1. Corporate Lease Tracking--Part II. ... Wow, last week's question about the best way to track corporate real estate leases generated some neat posts on the PikeNet Message Boards. Use the URL below to view, and please add your own comments. If you haven't already, you'll need to register to post to the Message Board (see Paragraph 6 below), but not to browse.

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The responses fall into two broad categories--lease software solutions and information management consultants. Here's what you'll find. ... Ken Brown of National Facilities Group outlines the features of his product, SLIM32, which include, "an electronic interface to all of your stored graphic files such as pictures, drawings and lease file images." ... Mark Lambourne of ASI International describes his CorpSuite Plus product for the Lotus Notes environment, which "provides the capability to combine the data elements of a lease abstract with the documents relating to that lease including the lease document itself." ... Ed Schneiders of Baker Commercial in Irving, TX, reports that one of his clients was impressed with Visual-Lease. ... Giles Wrench of Weatherall Green & Smith discusses his firm's READ2000 database for the management of operational portfolios. ... Tom Weinhold with the Horizon Realty Group in Phoenix sent an e-mail mentioning REA--Real Estate Assistant,"While not designed specifically for lease tracking, the program is very flexible with lots of fields that can be customized, follow up system, etc. Another client of mine uses REA for this purpose, and he seems satisfied with the results."

Jeff Tosello of Scribcor in Chicago presents the other side of the coin: "With everything else that real estate professionals have to do, learning software is not high on their list. By outsourcing the management of complicated back end software, Scribcor takes away the time intensive, frustrating part of lease administration." ... Michael Cipriano of the Millennia Group uses high-speed scanners to "capture an image of every page of every lease file and property file in an organization. Then we add an electronic table of contents for every document that allows you to get to any section of the document with just one click. All the documents are searchable by word or keyword."

Mary Kay McCune writes about ACG Professionals, who develop "custom, off-the-shelf solutions" most recently for UPS and Federated Department Stores. ... Pam Lappin of PropertyWorks "provides the database software plus the personnel to input and maintain the data. Your secured data is available online. No software or upgrade purchases." ... And don't forget to visit the PikeNet's Software and Consulting Channels for links to many more companies and products.

2. TortoWheatonResearch.com. ... There's a big demand for high quality, objective market research from investors performing due diligence and corporations relocating facilities, and a number of data providers are exploring electronic delivery of this type of research. ... One of the first online is CB Richard Ellis' Torto Wheaton Research. Torto Wheaton enables its clients (only) to access a variety of analytical reports, including the TWR Outlook series for office, industrial, retail, multi-housing and hotel properties in dozens of markets nationwide. These authoritative reports are delivered in Adobe Acrobat format, complete with charts and graphs. ... Which web sites do you like for market research? Please send me e-mail. I'll cover in a future Dispatch.

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5. Web Success--Chicago Title's Premier Service. ... Cheryl Reimal of R&B Commercial Real Estate Services in Los Angeles applauds Chicago Title Western Division's web site at . She describes it as "a site that puts its user in touch with real estate services like property profiles, assessors maps, and all kinds of real estate services 24 hours a day. ... The time and money we can save by accessing certain forms and information sources on-line through their web site is enormously helpful in acquiring or selling real property. ... As a Premier Services user, I can access services, journals, educational sites, listings, etc., through CT's site for no charge where otherwise I'd have to pay a fee for the same information." ... Do you have a Web Success story? Send e-mail to . For other recent stories use the following URL:

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