COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● PROPERTIES. Answer: Utilize the application to add properties to the
portfolio, refresh this view to download additional data--from the
ARGUS data warehouse.
● Portfolio Details. Answer: The portfolio details displays information
about the current portfolio and scenario. Different levels of detail can be
set for the audit log in this portfolio application tab.
● Scenarios. Answer: This section allows users to build scenarios for
reporting analysis and a view list of all scenarios in a portfolio.
● Reports. Answer: Navigate here to view a series of level reports.
● Analysis. Answer: Thsi application allows users to create and view
analytical charts and graphs based on combination of properties and or
tenants from the portfolio.
● Lease Review. Answer: The lease review tab allows users to view
lease level details in the active scenario of the selected portfolio.
,● Traditional Valuation. Answer: The traditional valudation tab allows a
user to model some situations and goal seak to project costs yields.
● Audit Log. Answer: The audit log will display what properties were
edited by which users within the opened portfolio.
● Recent Properties. Answer: The recent properties section allows a user
to see up to ten most recently opened ARGUS Enterprise files. A user
can also open an .avux file from this section by clicking on "Open
Property."
● Property Portfolios. Answer: Quickly create new portfolios, open
existing portfolios, delete a portfolio, duplicate an existing portfolio, or
refresh the list of portfolios and properties.
● Investment Portfolios. Answer: Users can build a model to examine
the supply and return of capital to and from investors, the loan of cash
from debt suppliers, the calculation of interest and fees, profit
distributions and fee payments to investors and fund managers.
● Sensitivity Assumptions. Answer: The sensitivity assumptions section
allows a user to create sensitivity assumption categories that can be
applied to multiple portfolios and properties.
, ● Charts of Accounts. Answer: Users can access already existing chart
of accounts (COA) here as well as create a new COA, import a COA
from an Excel spreadsheet, or delete a COA.
● Net Effective Rent. Answer: A performance metric for a lease that is
intended to give an idea of the annual value of any lease. Two net
effective rent categories are included when connecting to the default AE
database.
● Global Categories. Answer: There are five different options in the
section: Manage Indices, where we are able to create new inflation rates,
where global inflation rate categories can be created and later applied at
the property level; manage classifications to manage the definition of
classification categories; manage currencies to manage currency
conversion categories; manage interest rates to set up loan interest rates
and project the following at the property and portfolio levels; cash flow
returns after debt, various interest rates, swaps, and refinancing
scenarios.
● Currency Scenarios. Answer: Allows users to enter in various currency
exchange rates.
● Help. Answer: This feature connects users with several different help
options and displays information regarding the product version and
modules purchased.