Report Writer Features

LightBox Report Writer offers a robust set of features to enhance and optimize Valuation reports. 

Cloud-based Property, Job, and Contact Database

• Securely access your comparables, Jobs and Contacts from anywhere.
• Advanced Search capabilities. Search and manage your properties with Saved and Map Searches. Compare your subject against possible comparable properties before selecting which comps to use.
• Utilize properties as comparables or as your subject.
• Save your subject data curated in excel - back to the Database for use as an update later or as a comparable.
• Robust standardized Data Capture. Over 600 Valuation-specificfields. 
  • Multiple Parcel Data Capture for Site and Assessment data, multiple Zones for Zoning data, multiple Buildings in Improvements.
• Create fields, calculations, dropdowns and custom data entry views to support your specialty property type.
• Event Capture – capture multiple sales, lease records and expenses over the life of a property. Decide which event to use in your analysis.
• Job Management. Robust Job Search with assignment, Job details, Client details and Fee information. E-mail job details and create branded invoices. Job data can be imported to Quickbooks.
• Contact and Appraisal License Management. Admins can bulk import contacts.
• Bulk import of comparables into the web database. Create templates for any Excel export from an external property database like MLS.
• Share comps with other Report Writer account holders that opt in to sharing with your firm.
• Manage Auto-text entries in a web interface.
• Report, manage and merge Duplicate properties. Curate the ultimate property record with the Merge Properties interface.

Excel and Word-based Report Writer

• Customizable Excel Templates, with powerful features. Import your existing model into a Report Writer excel template. Create custom tables and fields on the fly to support a Valuation report.
• Import Job details from RIMSCentral, PARCEL or other job sources as well as contact and assigned appraiser information.
• Import Demographics from Valuation - Research, STDB/ESRI or CoStar, Market Analytics from CoStar, Investor Surveys from PwC, and Discounted Cash Flows from Valuation - CashFlow (ARGUS integration).
• Valuation Data Capture file for upload to Lenders.
• Excel fields and Tables merge to word templates with a single click. 
• Customizable Wordtemplates. Quickly turn your existing word template into a Report Writer template.
  • Standard templates include:
    • Full Report template with all approaches
    • Land Report template
    • Multi-Family Report template with all approaches
    • Evaluation Report Template
    • Review Report Template
    • Invoice Template
    • Engagement Letter Template
• Auto-text library databases pages of text for quick insertion in reports.
• Automatic comparable Maps.

Feature Requests

Our customers have great ideas! If you'd like a feature to be added to Report Writer, upvote or create a new feature enhancement request in our feedback portal. 

Roadmap

Check out our Roadmap to see new features headed your way!