How to use your Lot Intelligence tools.

When to use it

Use this first if you are new to PBLots or are unsure which feature answers your question.

How to use it

1. Open Properties to create or sign in to your account, add an owned property, and return to My Properties.
2. Open Analyze when you want property facts, area performance, projections, historical land values, readiness screening, or a value request.
3. Open Monitor when you want Property Watch, ListingGuard guidance, saved reports, or community/market change information.
4. Open Decide when you want to estimate net proceeds, run Scenario Lab, compare Hold / Build / Sell, explore assemblage, request a direct-purchase review, list a property, or request Strategic Property Advisory.
5. Open Help for the Knowledge Base, Sentry Security, membership information, and customer support.
6. When you open a contextual How to use link, the Knowledge Base retains the referring tool, selected property and section. Use Return to My Property Work to continue without entering the property again. Related links to the same tool also keep that property context.
7. Open My Account to enter the Client Command Center: see My Properties, recent property research, monitoring/activity, saved reports, membership status, and account settings in one place.

When to use it

Use this whenever you know the question you want answered but are not sure which PBLots feature to open.

How to use it

1. Properties: use for My Properties, adding/claiming an owned property, and returning to your saved-property portfolio.
2. Analyze: start with Property Intelligence for one complete Palm Bay property record; use Property Comparison to place two to four parcels side by side, Scenario Lab to test editable financial paths, Property Analyzer for a focused nearby-market analysis, MarketScope for areas/submarkets, Historical Land Values for long-run market history, and Owner Tools for title/readiness/decision analysis.
3. Monitor: open Property Watch Center to see What Changed?, use Watch My Property for an owned-property relationship, open saved Property Reports, follow Community News, and review ListingGuard public listing monitoring.
4. Decide: use Net Proceeds, Scenario Lab, Hold / Build / Sell, Expand My Holdings, Check Estimated Value, Direct Purchase Review, List / Sell, or Strategic Property Advisory.
5. Help: use the Knowledge Base, Sentry Security, Membership, or Contact Support.
6. My Account: opens the Client Command Center for My Properties, recent research, monitoring/activity, reports, membership, profile settings, and sign out.

When to use it

Start here whenever your question is about one specific parcel. PBLots classifies the property first, then routes vacant land and improved homes into the correct intelligence path so a home is never analyzed as a vacant lot.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Property Intelligence Profile.
2. Search by Palm Bay address, parcel ID, or Brevard tax account.
3. Review the Official Property Identity and Property Type sections first so you know exactly which parcel was resolved and which analytics path PBLots selected.
4. Review the Intelligence Sources strip to see which authoritative services support the profile and whether any source is unavailable.
5. For vacant land, use the Local Market section for nearby closed-land context. For an improved home, PBLots intentionally suppresses the vacant-land market model and routes the property to Home Intelligence instead.
6. With Intelligence Pro, vacant land can use REK LandIntel, REK Lot Value and land-market scenarios. Improved single-family homes can use REK Home Value comparable-sale evidence plus LandIntel parcel/site context; REK Lot Value and vacant-land MarketScope remain intentionally excluded.
7. Use Next Action to connect an owned property, open the correct land or home workflow, explore selling, request direct-purchase review where appropriate, or request deeper REK advisory.

When to use it

Use this when you want to understand why a home does not show vacant-land valuation/MarketScope results, or why a parcel says Property Type Needs Review.

How to use it

1. Vacant Land: uses the existing land stack — official parcel facts, REK Market Intel, REK LandIntel, REK Lot Value, Property Comparison and Scenario Lab when your membership permits.
2. Improved Single-Family Residential: uses official home/parcel facts and Home Intelligence routing. Intelligence Pro can add REK Home Value residential comparable-sales evidence plus LandIntel zoning, utilities, flood and mapped site context. Vacant-land MarketScope and REK Lot Value are intentionally not applied to the residence.
3. Manufactured / Mobile Home: recognized as a separate property class. Full analytics are not enabled until a dedicated manufactured-home model is added.
4. Other / Unsupported: commercial, multifamily, industrial and unusual property types can be identified without forcing them into a land or single-family model.
5. Needs Review: if official records conflict — for example vacant wording plus meaningful improvement evidence — PBLots stops the land/home analytics instead of guessing.
6. For improved homes, use REK Home Value Intelligence when available, REK Home Value Review for broker-led follow-up, selling/listing, Direct Purchase Review where appropriate, Strategic Property Advisory and Property Watch rather than vacant-land estimates.

