Commercial Mobile App
Commercial practitioners conduct the business side of real estate. But what happens when you’re in the field or away from the office and you still need to handle business and service your clients?
In this article, we’ll show you how the RPR app can keep you super productive and proficient while you’re out in the wild. RPR Mobile™ can help you access commercial property information, search for properties, research property details, keep tabs on market conditions and create reports.
The first thing you need to do is download the RPR app. Simply visit the App store or Play store on your smartphone or tablet. If you already have the app, make sure to update it to get running on the latest version. Now let’s get into the app!
Get commercial business done from anywhere with RPR Mobile™
To begin, tap the RPR app icon on your phone and log in using your RPR credentials.
You’ll then immediately arrive on the map search screen showing your current location. Tap the search field to switch from a Residential to Commercial search. You can also run a specialty Commercial search (Owner Name, Distressed or Distressed Off-Market only) here or rerun recent searches.
To set yourself up for future property and area searches, tap the filters button on the top right of the screen to show or hide properties based on their transaction and property types, listing statuses, price, building or lot size, ownership including time owned, keywords and more. Tapping ‘Apply’ will put these updated filters into effect. (You can also set these updated filters as a default.)
Tap the heart icon if you want to save your search so you easily and quickly come back to it whenever you want.
How to search in the field
Let’s kick things off by using our current location to do a search, because the app will default to your current location. Then pinch and zoom and tap on any property you want to view. You can also tap the location field and enter a specific address, a city, a neighborhood or a ZIP code, and tap “search.” You can now swipe up from the bottom to browse through a list view of the properties shown or tap a property pin on the map. You can also swipe down to re-access the map.
Here’s where the RPR Commercial app can really help a commercial specialist! Searching for properties while you’re actually out in the field can be a very useful tool. You can use it to conduct research and collect “intel” on both on- and off-market properties.
Here’s how to access this commercial research hub: From your search selections, select any property to view the Property Details. Tap in to find all the relevant information to a particular property. Swipe to see the photos, then scroll down to see:
- Listing status
- List price
- Price per square foot
- Listing ID number
- Basic Property Facts
- Property description
- Button to view all the map layers
- Agent contact information
- Trade Area information
- Owner facts
- Public records history
- Additional Resources
- Create a Report… and more!
You can also go back to the map at any time to do more searching and/or researching. You can tap once to draw your search area, or tap ‘More’ for a Distance search, to change your map view, access traffic counts or real-time traffic, POIs (Points of Interest) view parcels, view nearby schools, see all properties (which shows public records) or view the map legend.
Homescreen Nav Bar
Getting around the app is easy once you know the navigation routes. On the homescreen bottom navigation bar, there are five options (represented as icons) to choose from.
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The first is the Search icon on the left, which is a magnifying glass. Tap this to conduct a search.
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“My Work” is a briefcase icon, and it contains all of your saved searches, saved properties, saved listings, recent searches and a place for notes.
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The “Trends” icon, which is a line chart trending up, is more of a residential indicator. However, it can be used as a signal of areas that people are moving to. If residential markets are heating up in a certain area, it likely drives demand for retail, office and service businesses nearby. There are also Lot/Land, Multifamily/Multiplex and Farm/Ranch “Trends” property type categories, but you may need to widen your search area to get results.
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The “Reports” icon, which looks like a document, is where you can quickly start creating commercial Property and Trade Area Reports.
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The “Menu” icon, which is the RPR logo, is similar to a gears icon that lets you make changes to your profile, notifications, user settings, etc. There’s also an area to contact RPR for any customer service needs you may encounter.
Property Details Nav Bar
Now that you know how to search for and find the details on a commercial property from the home/search page, let’s look at the search results/Property Details navigation bar for more actionable items.
- At the bottom of the screen, you can call an agent about a property (the phone icon that says “Contact.”)
- You can also save your search property with the heart icon that says “Save.”
- Next, add your notes on the property. You can add a text note, or photo, which will sync with the RPR website for your own experience and the reports you create.
- With the “Reorder” button, you can customize the order of your selections by dragging and dropping them to your preference.
Create commercial property and Trade Area reports with ease
Now let’s create a report by tapping the Reports button. Select +CREATE REPORT. For this example, we’ll choose a Trade Area Report to compile even more support data for site selection that include demographics, psychographics and consumer spending data.
From the Create Reports page, you can choose from two commercial reports: the Property Report and the Trade Area Report. At the bottom navigation bar, you can also select VIEW RECENTS and VIEW BETA. “Beta” refers to the recently introduced Next Gen Reports, which are now fully customizable for the ultimate user experience. You can also create a report from any Property Details screen.
Tap “Edit Title” at the top right of the report editor and give it a title. Here you can choose Customize to choose the elements you’d like included or not included in the reports. Follow the intuitive prompts to complete your report. Tap Next and decide if you’d like to receive your PDF report via email, dynamic link, share to Social Media or download it directly to your phone.
Your report will be available for up to one year, if they are not engaged with, regardless of whether you log in from the RPR site, or your phone. At any time view your recent reports from the Reports button and share the reports you’ve run by tapping share. You’ll be able to text, mail or airdrop reports in an instant.
The RPR Commercial app: your out and about, one-stop-shop
Now you can get started using the power of RPR Commercial on your phone. Check out this video, RPR: Commercial Mobile App, for a visual take on everything this article covers, and more.
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