers can view and edit all comp records
Administrators can transfer comp control between appraisers
Single sign-on for onRamp account owner
All billing works behind 128-bit SSL security

Sales Records

Searching and Listing

Enter pertinent data on one screen
Separate tabs combine common data without screen clutter
All data is validated on-screen to ensure integrity
Search by location, property type, GBA, land area, record type, price range, date range, buyers and sellers, and private remarks
Filter search results on the same screen as results
Quickly sort even thousands of records in less than a second

Manage Sales Comp

Property address
Record type
Internal File Number
Confirmation source, data, and appraiser
Automated mapping based on address entered
Popup calendars for date fields
Drop-down menus for default value choices

Property Tab

Property type
Property Municipal Code
Land size (SF or Acres)
Usable land area
Topography
Wetlands NEW
Frontage
Utilities
County
Annual taxes and tax year
Total, land, and improvements assessment
Zoning district and details
Prior use NEW
Proposed use NEW

Improvements Tab

Gross building area
Net rentable area
Number of apartments
Number of rooms NEW
Subdivision and condo total homes NEW
Subdivision and condo proposed homes NEW
Subdivision and condo total units NEW
Subdivision and condo proposed units NEW
Other unit and label for other unit
Parking description NEW

Transaction Tab

Transaction type
Sale price
Sale date
Financing amount and details
MLS number
Offer price
Registry of deeds
Deed reference
Date recorded
Grantor(s) and grantee(s)
Sales history

Notes Tab

Public comments for Comparable Sales Report
Private remarks (automatically date-, time-, and author-stamped)

Income & Expenses NEW

Gross income
Miscellaneous income
Vacancy loss
Real estate taxes
Insurance
Other fixed expenses
Variable expenses
Miscellaneous expenses
Capitalization rate

Photos Tab

Upload photos from your hard drive, network, disk, or camera
Caption and sort photos

Lease Records

Searching and Listing

Enter pertinent data on one screen
Separate tabs combine common data without screen clutter
All data is validated on-screen to ensure integrity
Search by location, property type, NRA/NLA, units, record type, face rent, effective rent, date range, lessors and lessees, and private remarks
Filter search results on the same screen as results
Quickly sort even thousands of records in less than a second

Manage Lease Comp

Record type
Internal File Number
Confirmation source, data, and appraiser
Automated mapping based on address entered
Popup calendars for date fields
Drop-down menus for default value choices

Property Tab

Property type
Property Municipal Code
Net rentable area
Number of apartments
Number of other units and label for other unit
Room count
Lease type
Utilities

Transaction Tab

Transaction type
Face rent
Lease date
Effective rent
Terms
Options
Concessions
Agent, agent office, agent phone, and agent email
Lessor(s) and lessee(s)
Lease history

Comment and Remarks Tabs

Public comments for Comparable Lease Report
Private remarks (automatically date-, time-, and author-stamped)

Photos Tab

Upload photos from your hard drive, network, disk, or camera
Caption and sort photos

Default Values

Manage the default values used in drop-down lists throughout the system to speed up the process of entering new comps, and to assure accurate searches and sorting when finding and reporting comp properties.

All default values shown by type on the Defaults Console screen
Quickly sort and choose a record to edit or remove
Add record from the Default Console section
Custom default values are added to the the existing defaults supplied by the system

Registry of Deeds Defaults

Add registry name, address (for mapping), and contact info (phones and website)
Automatically adds new or changed defaults to the drop-down lists in all appropriate areas for all users on your account

Property Type Defaults

Simple single-field addition to the Default Property Type list
Automatically adds new or changed defaults to the drop-down lists in all appropriate areas for all users on your account

Record Type Defaults

Simple single-field addition to the Default Record Type list
Automatically adds new or changed defaults to the drop-down lists in all appropriate areas for all users on your account

Reporting

Main Reports Console

View all saved reports for sales and leases by custom name
See how many properties are included in each report
See the date created and the date last modified
Quickly sort by any of the above fields
Add new report right from the console
Reports can be sent directly to a PDF file, which may be downloaded and included in your reports, or customized with tools such as Adobe Acrobat

Gather and List Properties

Comprehensive search screen to find the properties that may be of interest
Ability to show all properties
Fast sort by property type, address, building area, land area, sale price, or date sold
Change the sort order of each property right on the search results list
Remove properties from inclusion on the report on the same screen

Edit Comments

Edit the existing comments for each property for this report only
Edited comments are saved to the report, so different comments can be applied to the same property in different reports
WYSIWYG toolbar for formatting text in bold, underline, italics, and much more

Report Template Options

Select a built-in or custom page style
Decide how to include photos
Decide to generate a summary page of all comps
Decide to include labels for fields with no or zero values

Backup and Security

Our website, applications, database, and media (photos and videos) are hosted by Newcastle Technology Advisors at one of the very highest rated and most secure hosting facilities in the world. Access to the servers is only available after numerous security checks, and virtual access to the servers is available only through multiple firewalls and security systems.

The hosting pipeline guarantees 99.9999% uptime, and has a record of 100% uptime over the past three years.

All records are backed up to a physically distant location with the same level of security, and all media and archived data files are backed up to a publicly inaccessible server space allocated on Amazon S3 for that purpose.

All financial transactions are completed over 128-bit secure SSL certificates, and no financial information (credit card data, PIN codes, etc.) are stored on our servers.

Access & Compatibility

The entire system is build for high accessibility. Page frames are built using standard and compliant HTML and Cascading Style Sheets with an absolute minimum of JavaScript. The inner workings for the program are served as Flash, which is available in 98% of browsers and prompts fast download of a free plugin when not available.