Running Comps and Using Your Own Criteria

Why this matters

Running comparables is essential when you’re evaluating a property’s value or looking for deals. With the comps tool you can either start from scratch (set your own criteria) or use it directly from a property report (pre-filled criteria) - both save you time, improve accuracy, and help you avoid pulling irrelevant data.

What you’ll do

1. Choose your workflow: build a comparables search from scratch or launch it from a property report.
2. Set or review your criteria (property type, sale date, radius, building class, etc.).
3. Run the search, view results, save or export as needed.

1. Launching from a Property Report

• Log into your account and ensure you’re on the Properties tab. 
• Enter the address of the subject property; select the correct match. 
• In the property report, click “Find Comps.” 
• A new page opens with the comparables search ready. Default criteria applied:
  • • • • Sale Date: last 6 months.
        • Radius: 0.5 mile.
        • Building class: same as the subject property. 
• If you get no results, try broadening your criteria: expand radius, extend sale date, or check building class. 

2. Building Your Own Criteria from Scratch

• At the top of the site, click “Comparables”. 
• Select the property type you’re targeting (e.g., Building, Unit). 
• In the blank Comparables search page:
• Enter the Subject Property address in the field. Select the match from suggestions. 
• Configure criteria: building class, radius, sale date range, etc. 
• After setting criteria, click “Search” to view results. 
• From the results you can save the search or export results. Save only the criteria, not the full results. 

3. Review & Export Results

• Once results populate, you’ll see a dashboard showing comparable properties. (From either workflow.)
• You may choose to export the list for further analysis. (Note: when running a comparable search from scratch, you are not charged property report credits.)
• Save your search criteria so you can rerun later.

Note: saving criteria does not save results.

Pro Tips

• If the default “From-Report” workflow returns empty results, switch to “Own Criteria” and widen your search radius or extend sale date.
• Save your custom criteria so you don’t need to rebuild the same filters for future evaluations.
• Keep clear naming conventions for saved searches (e.g., “MF_building_LowerManh_6mo”) so you can reference them easily.
• Use export files for offline review, projection modelling and sharing with your team.