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Document Editor

Property details, content sections, and market data

The document editor is where you build your CRE marketing materials step by step. This guide covers every section from property details through market demographics, including the AI content suggestions, auto-populated transit data, and draggable key facts.

Property Details

The first step in every document. Your property name becomes the marketing headline on the cover page.

Property Details page showing property name, address autocomplete, and selling price fields
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Property Name

The marketing name that appears on your cover page and throughout the document. Use the name buyers will recognize (e.g., 'Sunset Plaza Shopping Center').

Address Autocomplete

Start typing the street number and Google Places fills in the city, state, ZIP, and coordinates automatically. Coordinates power the map builder and demographic lookups.

Custom Display Address

Toggle the custom address checkbox to override the display address shown on the cover without changing the underlying coordinates.

Selling Price

Set the asking price, choose 'Negotiable', or hide the price entirely. Cap rate and NOI auto-calculate from each other when financials are included.

Address autocomplete works best when you start with the street number. Once selected, city, state, ZIP, and lat/lng populate instantly and cannot be edited individually to keep data consistent.

Property Data

Building metrics that appear in your document's property summary. Fields vary by property type.

Property Data page showing suggested fields for Retail, an empty data table, and the Add Custom Data Point button
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How it works

  1. Auto-populate from public records -- when you first visit this page, CREBuilder automatically fetches property data (year built, lot size, building SF, zoning, parcel ID, etc.) from ATTOM public record databases.
  2. Suggested fields -- property type-specific suggestions appear as clickable pills above the table. Retail shows Traffic Count, Parking Ratio, Frontage; Industrial shows Clear Height, Dock Doors, Column Spacing.
  3. Drag to reorder -- grab the grip handle on any row to change the display order. The order here matches the order in your printed document.
  4. Available Fields bank -- extra data points from public records appear in a sidebar panel. Click any to add it to your active table.

Property type-specific suggestions

RetailTraffic Count (VPD), Parking Ratio, Frontage, Anchor Tenants, GLA
OfficeBuilding Class, Parking Ratio, Floor Plate, Ceiling Height, LEED Certification
IndustrialClear Height, Dock Doors, Drive-In Doors, Power, Column Spacing, Sprinklers
LandZoning, Lot Size (Acres), Topography, Utilities, Entitlements, Flood Zone
Net LeaseTenant, Credit Rating, Lease Type, Lease Term, Rent Increases, Renewal Options
You can add completely custom data points with the "Add Custom Data Point" button at the bottom of the table. Both the label and value are editable.

Content Editing

Rich text editors for each narrative section of your document. Bold, italic, underline, lists, and more.

Executive Summary content editor with AI Suggestions panel on the left and rich text editor on the right
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Formatting toolbar

The editor supports Bold, Italic, Underline, bullet lists, numbered lists, hyperlinks, undo/redo, and keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U).

Content sections

Executive Summary

The opening narrative -- an overview of the investment opportunity. Appears as the first content page after the cover.

Investment Highlights

Key financial advantages, value-add opportunities, and market positioning. Rendered as stylized bullet points.

Location Highlights

Neighborhood context, nearby amenities, traffic counts, and area demographics.

Property Highlights

Physical features, recent renovations, and unique selling points of the building itself.

Property Overview

General property description -- building history, tenant mix overview, and property characteristics.

Each section has a character limit that matches the template page area. A counter appears near the toolbar when you approach the limit. Content auto-saves after 3 seconds of inactivity.

Content Suggestions

AI-generated paragraph suggestions personalized to your property context. Click any suggestion to insert it.

How AI Suggestions work

Personalized to your property

  1. Suggestions are generated from your property context -- property name, address, type, and building data you have entered are interpolated into professionally written paragraphs.
  2. Content is organized into category tabs (e.g., Property Features, Location & Demographics, Investment Thesis). Each tab shows a count badge.
  3. Click any suggestion card to instantly insert it into the editor at the cursor position. The paragraph is inserted as formatted HTML.
  4. After inserting, you can freely edit the text -- suggestions are a starting point, not locked content.

Sales Teaser note: Investment Highlights and Location Highlights are merged into a single "Property Highlights" section with suggestions from both categories combined.

On mobile, the suggestions panel collapses into a floating action button. Tap the sparkles icon to open a bottom sheet with the full suggestion library.

Transportation & Transit Highlights

Auto-fetched nearby transit stops, airports, and highways from Google Places API.

Location Highlights page with Transportation panel showing Transit, Airports, and Highways sections
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Transportation sections

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Transit

Nearby bus stops, light rail stations, and subway stations. Auto-fetched from Google Places within a 1-mile radius.

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Airports

Commercial and regional airports within a reasonable distance. Shows name and distance in miles.

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Highways

Major highways and interstate access points. Add manually or auto-detected from transit data.

Editing transportation items

  • --Remove items by clicking the X button next to any transit stop, airport, or highway.
  • --Add custom items with the "+ Add" button at the bottom of each section. Enter a name and distance in miles.
  • --Refresh data with the refresh button to re-fetch from Google Places (useful if you changed the property address).
  • --Distances display in miles or feet depending on proximity (under 0.1 mi shows feet).
The Transportation panel appears on the Location Highlights page for most document types. For Sales Teasers, it appears on the Investment Highlights page instead (since location and investment highlights are merged).

Market Overview & Demographics

City narrative, demographic data, and market context for your property's location.

Market Overview page with page title, rich text editor, city photo area, and Key Facts section
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Auto-populated content

  1. City narrative -- when you first visit this page, CREBuilder auto-generates a market overview narrative for your city. The text covers population, economic drivers, major employers, and growth trends.
  2. Demographics -- population, median household income, employment statistics, and growth projections are fetched from Esri ArcGIS demographics API using the property coordinates.
  3. City photos -- search for and select city/skyline photos that appear on the Market Overview page of your document.

Editing the narrative

The auto-generated text is fully editable. Use the rich text editor to refine the narrative, add local market knowledge, or incorporate specific data points. The character limit (3,000 characters) ensures the text fits within the template page area without overflow.

Demographics data comes from Esri and is cached to minimize API calls. If the data looks stale or incorrect, verify that the property coordinates are accurate on the Property Details page.

Key Facts

Draggable label/value pairs that appear on the Market Overview page. Auto-fetched from Wikidata.

How Key Facts work

LabelValue
Population1,608,139x
Median Household Income$64,427x
Unemployment Rate3.2%x
Major EmployersBanner Health, Intel, Raytheonx
  • --Auto-fetched -- key facts are pulled from Wikidata for your property's city (population, median income, area, elevation, etc.).
  • --Fully editable -- click any label or value to edit it inline. Both columns are free-form text.
  • --Drag to reorder -- grab the grip handle to change the display order. The order matches the printed document.
  • --Add custom facts -- click "Add Key Fact" to add your own label/value pairs (e.g., "Average Rent Growth" or "Vacancy Rate").
Key facts are separate from the property data table. Property Data appears on the Property Summary page; Key Facts appear on the Market Overview page. Use Property Data for building-specific metrics and Key Facts for market-level statistics.
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