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The final question for each extra dashboard should be: what decision can happen there that cannot happen in the main system? If the answer is only “view the same information,” it is probably adding friction. Ask for an export of the audit history and a demonstration of revoked access, failed...

The missing comparison is new-listing volume against withdrawn stock. If more homes are appearing while older ones quietly disappear, the visible marketing period can look stable even as sellers struggle. I’d also record when the first price cut occurs rather than only counting total days...

I’d put audit history and permission controls ahead of mobile elegance. A fast interface is not much help if nobody can later tell who replaced a document or released an image. I also doubt one planning-data integration will behave uniformly across countries; the portable part may be the...

Also stress-test the financing separately. A deal can look acceptable before debt but become cash-flow negative with a higher borrowing cost or refinancing change. Include turnover-related cleaning and reletting costs rather than hiding all of that inside a general vacancy percentage.

NZ$6,716 over 12 months is NZ$80,592, so there is not much room between the 4.3% gross figure and a disappointing net result. I’d focus on body corporate levies, council rates and insurance, while checking that insurance is not being counted twice through the building and your own cover. Is the...

A useful worksheet would have one row per property: neighbourhood, condition, tenure or lease detail, first advertised date, price-cut date, final advertised price, completed-sale result where available, and whether it was withdrawn or relisted. Compare like with like and report a range as well...

Financing is plausible, but 50 days online does not necessarily mean 50 days genuinely for sale. Withdrawn and relisted properties can muddy that measure, while sellers with no urgency may leave an ambitious price up indefinitely. How tightly have you defined Manila, and are the townhouses...

I partly disagree with the original theory. Service charges may explain differences between otherwise similar units, but these are mixed-use buildings, so the mix of uses matters too. Vacant versus occupied space, the state of each component, and near-term repairs could all be showing up as a...

I wouldn’t put service charges first without seeing them as an annual amount and comparing them with the usable area. Condition can hide much larger differences, especially if one building needs substantial work immediately. Also, what does “Manila” cover in your sample: City of Manila or the...

That makes sense. I was picturing one commute figure, but Manila traffic makes the time-of-day point hard to ignore. Perhaps the minimum useful entry is destination plus travel mode, with travel time left as an optional estimate. Would that create too much work on a phone?

A standard commute field would improve search, but requiring one on every thread could create more work than useful information. On the Manila board, travel time only makes sense when it is tied to a destination, transport mode and usually the time of day. Could those details be offered as...

The financing structure matters too. A 4.1% gross yield leaves limited room after recurring costs, so borrowed money could make cash flow very sensitive to the interest rate and vacancy. Personally, I would not accept a projected net yield below about 3% here unless there were a separate...

Agreed on the holding period. I’d also request the early-repayment wording in writing, including whether partial prepayments and a full payoff are treated differently. A small difference in headline rate may matter less than a large arrangement fee if you exit early. Don’t omit the opportunity...

Ask each lender for the same loan amount, amortization schedule and payment dates, then make a simple cash-flow table. Include every fee due upfront, recurring charges, monthly payments and any final balance at the end of your chosen comparison period. APR can help, but only when the lenders...

Perhaps require a short description for every local field and show it in the interface. That preserves local meaning without adding a separate training document people may not open.