How to use your Lot Intelligence tools.

When to use it

Use this first if you are new to the platform or a tool asks you to select a saved property.

How to use it

1. Create a free owner account or sign in from the Owner Hub.
2. Add the property using a parcel ID, tax account, or property address plus city.
3. Choose what you are considering, such as monitoring, checking value, selling, or requesting a direct-purchase review.
4. Open My Lots to confirm the property was saved, then open Property Strategy or Property Protection.
5. Use the Property context selector inside a tool when you own more than one lot.

When to use it

Use it when you plan to hold a property, are not ready to sell, or want important official-source changes surfaced instead of manually checking multiple agencies.

How to use it

1. Add the lot to your owner account and select Monitor / hold or opt into updates.
2. Keep the parcel ID, tax account, and address as accurate as possible.
3. Reassess the property when a material event is approved for your watch.

When to use it

Use it before comparing a direct sale, listing, or hold decision, especially when gross sale price alone can make alternatives look more attractive than the likely net amount.

How to use it

1. Enter the expected sale price.
2. Enter brokerage/service fees, flat marketing fees, concessions, title/settlement costs, taxes, association charges, loan payoff, liens, and other seller costs that apply.
3. The estimated net and deductions update automatically as inputs change.
4. Use Refresh Estimated Net only as a manual fallback if you want to force a recalculation.
5. Compare the net figure—not just the sale price—when evaluating disposition alternatives.

When to use it

Use it before listing, accepting an offer, planning a build, or whenever the ownership history contains a death, multiple parties, old mortgage, lien, entity, trust, or document discrepancy.

How to use it

1. Choose the saved property for context.
2. Answer each screening question based on what you actually know; use Not sure instead of assuming an item is clear.
3. Select Review Title Readiness to generate the screening score and support path.
4. Open the recommended PRISM topics for a structured explanation of the flagged issue.
5. Gather the listed records before contacting the title company, closing professional, surveyor, tax professional, or attorney when professional review is appropriate.

When to use it

Use PRISM when Title Readiness flags an issue or when you want to understand a common ownership, lien, deed, entity, access, easement, government, tax, or seller-readiness topic.

How to use it

1. Open PRISM from Property Strategy or Property Protection.
2. Use the category selector or search box to find the issue.
3. Read the four-part sequence: Issue → What Applies → Property Facts → What This Means.
4. Review possible next steps, typical documents, professional assistance commonly used, and estimated complexity/timing.
5. Use the information to organize facts and questions before a transaction or professional review.

When to use it

Use it when you are considering more frontage, more acreage, additional privacy, development flexibility, control of neighboring land, or an assemblage strategy.

How to use it

1. Select the saved property you already own.
2. Enter the original acquisition cost and acreage for the existing property.
3. Scan adjacent parcels or manually enter the target parcel/address, proposed purchase price, acreage, acquisition costs, and market context.
4. The blended acquisition figures update automatically as inputs change.
5. Use Refresh Blended Acquisition Cost only as a manual fallback.
6. Review combined cost per lot/acre and possible assemblage benefits before deciding whether to ask REK to explore the acquisition.

When to use it

Use it before manually researching neighboring owners or entering a target parcel into the assemblage calculator.

How to use it

1. Select a saved lot under Expand My Holdings.
2. Click Scan Adjacent Parcels. The animated scanner appears only while a real GIS request is running.
3. Review the subject parcel schematic and returned candidates.
4. A result labeled Adjacent Parcel indicates GIS boundary contact; a Nearby Candidate must be independently verified as adjacent.
5. Select Use in Assemblage Calculator to transfer parcel ID, address, acreage, and county market context into the planning model.
6. Enter your own proposed purchase price; county value is not treated as an asking price.

When to use it

Use it when you are undecided whether to keep the lot, investigate building, or sell now.

