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LIST OF CHANGES

LISTORS:

  1. Reduce the Listing Agent section. (TT 14591)
  2. Reduce agent headshot. (TT 14591)

LISTING BASICS:

  1. Move “Street Direction” field to after “Street Number”. (TT15038)
  2. (REMOVED)
  3. Other Address: Change “St. #” to “Street Number2 and Street Number3″. Change “Street Name(2) and Street Name (3)” to “Street Name2  and Street Name3″. Change “St. Direction” to “Street Direction2 and Street Direction3″. Move Street Direction to after Street Number/Name fields. (TT15064)
  4. Eliminate the Print Remarks (Public) field. Print remarks will be pulled from the Public Remarks Field (a.k.a. Remarks for Customers) with the possibility of size/character limitations on formats
  5. (ie., MLS Brochure, MLS Book & MLS Quick).  (TT 14952)
  6. Eliminate the Listing Comments (Private) field. (TT 14952)
  7. Eliminate the "Third Address" option.

LISTING DETAILS:

  1. “# of Lots” & “Topography” are no longer required fields. (TT 15039)
  2. View: Eliminate “None” as an option. (TT15060).
  3. Combine under “Topography/Elevation”: “Topography” & Elevation fields(Elevation Low & Elevation High). (TT15041)
  4. Same as above under “Utilities”:  “Power”, “Water”, “Waste Treatment System”, “Sewer”(formerly Sewer Type), “Solid Waste Disposal”, “Telephone Availability”, “TV Availability” & “Internet Availability”.  (TT15041)

PROPERTY DETAILS:

  1. General Property Info., Permits: Replace “OK” with “Closed”. Change “Still Open” to “Open” as option. (TT 14958)
  2. General Property Info., Eliminate “Crops Currently on Land” from this section. (TT 14960)
  3. Move “Golf Membership Available” within the General Property Info category. (TT 14922)
  4. Easement: Replace “No Easements’ with “None” as an option.  Change “Egress” to “Ingress/Egress” and eliminate “Ingress” as option. (TT 14990) Relocated Easement/Set Back categories, combined them under new category entitled “Easement/Set Backs (TT15041)
  5. Fencing: Remove “Party Walls” as an option. Add “Chain Link”, “Metal” & “Vinyl” to list of options. (TT 14963).  Fencing: Change “Rock Walls” to “Rock/Stone”. Eliminate “Stone” as option. (TT15045)
  6. Pool: Add “Pool Equipment” as an option. (TT 15007)
  7. Pool: Change “Concrete/Gunite/Shotcrete” to “Concrete/Gunite”. Add “none” as an option. (TT15042)
  8. Power:  Add “Overhead” and “Underground” as options (Promoted to Live). Eliminate “Electricity” as option. (TT 14796)
  9. TV Availability: Add “Antenna” as an option. (Promoted to Live)
  10. Water: Change “County” to “Public/County”, “Well” to “Well(s)” as options. (TT 14997-Rev 9/24) Change “Water Treatment System” to “Treatment System” as option. (15047)
  11. Water: Change option from “Water Treatment System” to “Treatment System”. (TT 15047)
  12. Water Features: Eliminate “Pool” & “Cascades”, “River”, “Lake” & “Stream”. Add “Other (remarks)” as option. (TT14999-Rev 9/24)
  13. Sewer: Change “Waste Treatment System” to “Sewer” as option. (TT14998)
  14. Sewer Type: Change category name from “Sewer Type” to “Sewer”. Eliminate “Available” as an option, leaving “Connected” & “Connection  Required” as only options.  (TT15048)
  15. Solid Waste Disposal (Trash): Remove “Owner must haul personally”. Add “Included w/Maintenance Fees” as an option. (TT 14594)
  16. Solid Waste Disposal: Remove the word “Provided” from all options and display as: “By County at no cost”, “By Private Contractor for a fee” & “By County for a fee”. (TT15043)
  17. Elevation: Change “Elevation Lowest Range” to “Elevation Low” and change “Elevation Highest Range” to “Elevation High”.  (TT 15000)
  18. Relocating fields within the section in this order: PROPERTY DETAILS: General Property Info(Zoning, State Land Use, Ag Dedicated, Flood & Lava Zones, etc.), Land Description(Lot Description-Land, Land Area, # of Lots, Frontage & View), Easement/Set Backs, Roads, Fencing, Pool, Utilities(Power, Water, Waste Treatment System, Sewer, Telephone Availability, TV Availability, Internet Availability), Solid Waste Disposal, Water Features & Topography/Elevation. (TT 15070)
  19. Same as above, combine under category entitled “Land Description”. “Lot Description – Land”, “# of Lots”, “Frontage” & “View”.  (TT15041).
  20. Frontage: Change “Marina/Canal” to “Marina”. Change “Road” to “Road/Street”. Change “Highway” to “Highway/Freeway”. (TT15040)
  21. “# of Lots” & “Topography” are no longer required fields. (TT 15039)
  22. View: Eliminate “None” as an option. (TT15060).
  23. Combine under “Topography/Elevation”: “Topography” & Elevation fields(Elevation Low & Elevation High). (TT15041)
  24. Same as above under “Utilities”:  “Power”, “Water”, “Waste Treatment System”, “Sewer”(formerly Sewer Type), “Solid Waste Disposal”, “Telephone Availability”, “TV Availability” & “Internet Availability”.  (TT15041)