When to use it

Use this when a Property Intelligence Profile is classified as Improved Single-Family Residential and you want home-specific value evidence, confidence, and comparable closed sales.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Property Intelligence and search the Palm Bay home by address, parcel ID, or Brevard tax account.
2. Confirm Property Type says Improved Single-Family Residential. PBLots will not run REK Lot Value or vacant-land MarketScope on the home.
3. With Intelligence Pro, review the REK Home Value estimated range, preliminary estimated value, confidence score, comparable-sale count, and search window.
4. Review the comparable closed sales. PBLots shows key facts such as sale price, living area, bedrooms/bathrooms when available, year built, distance, price per square foot, and the engine's adjusted value indication.
5. Recorded home facts and Home Value subject facts use one parcel-matched display. County building facts received through Home Value can fill missing living area, year built, building count and pool information. Each available fact shows its source; other Home Value subject details may include historical MLS records.
6. If building facts conflict, county parcel facts remain visible and the automated home-price evidence is withheld for broker review. County tax values remain separate from the comparable-sales market estimate.
7. Check the condition assumption. When no verified condition is supplied, the automated bridge uses average condition so the customer can see a preliminary result without pretending interior condition was inspected.
8. If the result says Broker Review Recommended, use the REK Home Value Review action before relying on the automated range for a pricing or transaction decision.
9. Use LandIntel separately for parcel/site questions such as zoning, utilities, flood and mapped environmental screening. Those site facts are not substitutes for the residential comparable-sales model.

When to use it

Use this when you are choosing between multiple prospective lots or comparing vacant-land alternatives. Improved homes are routed to Home Intelligence and are not mixed with land metrics.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Property Comparison. Intelligence Pro is required.
2. Enter at least two Palm Bay addresses, parcel IDs, or Brevard tax accounts. You can compare up to four properties at one time.
3. Confirm each resolved property identity before interpreting the comparison rows.
4. Compare parcel facts and REK valuation evidence separately from area market context. REK valuation ranges are parcel-specific; nearby median, momentum, DOM and market scenarios describe surrounding closed-land activity.
5. Review LandIntel zoning, future land use, utility context and mapped-condition indicators. A flag identifies something to review; it does not automatically make one property better or worse.
6. Use source-confidence and conflict indicators to identify records that deserve manual review, then open the full Property Intelligence Profile for the property you want to investigate further.
7. Use MarketScope, Hold / Build / Sell, or Strategic Property Advisory when the comparison raises questions that require area analysis, owner-specific assumptions, or professional review.

When to use it

Use this when you want to understand why two records differ, how reliable a field is, or which REK service supplied a conclusion.

How to use it

1. Official Parcel identifies the county parcel record, geometry, recorded lot facts and public assessment context.
2. REK Market Intel supplies local closed-land market history, submarket performance and scenario inputs.
3. REK LandIntel supplies planning, zoning, future land use, utility and preliminary environmental/buildability screening when the secure gateway is connected.
4. REK Lot Value supplies read-only Data Vault identity, valuation range and comparable-sale evidence when the secure gateway is connected.
5. Read the confidence indicator and sample size before relying on a market statistic.
6. If PBLots displays a source conflict, review it rather than assuming one record automatically overrides the other.

When to use it

Use it as your normal signed-in starting point instead of hunting through separate pages for work you already started.