How to use it

1. Select the saved property for context.
2. Enter your time horizon, liquidity need, build interest, access confidence, utility readiness, title readiness, buildability confidence, carrying cost, acquisition cost, and market context.
3. The Hold, Build, and Sell gauges update automatically as inputs change.
4. Use Refresh Hold / Build / Sell Comparison only as a manual fallback.
5. Read the reason tags under each path; do not rely on the highest number by itself.
6. Use the result to identify the next fact you need—such as title, utilities, access, value, or buildability—before making the actual decision.

When to use it

Use it for trespass, dumping, code notices, blocked access, storm damage, title surprises, unknown liens, and similar owner problems.

How to use it

1. Open the scenario that matches the problem.
2. Follow the Recognize → Document → Protect → Escalate → Resolve sequence.
3. Preserve photos, dates, letters, notices, receipts, and official records.
4. Use the correct government agency or professional instead of improvising when authority, safety, title, or legal rights are uncertain.
5. Confirm the matter is actually closed rather than assuming a phone call resolved it.

When to use it

Use it whenever you or someone acting for you plans to walk a vacant lot, especially in heat, brush, standing water, poor cellular coverage, or after storms.

How to use it

1. Review weather and tropical conditions before leaving.
2. Tell someone where you are going and when you expect to return.
3. Prepare water, charged communications, offline parcel references, protective clothing, insect protection, and basic first aid.
4. The readiness gauge updates automatically as checklist items change.
5. Use Refresh Field Readiness only as a manual fallback.
6. Do not enter flooded, posted, unsafe, clearly inaccessible, or neighboring property without permission.

When to use it

Use it during hurricane season and before watches or warnings create time pressure.

How to use it

1. Back up deed, survey, parcel, insurance, and important contact information.
2. Save current photos/video of the property when conditions are safe.
3. Understand access, drainage, flood-prone areas, loose debris, and post-storm hazards.
4. The readiness gauge updates automatically as checklist items change.
5. Use Refresh Hurricane Readiness only as a manual fallback.
6. Follow official emergency instructions and wait for safe conditions before inspecting the lot.

When to use it

Use it after you have entered the planning values you want to preserve, or whenever you want a new baseline before comparing later changes.

How to use it

1. Open Property Strategy or Property Protection and choose the lot in the Property Intelligence Report section.
2. Review or update the relevant calculators, Title Readiness answers, Hold / Build / Sell inputs and preparedness checklists.
3. Select Save / Update Property Intelligence Report. The save indicator appears only while the report is actually being stored.
4. Open the saved report to review property identity, current Parcel Impact, planning results and the changes detected since the previous saved revision.
5. Use Print / Save PDF if you want a personal offline copy. Update the report again whenever property facts, your assumptions or surrounding evidence changes.

When to use it

Use this when you want to understand why the tools look the same across the two sites or why zoning, utility, development, and official-source context can differ by property location.

How to use it

1. PBLots is the specialized Palm Bay implementation of the shared platform.
2. BrevardLots is the countywide implementation and supports saved lots across Brevard County.
3. BrevardLots uses the property city/municipality to keep local land-use context jurisdiction-aware.
4. For incorporated municipalities outside Palm Bay, the platform will not present unincorporated Brevard zoning as if it controls the parcel. Local zoning, utilities, and development rules must be verified with the municipality or service provider.
5. Official-source monitoring coverage can expand by jurisdiction without changing the owner-facing workflow.

When to use it

Use this whenever a tool shows county value, market context, a readiness score, parcel geometry, Community News, or a decision-fit gauge.

How to use it

1. Treat county values as public-record context, not an asking price or appraisal.
2. Treat GIS parcel shapes as screening maps, not surveys.
3. Treat readiness and decision scores as structured checklists or comparisons, not guarantees.
4. Use current comparable-sales analysis for price support and the appropriate professional for title, survey, tax, engineering, legal, environmental, or buildability determinations.

When to use it

Use this for broader community insight alongside your property facts.

How to use it

1. Open Community News from the header or footer.
2. Read the source report for full context and check its publication date.
3. Community stories do not automatically become parcel impacts or customer alerts.

When to use it

Use this to compare area-wide recorded values over time.