FINANCIAL DETAILS:

  1. Terms Acceptable:  Eliminate “MISC” & “Open”.  Add  “Swap/Trade “. Change “1031″ to “1031 Exchange”, “HULA” to “HULA MAE”, “Construction” to “Construction Loan” as options. (TT 14964)
  2. Seller Financing:  Change “Purch $ Mortg” to “PMM”(Promoted to Live). “Sub A/S” to Sub Agreement of Sale”. (TT 15002-Rev 9/24)
  3. Leasehold Information. Lessee Pays: Change “Excise Tax” to “GET” as an option for consistency with the rest of the form. GET – General Excise Tax. Eliminate “Utilities” as an option. (TT14964)
  4. Fees category: Eliminated category title “Totals”. Replaced “Community Fees (Monthly)”, “Condominium Fees (Monthly)” and “Master Development Fees (Monthly)” with “Total Monthly Fees (Association/ Maintenance) and “Master Development Fees”. Both Totals are a sum of the combined fees (i.e., All Grounds, Assessment, CAM, Clubhouse, Electric, Gold, Health Club, Lease Rent, Maint, Marina, Roadway, Security, Pool/Sauna/Hot tub, Trash Removal, Misc). (TT 14995)
  5. Eliminated “Sewer Fee Payable” along with checkboxes: Monthly, Annually and Total in Full.
  6. (TT 14995)
  7. Relocate “Tax Year” from “Assessment Data” field to “Other Annual Fees and Info” field.
  8. Move next to “Taxes (Annual)” field. (TT 14995)
  9. Eliminated “Spec Assess Loan Payable” checkboxes: Monthly & Yearly. (TT 14995)
  10. Eliminated “Association Dues/year”, fees to be displayed under “Total Monthly Fees(Association & Maintenance)”. (TT 14995)
  11. Eliminated ” Home Owner Association Docs and checkboxes: Yes & No. (TT 14995)
  12. Road Maint. Amt: No longer a required field. (TT 14995)
  13. Eliminate “Documents Available” field and all the options entirely. (TT 14995)
  14. Combine into one box in this order under the title “Existing Financial”:  “Existing Loan Type”, “Existing Financial” categories & “Add Mortgage” button together to improve usability and conserve space. (TT15065)
  15. Relocating fields within the section in this order: FINANCIAL DETAILS, Terms Acceptable, Seller Financing, Leasehold Information(Leasehold Info. & Lessee Pays), Fees(Total Monthly Fees, Master Dev Fees, Other Fees, etc), Existing Financial(Existing Loan Type &  Add Mortgage). (TT15066)
  16. Eliminated category entitled "Totals". Replaced "Community Fees (Monthly)", "Condominium Fees (Monthly)" and "Master Development Fees (Monthly)" with "Fees-Association(mo) + Fees-Maintenance (mo) + Fees-Other (mo) = Fees Total(mo.) (Asn+MAint+Other)”. Eliminated “Monthly Association/Maintenance Fees”, “Monthly Condominium Fees” and "Master Development Fees". Both Totals are a sum of the combined fees (i.e., All Grounds, Assessment, CAM, Clubhouse, Electric, Gold, Health Club, Lease Rent, Maint, Marina, Roadway, Security, Pool/Sauna/Hot tub, Trash Removal, Misc). Change “Road Maintenance Amount” to “Road Maintenance Amount (Annual), “Sewer Fee” to “Sewer Fee (Monthly)”. Change "Sewer Fee" to "Sewer Fee (Monthly)". Data to be converted to these new fields. See screenshot below. (TT 14995/15964)