How to use it

1. Open My Account from the top navigation; Command Center is the first account-menu destination.
2. Use the overview cards to see verified-property capacity, saved reports, Property Watch connections, and recent property research.
3. Review Needs Attention for pending verification, scheduled membership changes, or confirmed ListingGuard activity.
4. Use My Properties to reopen the full Property Intelligence Profile, Owner Tools, or the saved report for a verified property.
5. Use Recent Research to reopen the Palm Bay property profiles you viewed most recently. Researching a property still does not claim ownership or add it to My Properties.
6. Use Analyze · Monitor · Decide to jump directly into Property Intelligence, Property Comparison, MarketScope, My Properties, reports, Owner Tools, or Membership.
7. Account profile and membership/security controls remain on the same page below the working dashboard.

When to use it

Use it when considering construction on vacant land or an addition, rebuild or other proposed change to an existing home.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Property Intelligence, search the property and confirm the parcel identity.
2. With Intelligence Pro, select Review Buildability for land or Review Site + Proposed Changes for a home. These buttons appear near the intelligence sources.
3. Read the source check date and any LandIntel review items. A successful connection is not proof that every underlying map source completed.
4. Read each finding together with Why it matters and Next verification. Zoning, future land use, utilities, flood/drainage, wetlands, soils, habitat, coastal hazards, access, septic and permits address different questions.
5. Not confirmed means the response did not establish a usable result. No indicator returned means the screen returned no indicator; it does not establish absence, source completion or a buildability approval.
6. Take your parcel ID, intended project and flagged topics to the relevant authority or professional. For an existing home, verify the requirements for your proposed changes rather than assuming the existing building approves new work.

When to use it

Use this when the Property Intelligence Profile shows REK LandIntel as available and you want preliminary zoning, future land use, utility and mapped-condition context for a Palm Bay parcel.

How to use it

1. Confirm the Official Property Identity first so the screening is tied to the intended parcel.
2. Review Jurisdiction, Zoning and Future Land Use before considering development assumptions.
3. Review Water, Sewer, Reclaimed Water and Electric results as mapped/service context rather than a utility commitment.
4. Review flood, wetlands, hydric-soil, scrub-jay, coastal-hazard and historic eagle indicators. A mapped intersection is a reason for additional review, not a final regulatory determination.
5. Read every flagged condition and do not treat a lack of mapped flags as a buildability certification.
6. Remember that legal access/easements, septic feasibility and field conditions such as gopher-tortoise presence require separate verification when material to your decision.

When to use it

Use this when the Property Intelligence Profile shows REK Lot Value as available and you want to understand the estimated range, confidence, and comparable-sale evidence.

How to use it

1. Start with the resolved Official Property Identity so the valuation is tied to the correct parcel.
2. Review the estimated value range and confidence score together rather than treating one number as a guaranteed price.
3. Review comparable candidates for sale date, sale price, lot size, and proximity when available.
4. If Broker review recommended appears, treat the automated result as incomplete until the identity or valuation evidence is reviewed.
5. Use the source/conflict indicators when REK Data Vault identity differs materially from the county parcel record.
6. Use Check Estimated Value or Strategic Property Advisory when you want to move from research into a broker-led valuation or deeper advisory workflow.

When to use it

Use this when comparing plans, checking which features are included, or changing your membership.

How to use it

1. Open Membership from Help, My Account, or the account dropdown.
2. Review the features shown under Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 before choosing a plan.
3. Successful Sentry ID verification unlocks the Level 2 experience for 30 days; after the trial you may continue with complimentary Level 1, remain on Level 2, or move to Level 3.
4. Upgrades to a higher paid level take effect immediately and Stripe charges the prorated difference for the remaining billing period.
5. Downgrades from a paid plan take effect at the end of the current paid billing period. Paid downgrades do not generate refunds or credits for unused time.
6. Return to My Account at any time to confirm your current membership and any scheduled plan change.

When to use it

Use this when creating an account, verifying identity, adding an owned property, or submitting authority documents for an entity, trust, estate, or other non-individual owner.

