CoStar Real Estate Manager vs. zipLogix zipForm Plus

I do not recommend

Works really well for us. The software is provided by our state board of Realtors for our use as a benefit for the annual dues we pay. Our team members can step into a folder and create offers with ease. We can add external PDFs & other documents to the folders for storage.

Incentivized

• Nothing
• Charging my card
• Nothing

• Allows us to bundle documents into one attachment.
• Cloud access allows our team members to all collaborate as needed.

Incentivized

• In our market (Portland, OR), not enough users implement the tools that could make CoStar so much better. For example, I specialize in medical but brokers and owners don't take the time to mark medical as an approved use in their buildings so I have to search much longer and cross-reference the data by contacting the brokers directly.
• I find it really annoying that when I download documents CoStar doesn't use smart technology to automatically name my files. It is especially irritating since every piece of marketing we post to CoStar has a relevant file name yet when we download the same file we have to rename it.

Incentivized

• Users can too easily override a template.
• Not enough character spaces allowed on some forms.

Incentivized

I don't recall ever having to call support!

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One of our landlords requested we try VTS but we didn't continue because it was such a small portfolio it too more time to update the database than we wanted to spend

Incentivized

• Since CoStar has linked with LoopNet we have had fewer bad data calls. By which I mean old data from LoopNet that was available to the general public is now more regularly updated through CoStar so we have less confusion with our clients.

Incentivized

• Considering it's part of our dues it's a great ROI!
• User friendly, easy to navigate.

Incentivized