BUILDINGS:

  1. Eliminate “Model House Open”. (TT 14893)
  2. Eliminate “Furniture/Fixture/Fittings Amount” field. (TT 14893)
  3. Relocate within section “Model Name” & “Building Description”.
  4. Building Description no longer required. (TT 15039)
  5. Eliminate “Card No.”. (TT 14893)
  6. Combine into one box the following fields in this order after the “Buildings”: “Unit Description (Bldg)”, “Square Footage” & “Other Square Footage Type”.  New category name is “Unit Description (Bldg) (TT 15070)
  7. Rooms: Change “Baths, Half” to “Baths 1/2″. (TT 15050)
  8. Furnished no longer a required field. (TT 15039)
  9. Features:  Eliminate the following: 1 Restroom, 2 Restrooms, Alley, Appliance/Unit, Ceiling Fan, Chandelier, Chill Room, Computer Room, Dark Room, Deck/Lanai/Balcony, Den/Office/Study, Dining Area, Dining Room, Dog Run/Invisible Fence, Eat in Kitchen/Nook, Entry, Exercise Room, Exterior Sign, Family Room, Furniture, Gar/Car Ea Unit, Gas, Goodwill, Great Room, Gas Options, Heated Pool, Heli Pad, Interior Sprinkler System, Kitchen Window, Kitchenware, Landing Strip, Laundry Room, Lease, LH Improve, Library, Licenses, Limo Service, Linens, Loft, Maids/Guest Qtrs, Media Room, Open Lanai, Patio/Deck, Porch, Private Yard, Real Prop, Rear Entry, Resident Manager, Satellite Dish, Sauna/Steam room, Screen Porch, Sidewalk, Sunroom, Trade Name, TV Antenna, Water Treatment System, Whirlpool, Wine Cellar, Workshop/Work Space & Yard. Add “Wine Cooler”.  Change “Comm Kitchen” to “Community Kitchen”; Change “Exterior Sprinkler” to “Sprinkler System-Exterior”, “Fire/Interior Sprinkler” to “Sprinkler System-Interior”, “Lawn Sprinkler” to “Sprinkler System-Lawn”. Change “Wet Bar” to “Bar-Wet”. Change “Dry Bar” to “Bar-Dry”.  Change “9′ Ceilings” to “Ceilings – 9′+”. Change “Cathedral/Vault Ceilings” to “Ceiling-Cathedral”. Add  “Ceiling-Vaulted”. (TT15052)
  10. Bath Features: Add “Steam Room/Sauna” as an option. (TT14971)
  11. Appliances:  Make a required field.  Add “None” as an option.  Move the field, “Washer/Dryer Type” to this section and rename “Washer/Dryer” with the following options: None, Coin Operated, Dryer, Gas Powered, Hook-ups Avail., Individual leased Equipment, Shared, Stacked W/D & Other (remarks). (TT15069)
  12. Add Water Heater category: Move Solar Water Heater” & Water Heater” next to “Water Heater Size(Bldg)” as checkbox options: Electric, Gas, Solar & Tankless. (TT15069)
  13. Kitchen Features:  Add “Eat in Kitchen/Nook” as an option. Change “Pantry – Butler” to “Pantry”. Eliminate “Pantry-Closet” & “Pantry-Walk-in” from list of options. (TT 14973)
  14. Countertops: Change “Corian” to “Solid Surface”; change “Formica” to “Laminate” as options. (TT14974)
  15. Fireplace Type:  Eliminate Attached doors/screen, Gas Starter, Includes Accessories & Pellet as options. (TT 14975)
  16. Eliminate “Appliance/Unit”, “Chandelier(s)”, “Ceiling Fan(s)”. Convert all data from these fields to “Other(remarks). Note: Eliminating Chandelier(s) and Ceiling Fan(s) was due to redundancy, they already exist under Features(Bldg) as “#Ceiling Fans”, “#Chandeliers”. (TT15052)