How to use it

1. Create the customer account and complete email verification before the WordPress member account is created.
2. Add the owned property using the best available parcel ID, tax account, or property address.
3. PBLots screens the property relationship and owner-name context before allowing verified-property access.
4. Complete Sentry ID verification when requested. The one-time identity-verification fee helps deter people from posing as property owners or attempting to sell property they do not own.
5. For entity-owned, trust, estate, partnership, corporate, or similar property, use the designated secure authority-document workflow so an authorized natural person can be established.
6. Do not send passwords, authentication codes, identity documents, or authority documents through the general Contact form.

When to use it

Use it when you plan to hold a property, are not ready to sell, or want important changes surfaced without repeatedly opening every analysis tool.

How to use it

1. Add and verify the lot in My Properties, then keep Property Watch active for the property.
2. Open Monitor → Property Watch Center.
3. Choose the verified property you want to review.
4. Create the first starting snapshot. The first check is a baseline, not a change report.
5. Later, use Check for Changes Now. PBLots refreshes the sources included with your membership and compares the new snapshot with the previous one.
6. Review any Needs Attention items before making a transaction or construction decision.

When to use it

Use this when you want a concise answer to: “What has materially changed since I last checked this property?”

How to use it

1. Open Monitor → Property Watch Center or use What Changed? on a property card in My Account.
2. Select the verified property. Each property keeps its own private baseline and check history.
3. If no baseline exists, choose Create Starting Snapshot. Future checks compare against that starting point.
4. Choose Check for Changes Now. The approved processing display remains visible while the included sources refresh.
5. Review the What Changed? section. Changes are grouped by Official Property Record, Surrounding Market, Land + Buildability, REK Valuation Evidence, ListingGuard, Local Context, or Data Quality.
6. A Needs Attention item should be verified before relying on the affected fact. Material Change means the movement crossed a decision-support threshold. Information means the change is useful context but is not automatically a problem.
7. Use Open Property Intelligence for the complete current record, Scenario Lab when a change affects Hold / Build / Sell assumptions, or My Property Reports when you want a saved intelligence snapshot.

When to use it

Use it when a Level 2 or Level 3 verified owner wants additional awareness of public listing activity involving a monitored property.

How to use it

1. Verify the property relationship and maintain an eligible Level 2 or Level 3 membership.
2. Keep the parcel ID and property address accurate so public listing evidence can be matched conservatively.
3. ListingGuard performs budget-controlled public-web checks and stores evidence only when the match is strong enough for review.
4. Treat an alert as a reason to review the evidence, not automatic proof that a valid MLS listing, contract, seller authorization, or fraud event exists.
5. Use Sentry/security support when public activity appears inconsistent with the verified owner relationship.

When to use it

Use it before comparing a direct sale, listing, or hold decision, especially when gross sale price alone can make alternatives look more attractive than the likely net amount.

How to use it

1. Enter the expected sale price.
2. Enter brokerage/service fees, flat marketing fees, concessions, title/settlement costs, taxes, association charges, loan payoff, liens, and other seller costs that apply.
3. The estimated net and deductions update automatically as inputs change.
4. Use Refresh Estimated Net only as a manual fallback if you want to force a recalculation.
5. Compare the net figure—not just the sale price—when evaluating disposition alternatives.

When to use it

Use it before listing, accepting an offer, planning a build, or whenever the ownership history contains a death, multiple parties, old mortgage, lien, entity, trust, or document discrepancy.

How to use it

1. Choose the saved property for context.
2. Answer each screening question based on what you actually know; use Not sure instead of assuming an item is clear.
3. Select Review Title Readiness to generate the screening score and support path.
4. Open the recommended PRISM topics for a structured explanation of the flagged issue.
5. Gather the listed records before contacting the title company, closing professional, surveyor, tax professional, or attorney when professional review is appropriate.

When to use it

Use PRISM when Title Readiness flags an issue or when you want to understand a common ownership, lien, deed, entity, access, easement, government, tax, or seller-readiness topic.

