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This guide has been reviewed against our global client base and classed as relevant to the following regions: UK, APAC, UAE

This page outlines the basics for preparing a property for marketing, including adding property derailsdetails, photos, maps and the EPC plus adding commission/fee details, preparing details and preparing for uploading to property portals

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Your company processes may dictate what needs to be entered when getting a property ready to market, therefore you should continue to follow these

1. Add main description

Your property should already have been added on the system to log details for the market appraisal
If not, click here for more information

From the property record:

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ADD LETTINGS SCREEN

In the brief description field (bottom middle pane):

Add a short description of the property
This is normally the summary/initial description used on property portals and brochures

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After entering the description, press F7 to spell check

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The following settings are dependent on your system configuration:

Property descriptions may have a text limit
The strapline field is in use on some systems to add an extra shorter summary description
The Marketing screen may offer other areas for descriptions to be entered, such as a long description, location & directions - see step ??

2. Attributes

Complete the property Attributes to accurately match your new property

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What is displayed in your property Attributes screen is dependent on configuration

To add/edit, in the Attributes panel:

Click the pencil icon
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For sales properties, see next step
For lettings properties, skip to step 4

3. Sales properties - updating the vendor record, adding price, commission & financial details

3a. Update vendor record

3b: Price

Enter the asking price
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Click Asking Price to change the price qualifier, where applicable
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What is displayed in your property Attributes screen is dependent on configuration

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Shortcut when entering monetary figures
Enter k for thousands & m for millions
e.g. 500k = £500,000, 1.1m = £1,100,000

3c: Commission

3d: Financial details

4. Lettings properties - updating the vendor record, adding commission & financial details

4a: Update landlord record

Click Landlord
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Check details entered are correct
Click Identity Check (top left) to enter landlord ID
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In Financial section, click pencil icon to check landlord financial details
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4b: Rent

Enter the rent
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Click Rent to change rent setting (per week, per month, per annum), where applicable

4b: Letting Fee

Enter the percentage figure
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If not using percentage fees, click the arrow beside the % and select from options to:
Change to fixed amount or Set to multiple of weekly or monthly rent

4c: Service

Select the relevant letting service from the drop-down menu
Enter the associated fees, as applicable

To add more fee detail, skip to step 7

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From the fees panel

Click Rent/Fee Details
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In the Commission section, more detailed fee information can be entered
Vacant Management details can be entered
On the right, select the relevant Agency type from the drop-down list
Sub & Joint Agents can then be added at the bottom of the screen

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Old Version 6

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