Argus: General Property Questions and Solutions 2023/2024

Argus: General Property Questions and Solutions 2023/2024 Argus Enterprise Main Window - Answers Comprised of four major elements: the Navigation Pane, Portfolios, Scenarios and Properties Navigation Pane - Answers The way to access the various content-specific features of the program: provides a number of shortcuts and functions which include Recent Properties - Answers The recent properties section allows a user to see up to 10 most recently opened AE files and open .avux files (in the navigation pane) Property Portfolios - Answers Quickly create new portfolios, open existing ones, delete a portfolio, duplicate an existing one, or refresh the list of portfolios and properties (in the navigaiton pane) Investment Portfolio - Answers Allows system admins to configure access to investment features (in the navigaiton pane) Sensitivity Assumptions - Answers Can create sensitivity assumptions that can be applied to multiple portfolios or properties (in the navigation pane) Chart of accounts - Answers access/create/import from excel chart chart of accounts (In navigaiton pane) Net Effective Rent - Answers A performance metric for a lease that is intended to give an idea of the annual value of any particular lease. (navigation pane) Global Categories - Answers There are five different options in this section: manage indicies, manage inflation rates, manage classifications, manage currencies, manage interest rates (navigation pane) Currency Scenarios - Answers Allows users to enter in various currency exchange rates (navigation pane) Help - Answers help options and displays information about the product version and modules purchased (navigation pane) Control Panel - Answers can update different settings (navigation pane) What are the ten shortcuts and features included in the navigation pane? - Answers 1. Recent Properties 2. Property Portfolios 3. Investment Portfolios 4. Sensitivity Assumptions 5. Chart of Accounts 6. Net Effective Rent 7. Global Categories 8. Currency Scenerios 9. Help 10. Control Pannel What are portfolios in AE? - Answers Portfolios are collections of properties to which a user can apply various scenarios; any change to a portfolio will be saved, therefore make a duplicate and make changes to the copy What are the 7 Portfolio Application Tabs on the Portfolio Navigation Interface - Answers Properties, Portfolio Details, Scenarios, Reports, Analysis, Traditional Valuation, Audit Log Rent Roll - Answers Under the Tenants tab, this is used to model existing tenant lease contracts, which includes the following: leased area, lease start and end dates, base rent, fixed steps, CPI increases, free rent periods, percentage rents, recoveries, leasing costs, and market renewal assumptions Once a Property Asset Type is selected it cannot be changed, true or false? - Answers False The Analysis Begin date defaults to the current Month and Year - Answers True Which section in the Navigation Pane allows users to update a variety of different settings ranging from Managing Users to Data Import Validation Rules to Report Settings? - Answers Control Pannel Which of the Portfolio Application Tabs is best described by the following statement? This application allows users to create and view analytical charts and graphs based on a combination of properties from the portfolio: - Answers Analysis Tab AE Ribbon Button Questions: 1. How do you add multiple duplicate records? 2. What is the extension Argus files are saved as? 3. What does "Save Property As" do? "Save Property to File"? 4. What does "Check In" or "Check Out Property" do? 5. What changes do "Discard Changes" discard? 6. How do you toggle the "Input" and "Report" buttons? 7. What does the "Report Dock" do? 8. What does "In Use By" show? 9. What does Modeling Policies option allow?