How to use it

1. Open PRISM from Owner Tools.
2. Use the category selector or search box to find the issue.
3. Read the four-part sequence: Issue → What Applies → Property Facts → What This Means.
4. Review possible next steps, typical documents, professional assistance commonly used, and estimated complexity/timing.
5. Use the information to organize facts and questions before a transaction or professional review.

When to use it

Use it when you are considering more frontage, more acreage, additional privacy, development flexibility, control of neighboring land, or an assemblage strategy.

How to use it

1. Select the saved property you already own.
2. Enter the original acquisition cost and acreage for the existing property.
3. Scan adjacent parcels or manually enter the target parcel/address, proposed purchase price, acreage, acquisition costs, and market context.
4. The blended acquisition figures update automatically as inputs change.
5. Use Refresh Blended Acquisition Cost only as a manual fallback.
6. Review combined cost per lot/acre and possible assemblage benefits before deciding whether to ask REK to explore the acquisition.

When to use it

Use it before manually researching neighboring owners or entering a target parcel into the assemblage calculator.

How to use it

1. Select a saved lot under Expand My Holdings.
2. Click Scan Adjacent Parcels. The animated scanner appears only while a real GIS request is running.
3. Review the subject parcel schematic and returned candidates.
4. A result labeled Adjacent Parcel indicates GIS boundary contact; a Nearby Candidate must be independently verified as adjacent.
5. Select Use in Assemblage Calculator to transfer parcel ID, address, acreage, and county market context into the planning model.
6. Enter your own proposed purchase price; county value is not treated as an asking price.

When to use it

Use it when you want to move logically from an area question to a property question without losing the surrounding market context.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → MarketScope. Intelligence Pro / Level 3 is required.
2. Optionally enter any Palm Bay address, parcel ID, or tax account in Bring a Property into MarketScope. This does not create an ownership claim.
3. Review the parcel-specific REK valuation range and LandIntel context beside the two-mile area median. The area median is context, not an estimate of the parcel.
4. Use Subdivision Lens or ZIP Lens from the property panel to move directly into the surrounding submarket when those official property fields are available.
5. Choose the goal you are optimizing for, then review median price, momentum, liquidity, historical growth, scenarios and Goal Fit Ranking.
6. Open the Full Property Profile or Property Comparison when the area analysis identifies a parcel that deserves deeper review.

When to use it

Use it to understand advertised competition across Palm Bay, then verify the listing directly before making an ownership or investment decision.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → MarketScope and scroll to Palm Bay market activity. Intelligence Pro / Level 3 is required.
2. This panel covers Palm Bay vacant-land listings across all units and subdivisions. Its city-wide counts are independent of the selected ZIP, subdivision, radius or property.
3. Compare active-listing and selected-period closed-sale counts. Median sale price uses actual closing prices from all qualifying Palm Bay closed sales in the same selected 3-, 6- or 12-month period; median active asking price describes advertised prices.
4. Review up to 10 records per status. Choose Last 3 months, Last 6 months (default) or Last 12 months in Closed-sales window; the sale count, median sale price and records all follow that selection. active records show asking prices. Click an active property address to open the Mapbox satellite map dialog with the listing photograph when the source provides one, asking price, identifiers and a Contact REK for More Information option. Locations are approximate when geocoded and are not a survey; if the map or precise location is unavailable, the contact action still works. Click Contact REK about this listing in Buyer assistance or the contact option in the property map to open the Real Estate Kingz contact form; the property, parcel/MLS reference and available member name, email and phone are prefilled. Review or edit the details, choose your consent options, then press Send Message. Opening this form does not submit an inquiry. Listing evidence does not prove current availability.
5. Open REK Market Intel and confirm status and asking price with the listing broker. An unavailable connection means unknown evidence, not zero inventory.
6. Click Return to Listing Evidence to resume your MarketScope property, area selections and the same section without entering the property again.

