In the early stages of the Apprasial Institute’s relationship with the CCIM Institute and STDB, we wroked together to provide appraiser specific tools on the Site to do Business Online. This was the genisis of the Specialty Tab. Remember, in addition the pre-defined reports, you can create your own reports and save them for future use. This article summarizes what you will find on the Specialty Tab on STDB.
STDB’s site analysis functions rely on the definition of a geography. A geography is simply the location or site that you wish to analyze. STDB offers several methods for defining a geography. This article shows you how.
As you know, STDB has numerous built-in ways to define a geographic location from a specific address to an area as small as a block group and an area as large as the entire United States. These work for many applications – but sometimes you just want to draw the boundary areas yourself because the standardized areas do not match your market area. This is another area where STDB excels as it provides the ability to draw the boundaries on a map that you wish. This article shows you how.