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New
Mac-Compatible Releases of RealData Software
At
last! Microsoft has released Excel 2011 for the Macintosh, so we have
been able to build all-new Mac-compatible versions of our RealData
software.
What's
the Big Deal? (or, Microsoft's answer to
"Paradise Lost" for Mac users)
Our
software is much more than your accountant's plain vanilla Excel
spreadsheet. Both the power and the ease of use of RealData's
Excel-based products come largely from something you can't see:
thousands upon thousands of lines of VBA "macro" code driving great
stuff like report generation, goal-seeking, commercial lease wizards
and more.
But Microsoft, inexplicably, dropped support for VBA
on the Mac in Office 2008, so users had to settle for Excel
2004
in order to run our programs. Check your calendar -- computer years are
even longer than dog years, so that was old technology.
Thankfully,
Microsoft has seen the light and restored VBA in their new
Excel
2011; and we wasted not a moment getting to work re-writing our
products to make good use of the new Excel. It was no small task, but
now all of our products are truly Mac-compatible.
Not
only will you have
the advantage of Excel's new interface and features, but you'll now be
able to use the latest versions of RealData software on your
Mac -- even
REIA Express, Version 2 and the RealData Real Estate Calculator
-- and you'll see all of our programs run at speeds that are
orders of
magnitude faster than they ran with Excel 2004.
If you're using one of our older Excel 2004-based
programs, we urge you to upgrade to our new releases. Just call us at 800-899-6060. For
the month of January, we'll even take 30% off the price of
any of our Mac upgrades. Or if you're switching to a Mac from
a PC, we'll give the same discount off our cross-platform charge.
(A
sidebar note: Because these programs are not simply spreadsheets,
WIndows versions won't work properly on the Mac and vice-versa. That's
why we created these new releases specifically for the Mac.)
We've
been serving the Mac platform since 1984, and we're delighted to be
doing so again -- properly, with all our latest releases.
Learn
by Watching, then Doing -- Videos to Help You Get the Most from
RealData Software
These printed words you're reading are so twentieth century. This is
the age of video, and it's time for us to get with it.
Starting
this month, we are building what we hope will be a valuable library of
videos -- brief and to the point -- that will will help you
install, use, and get the greatest benefit from our software. You'll
find videos on some of our most frequently asked tech support
questions, like "How do I enable macros?" or "What
can I do from the custom RealData menu that you've added to
Excel?"
We also have videos to show you how to use some of our most
helpful and powerful features, like goal-seeking and the commercial
property wizards for entering lease data and rollovers.
Our first batch of videos is ready
on our website now. We
expect to grow this library significantly in coming weeks, so please
check back. Also, if you would like to suggest a topic for a video, we
would be delighted to hear from you.
The
RERA Report -- U.S. Real Estate Digest
We recently happened upon an excellent resource that we're anxious to
tell you about: The RERA Report from Real Estate Research Associates.
It's a free digest of serious real estate news, and it can show up in
your inbox each morning.
It
draws on sources like Bloomberg, Crain's, WSJ, the Real Deal, and major
metropolitan newspapers. Makes you feel like the president, getting
your morning briefing before you tackle the world.
It's brand new, so they don't have their website up yet, but we've
arranged to give you a link to a sample copy. Within that copy
you'll find a link you can click to subscribe.
We think it's definitely worth a look.
RealData in
the Classroom
RealData
founder Frank Gallinelli will be teaching real estate investment
analysis at Columbia again this semester in their MSRED
program.
A number of colleges and universities have been using
our software for instructional
purposes in their classes on real estate finance and investment. In
addition, many instructors also use texts
by Gallinelli to provide sample problems and
case studies. These books are available in both print and Kindle
format.
If you would like to find out more about academic use of any
RealData product, please reach us via our online contact form.
New
Pricing on Two Software "Bundles"
Just a reminder that we're offering
bigger savings on two of our
software bundles.
With Bundle 4 at $1,199 you now save $564 and get
Real
Estate Investment Analysis (REIA) Professional Edition
Commercial/Industrial
Development
On
Schedule
Comparative
Lease Analysis
Personal
Financial Statement
With Bundle 5 at $1,299 you get just about
everything but our office furniture, and you save $762 in the process.
You
receive all of the above, plus
Portfolio
Analysis add-on for REIA Professional
Comparison
Analysis add-on for REIA Professional
1031
Exchange Analysis
Understanding
Real Estate Investments e-course
To get these special prices now go
to our "software bundles" page.
Reminder:
Free Shipping on RealData Software
We're continuing our offer of free USPS
first-class shipping on any software order over $50. For details, check
our real estate investment blog.
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