When to use it

Use it when you are evaluating a specific vacant-land property and do not want to add it to My Properties or imply that you own it.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Quick Property Analyzer, or launch it from MarketScope.
2. Enter a parcel ID, tax account, or street address. Parcel ID or tax account is usually the most exact.
3. Choose a 1-, 2-, 5-, or 10-mile market radius.
4. Review the official parcel context, nearby 12-month market median, sales activity, momentum and similar-size recent sale median when enough data exists.
5. Review the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year local market scenarios and the transaction map, then open the full Property Intelligence Profile when you need the complete property record.
6. Use parcel-level due diligence for zoning, utilities, access, title and buildability before acting.

When to use it

Use it after Property Intelligence when you want to see how the yearly cost of owning the land, how long you keep it, expected changes in land value, selling costs or build costs change the financial comparison.

How to use it

1. Open Analyze → Scenario Lab, Decide → Scenario Lab, or launch it from a Property Intelligence, MarketScope, Property Comparison or My Account property workflow.
2. Step 1 — Review the property. Enter an address, parcel ID or Brevard tax account. Scenario Lab retrieves the same official parcel, REK Market Intel, REK LandIntel and REK Lot Value evidence used elsewhere in PBLots. Confirm that you are working with the intended parcel and review the starting value, area-market context and property issues.
3. Step 2 — Test different assumptions. Change the numbers you want to explore. The page explains which path each number affects. These changes apply only to the Scenario Lab analysis; they do not change official records, REK Lot Value, LandIntel or MarketScope data.
4. Watch the Live Results bar while you edit. It recalculates immediately. PBLots also highlights the affected Sell, Hold or Build card and displays a short Result Updated notice. Select View updated result to jump directly to the recalculated card.
5. For Sell Now, the starting land value and selling-cost percentage affect the estimated amount remaining after a current sale. The land purchase cost is then shown separately so you can understand the amount remaining after that cost.
6. For Hold, choose how many years you might keep the land, the expected yearly change in land value and the yearly cost of continuing to own it. These inputs change the future-sale and ownership-cost calculation.
7. Step 3 — Estimate Build costs if needed. Use the Brevard Construction Cost Estimator when you do not yet have a builder quote. Enter the heated and air-conditioned living area, choose the general finish level, decide whether to use the typical Brevard site/permit estimate, and tell the estimator whether a garage is already included, not planned, or should be added separately.
8. PBLots shows a low-to-high build-cost range. “Which estimate should Scenario Lab use?” chooses only the one planning number carried into the Build comparison: Lower uses the low end, Middle uses the center and Higher uses the high end. The full range remains visible.
9. Other project costs are real costs you want to add because they are not already counted elsewhere—for example utility extensions, extra fill, a pool or a detached building. The contingency is extra budget reserved for surprises; it is not a fee or a prediction that the money will definitely be spent.
10. Select Use This Estimate in Build Scenario when you are ready. PBLots fills the home-construction and site/project cost fields. Enter loan/interest costs, expected construction time and a supportable completed-home value separately because those depend on your specific project.
11. Step 4 — Compare your options. The detailed Sell Now, Hold and Build cards are the one authoritative Scenario Lab result section. The affected card highlights after a change so you can see the cause-and-effect relationship. Sell Now and Hold show estimated amounts remaining after their listed costs. Build shows the Sell Now after-cost outcome, the Build after-cost outcome, and states which choice is ahead and by how much once Build costs and a completed-home value are entered.
12. Step 5 — Read Your Decision Summary. Scenario Lab explains the overall conclusion, the assumptions that drove it, missing or uncertain information, the rules for interpreting the numbers, what to verify next and whether the current comparison is complete enough to use for planning. If changing one number significantly changes the result, confirm that number before making a decision.

When to use it

Use it for early Build planning. Replace the estimated numbers with actual builder, lender, permit, utility and site-preparation information as those figures become available.