  17. Meters: Add “Sub Meter” as an option.  (TT 14976)
  18. Roof Material: Add “Concrete Tile”, “Copper”, “Cedar Shake”, “Tile” & “Wood Shingle”. Changed “Other” to “Other (Remarks)” to list of options.  Change “Metal” with “Steel/Metal” as options. (TT 14692)
  19. Eliminate “Basement Type” & all options. (TT 14979)
  20. Floor Coverings (Bldg): Change name from “Floor Coverings (Bldg)” to “Flooring”. Replace “Hardwood Solid” with “Hardwood” and eliminate “Pine” as options. (TT 14980)
  21. Exterior Finish (Bldg): Eliminate “Above Ground” as an option. (Relocated here, in order of Listing Input form.)  Change “Shiplap” to  “Shiplap Siding”. Change “Batten Finish” to “Board & Batten”. (TT 15004)
  22. Exterior: Replace “Lanai” with “Lanai/Patio”; Eliminate “Patio” as an option. Add:  “Balcony”,  “Porch” & “Other (See Remarks)” as options. (TT 14695)
  23. Design (Bldg): Eliminate “Board and Batten”, “Masonry/Stucco” & “Shiplap Siding” as options.
  24. (TT 15004)
  25. Foundation: Eliminate “Wood Piers” as an option. Redundant, same as “Post & Pier.” (TT 14891)
  26. Heating/Cooling (Bldg): Add “Solar Hot Water” as an option. (TT 14697)
  27. Vehicle Storage/Parking (Bldg): Change title from “Vehicle Storage/Parking (Bldg) ” to “Parking (Bldg)”. (TT 14693)
  28. Parking (Bldg): # of Deeded Stalls (Bldg):  Change category to read “Total Parking per Unit”. (TT 14982).
  29. Parking (Bldg): Eliminate “Total Parking Spaces” from this section. (TT15053)
  30. Pets: Add “Dog Run/Invisible Fence” as an option. (TT 14893)
  31. Rooms: Retain drop-down option and retain “Description”.  FYI, eliminated rooms under Features (Bldg) to avoid redundancy, for they already existed under the Rooms drop down menu of options.
  32. Schools: Eliminate “Contact Name”, “Phone” and “Extension”. (TT 14984)
  33. Combine these fields in this order & relocate below the field “Features (Bldg)”.  New category title called “Other Features”: “Kitchen Features(Bldg)”, “Bath Features”, “Countertops”, “Flooring”, “Appliances”, “Washer//Dryer”, “Window Coverings(Bldg)”, “Fireplace(Bldg)” & “Fireplace Location” to improve usability & improve space. (TT15070)
  34. Relocating fields within the section in this order: BUILDINGS(Bldg Description, Model Name, etc), Unit Description(Bldg) (Unit Description & Square Footage), Rooms, Building Type, Furnished, Features(Bldg), Other Features(Kitchen Features, Bath Features, Countertops, Flooring, Appliances, Washer/Dryer, Window Coverings, Fireplace, Fireplace Location, Pets, Loading Type, Meters, Security(Bldg), Exclusions, Construction Information(Construction Info., Design(Bldg), Property Condition, Roofing, Roof Material, Roof Design, Roof Structure, Insulation, Heating/Cooling(Bldg), Basement Type, Exterior, Exterior Finish(Bldg), Foundation, Driveway, Parking(Bldg), Add Room, Contacts & Schools. (TT15070)
  35. Building Description & Parking(Bldg) are no longer required fields. (TT15039)

BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL DETAILS:

  1. Ownership: Change title from “Entity Type” to “Ownership Type”. Add “LLC” as an option. (TT 14984)
  2. Combine into one box in this order after “Current Use”:  “Income Derived-Business”, “Business Location’, “# Days Open”, “Employees”, “Expense Derived”, “Trading Hours” & “Lease Type – Business” to improve usability & conserve space. (TT15057)
  3. “Business Name”, “Business Age”, “Business Yrs Owned”, “Gross Income”, “Gross Expenses”, “Expense Year”, “Net Profit”, “Relocate able”, “Asset Sale”, “Home Based”, “Entity Type”, “# Days “Open” & “Employees” are no longer required fields. (TT15039)
  4. Current Use. Change “Multi-Family” to Multi-Family Income”. Eliminate the following: Jewelry, Free Standing, Retail Mall, Services, Office Building & Retail Outlet. Convert data from these fields to “Other”. (TT15057)
  5. Eliminate completely “Income Derived – Business” & “Expense Derived” categories.  Add new category entitled “Financial Information Available” and populate with the following options: Accountant, Appraisal, Broker, Excise Tax, P&L, Projection, Tax Return & Other(remarks). (TT 15057)
  6. Change Business Location to a multi selectable category. (TT 15057)
  7. Change “Trading Hours” to “Business Hours”. Change the options as follows: Change “Less than 8 hrs per day” to “Less than 8″. Change “More than 10 hrs per day” to “More than 8″.  Change “24 Hours” to “24″. Eliminate “8 hours per day”, “9 hours per day” & “10 hours per day” as options.  (TT15057)

CROPS:

  1. Changed Section title from “Crops” to “Crops/Livestock”. (TT15059)
  2. Added “Crops Included” as Yes/No checkbox. Added “Crops Area (acre)” and “Crops Remarks” fields. (TT15059)
  3. Added “Livestock Included as Yes/No checkbox.  Added “Livestock Area (acre)” & “Livestock Remarks”.  (TT15059)

SIGNATURE:

  1. Add additional line labeled “Seller 4″ & “Date” to existing Seller lines. (TT15071).

GENERAL:

  1. Change under all Sections/Categories/Fields with “Other (see Remarks)” to “Other (remarks)”.

Other Changes

LISTING BASICS

Relocate fields from Listing Details Section to the end of the Listing Basics Section. Fields being relocated are as follows: Price, CSB, List Price, Expires, Buyer Credit, Disclosure Form, CCR’s, GET, Subagency offer, Recordation, Buyer Credit Remarks, Pre-Foreclosure/REO/SS, Restrictions on Commission, Current Occupancy/Possession, Assessment Data to below the lines "St Dir2 and St Dir3"

Listing Details

• Listing Details starts with Condo Information, Intervals, Long Term Rental Information, Vacation Rental, Additional Information & Showing Instructions.

• Vacation Rental Information. Correct spelling of “Vacational” to Vacation.

• Eliminate "Use as Vacation Rental". Data to be converted to "In use as Transient Vacation Rental" field.

• Change "Transient Vacation Rental" to "In use as Transient Vacation Rental" (TT 15845)

PROPERTY DETAILS

• Under Utilities: Water, rename Public/County to Municipal - Eliminate 'Treatment System', convert that data to 'Other'.(TT 15842).

• Change field name from 'Wastewater Treatment System' to 'Wastewater'.(TT 15843).

• Additional Information: Remove "Other (remarks)" from the sub-header "Misc." As we reviewed again, this makes doesn't make any sense to have a miscellaneous option with "Other" as an option.

FINANCIAL DETAILS

• Drop (hide) 'Spec. Assess. Loan'; And change 'Spec. Assess. Amt.' to 'Special Assessment Amount (Monthly)'. Also increase the box for Spec. Assess. Amt. - box should be same size as Tax Year and others in the section. Move Special Assessment(Yes/No/Pending) to the 4th line, far left. (TT 15841)

BUILDINGS

• Roof Material: Correct spelling of “Cooper” to Copper.