How to use it

1. Open Community News and find Historical Land Values.
2. Choose Palm Bay or Brevard County and a consistent measure.
3. Read the sample size, source and coverage notes; missing years remain blank.

When to use it

Use before a planning decision or comparison.

How to use it

1. Open Property Intelligence from Analyze.
2. Search an address, tax account or parcel ID.
3. Check the exact matched identifiers and county source dates.
4. Review GIS site facts and BCPAO assessment and building information, when verified.
5. Open the official Property Appraiser account for the controlling record.

When to use it

Use to contrast acreage, recorded improvements, tax-context values and transfers.

How to use it

1. Open Property Comparison from Analyze.
2. Enter two or three unique property identifiers.
3. Confirm both parcel identities and their classification.
4. Use Print, Excel, or CSV exports for a working comparison.
5. Verify assessment, transfer, and property-use records with the county.

When to use it

Use after adding a property to your account, or when reviewing a prior snapshot.

How to use it

1. Open Property Watch Center from Monitor.
2. Choose a saved property that belongs to your signed-in account.
3. Select Establish baseline for the first verified check.
4. Later, select Check for recorded changes.
5. Review changed values and the source-date information; confirm relevant items with the county.

When to use it

Use when reviewing a parcel with a vacant-land designation.

How to use it

1. Open a verified parcel in Property Intelligence.
2. Expand the Buildability Review panel.
3. Identify which zoning, access, utilities, soil, flood and wetland questions are unanswered.
4. Confirm conditions with the controlling municipality or county and qualified professionals.

When to use it

Use after confirming property classification and the assumptions you can substantiate.

How to use it

1. Open Scenario Lab from Decide.
2. Verify the property if applying land-specific decisions.
3. Enter sale price, timelines, costs, and projected change assumptions.
4. Use the optional Construction Cost Estimator to build a range.
5. Compare net outcomes and sensitivity to the uncertain inputs.

When to use it

Use as an optional planning aid before asking contractors and engineers for actual bids.

How to use it

1. Open Scenario Lab and its Construction Cost Estimator.
2. Select a cost band and building size.
3. Review site-work, garage and contingency allowances.
4. Apply the midpoint only if you want to use it in your editable Scenario Lab field.

When to use it

Use when you want geographic market context, not a parcel appraisal.

How to use it

1. Open MarketScope from Analyze.
2. Select Brevard County or a covered community.
3. Inspect the source, dates, and sample sizes.
4. Treat missing periods as missing rather than interpolated.

When to use it

Use whenever a report contains mismatched dates or absent source fields.

How to use it

1. Check official parcel identity through Brevard GIS.
2. Look for BCPAO source and assessment year on the report.
3. Compare the tax account and parcel ID with the official Property Appraiser page.
4. Verify unsupported or changed facts before taking action.

When to use it

Use whenever an address may contain a home or other improvement.

How to use it

1. Research the parcel in Property Intelligence.
2. Review county property-use text and actual building evidence.
3. If improvements are indicated, use general tools and seek an appropriate improved-property valuation.
4. For vacant designations, verify the site and zoning before relying on land planning.

When to use it

Use when you need to understand authorized listing-status monitoring.

How to use it

1. Open the Owner Hub and review your eligible verified properties.
2. Check whether monitoring and the applicable plan are active.
3. Review alerts and source dates rather than assuming all listings are covered.

When to use it

Use when a tool indicates restricted access or requests verification.

How to use it

1. Sign in through the Owner Hub.
2. Review the current membership plan and verification status.
3. Complete the applicable Sentry identity and, for entity ownership, authority-document requirements.
4. Select a paid tier only if you want the included features.

When to use it

Use when locating a feature quickly.

How to use it

1. Start in Property Discovery to check one exact county record and save research.
2. Choose Analyze for detailed Property Intelligence, Comparison and MarketScope evidence.
3. Use Monitor for manual Watch Center comparisons or the Owner Hub for eligible automatic owner monitoring.
4. Use Investment or Property Strategy for an outcome; Scenario Lab is an optional vacant-land-only calculator.
5. Open Help for the Knowledge Base and contact options.