How to use it

1. Enter the heated and air-conditioned living area of the planned home. This is the indoor living space. Do not include the garage, open porch, patio or other non-living space.
2. Choose a finish and construction level. Standard means basic builder finishes, Mid-range means common upgraded finishes, and Luxury / custom means premium materials or more customization. The current Brevard planning bands are $175–$228, $228–$280, and $280–$320+ per square foot respectively. Highly customized work may cost more.
3. If a builder has already given you a price per square foot, enter it in Builder’s price per square foot. PBLots then uses that number instead of the general finish-level range.
4. For Site preparation and permit costs, choose Use typical Brevard estimate to add the current $15,000–$35,000 planning range. These costs can include permits and impact fees, surveys or soil testing, clearing, grading, fill, driveway work and basic site preparation. Choose Already included elsewhere only when those costs are already counted in another number. Choose I have my own estimate when you have a project-specific amount.
5. For the garage question, choose Yes when the builder price already includes the garage; choose No garage is planned when the project will not have one; choose No — add a typical 2-car garage estimate to use the current $25,000–$60,000 range; or choose No — use my own garage estimate when you already have a separate garage figure.
6. Other project costs not counted above are actual costs you want included in the budget but that are not already part of the home, site/permit or garage amounts. Examples include utility extensions, extra fill, a pool, detached building or other planned work. Leave $0 when none are known.
7. A contingency means extra budget set aside for unexpected costs. It can help absorb small change orders, material-price increases or site conditions discovered after work begins. For example, 10% adds $10,000 to a $100,000 subtotal. It is a planning cushion, not a prediction that the money will definitely be spent.
8. The field “Which estimate should Scenario Lab use?” does not change the displayed range. Lower uses the low end, Middle uses the center, and Higher uses the high end as the one figure carried into the Build comparison. Middle is a reasonable starting point when you have no reason to choose otherwise.
9. Review the full range, then select Use This Estimate in Build Scenario. PBLots fills the plain-language Home construction cost and Site preparation, permits + other project costs fields. Loan/interest costs, expected construction time and the completed home’s market value remain separate.
10. Administrators can refresh the seeded cost bands under Lot Intelligence → Settings → Scenario Lab Construction Cost Estimator as local construction conditions change.

When to use it

Read this before comparing a production-builder price with a custom or semi-custom Build scenario. The two prices may represent very different purchasing power, land basis, site-development costs and included items.

How to use it

1. Production builders purchase materials in large quantities. Volume purchasing can reduce the per-home cost of lumber, concrete, roofing, drywall, cabinets, appliances and other components compared with one-home purchasing.
2. Large builders can offer subcontractors a continuing pipeline of work. Repeated framing, plumbing, electrical, roofing and finish work can reduce scheduling gaps and may reduce the per-home labor price compared with a one-off project.
3. A production builder can design and engineer a floor plan once and use it repeatedly. A one-off project may carry most or all of its architectural, engineering and structural-design cost on one home.
4. Production builders may purchase and develop larger tracts. Roads, drainage, utilities, grading, equipment mobilization and other development work can be spread across many lots instead of being borne by one property.
5. Repeated floor plans and established construction sequences can reduce material waste, change orders and build time. A shorter, more predictable construction period may also reduce financing and overhead costs.
6. Permit and impact fees are generally established by the local government. Do not assume a production builder receives a lower official fee merely because it builds in volume. The larger advantage is often the ability to spread engineering, infrastructure, administration and other development costs across many homes.
7. A one-off or custom build can cost more but gives the owner greater control over the specific lot, floor plan, finishes, site design and features. That flexibility is part of what the additional cost may be buying.
8. When comparing prices, ask what is included: land, garage, clearing, grading, fill, driveway, permits, impact fees, utility connections, plans/engineering, surveys, landscaping, appliances, porches/patios and any builder or financing incentives.
9. Do not compare only the headline price or dollars per square foot. First make sure both prices describe the same scope of work and use the same definition of square footage.

When to use it

Use it when you are undecided whether to keep the lot, investigate building, or sell now.

How to use it

1. Select the saved property for context.
2. Enter your time horizon, liquidity need, build interest, access confidence, utility readiness, title readiness, buildability confidence, carrying cost, acquisition cost, and market context.
3. The Hold, Build, and Sell gauges update automatically as inputs change.
4. Use Refresh Hold / Build / Sell Comparison only as a manual fallback.
5. Read the reason tags under each path; do not rely on the highest number by itself.
6. Use the result to identify the next fact you need—such as title, utilities, access, value, or buildability—before making the actual decision.

When to use it

Use it for trespass, dumping, code notices, blocked access, storm damage, title surprises, unknown liens, and similar owner problems.

How to use it

1. Open the scenario that matches the problem.
2. Follow the Recognize → Document → Protect → Escalate → Resolve sequence.
3. Preserve photos, dates, letters, notices, receipts, and official records.
4. Use the correct government agency or professional instead of improvising when authority, safety, title, or legal rights are uncertain.
5. Confirm the matter is actually closed rather than assuming a phone call resolved it.

When to use it

Use it whenever you or someone acting for you plans to walk a vacant lot, especially in heat, brush, standing water, poor cellular coverage, or after storms.

How to use it

1. Review weather and tropical conditions before leaving.
2. Tell someone where you are going and when you expect to return.
3. Prepare water, charged communications, offline parcel references, protective clothing, insect protection, and basic first aid.
4. The readiness gauge updates automatically as checklist items change.
5. Use Refresh Field Readiness only as a manual fallback.
6. Do not enter flooded, posted, unsafe, clearly inaccessible, or neighboring property without permission.

When to use it

Use it during hurricane season and before watches or warnings create time pressure.

How to use it

1. Back up deed, survey, parcel, insurance, and important contact information.
2. Save current photos/video of the property when conditions are safe.
3. Understand access, drainage, flood-prone areas, loose debris, and post-storm hazards.
4. The readiness gauge updates automatically as checklist items change.
5. Use Refresh Hurricane Readiness only as a manual fallback.
6. Follow official emergency instructions and wait for safe conditions before inspecting the lot.

When to use it

Use it after you have entered the planning values you want to preserve, or whenever you want a new baseline before comparing later changes.

How to use it

1. Open Owner Tools and choose the lot in the Property Intelligence Report section.
2. Review or update the relevant calculators, Title Readiness answers, Hold / Build / Sell inputs and preparedness checklists.
3. Select Save / Update Property Intelligence Report. The save indicator appears only while the report is actually being stored.
4. Open the saved report to review property identity, current Parcel Impact, planning results and the changes detected since the previous saved revision.
5. Use Print / Save PDF if you want a personal offline copy. Update the report again whenever property facts, your assumptions or surrounding evidence changes.

When to use it

Use this when you want to understand why the tools look the same across the two sites or why zoning, utility, development, and official-source context can differ by property location.

How to use it

1. PBLots is the specialized Palm Bay implementation of the shared platform.
2. BrevardLots is the countywide implementation and supports saved lots across Brevard County.
3. BrevardLots uses the property city/municipality to keep local land-use context jurisdiction-aware.
4. For incorporated municipalities outside Palm Bay, the platform will not present unincorporated Brevard zoning as if it controls the parcel. Local zoning, utilities, and development rules must be verified with the municipality or service provider.
5. Official-source monitoring coverage can expand by jurisdiction without changing the owner-facing workflow.

When to use it

Use this whenever a tool shows county value, market context, a readiness score, parcel geometry, Community News, or a decision-fit gauge.

How to use it

1. Treat county values as public-record context, not an asking price or appraisal.
2. Treat GIS parcel shapes as screening maps, not surveys.
3. Treat readiness and decision scores as structured checklists or comparisons, not guarantees.
4. Use current comparable-sales analysis for price support and the appropriate professional for title, survey, tax, engineering, legal, environmental, or buildability determinations.

When to use it

Use this for broader community insight alongside your property facts.

How to use it

1. Open Community News from the header or footer.
2. Read the source report for full context and check its publication date.
3. Community stories do not automatically become parcel impacts or customer alerts.

When to use it

Use this to compare area-wide recorded values over time.

How to use it

1. Open Community News and find Historical Land Values.
2. Choose Palm Bay or Brevard County and a consistent measure.
3. Read the sample size, source and coverage notes; missing years remain blank.