Condo Control vs. CoStar Real Estate Manager

It is well suited to a user community that is computer savvy. It is great for posting service requests because they can be done from a smartphone while walking through the building. Classified ads are helpful in allowing residents to rent parking spots or sell goods. The Survey feature is helpful for measuring the pulse of the community on different issues.

Incentivized

Gen-Y and younger will have no problem learning how to use CoStar but its not very intuitive for the older generations (they have to hunt and peck for what they are looking for and have no idea how to manipulate the reporting features)

Incentivized

• It allows me to manage the contact information for residents, owners, staff and contractors all in one.
• It allows me to communicate with a selected group of people at a time.
• It allows me to customize the amenities, pool, billiards, party room, etc. in a user-friendly way.
• It has a store feature for residents to purchase products conveniently with their credit card.

• Nothing
• Charging my card
• Nothing

• The home screen is not very modern. There are graphs and silly things on there.
• Emailing the help desk doesn't seem to work....an electronic response comes in but not an answer. If you call, you get a live agent immediately though.
• Everything else is great.

Incentivized

• In our market (Portland, OR), not enough users implement the tools that could make CoStar so much better. For example, I specialize in medical but brokers and owners don't take the time to mark medical as an approved use in their buildings so I have to search much longer and cross-reference the data by contacting the brokers directly.
• I find it really annoying that when I download documents CoStar doesn't use smart technology to automatically name my files. It is especially irritating since every piece of marketing we post to CoStar has a relevant file name yet when we download the same file we have to rename it.

Incentivized

Condo Control Central is a modern, convenient and powerful tool for our Condominium Corporation, which allows us to effectively automate its communication processes. CCC includes many sections such as announcements, service requests, security reports, as well as a reliable communication system.

Incentivized

The interface is clean and self explanatory. It is easy to operate and communication has been made so easy and secure.

Incentivized

There is literally not one good thing that I can say about CoStar. They charge my card $450/month because I signed a one-year contract. They provide very little data and properties and most of the time it is inaccurate. Their customer service is atrocious. They overpromise, underdeliver. STAY away from using Costar!

• As Fire & Safety Chair, I now have the platform to organize, plan, and communicate to all residents and owners in the building.
• As chair of the social committee I can plan, book, advertise and communicate all events to the entire group of tenants and owners
• As workshop chair, I post rules, notices and privileges of registered users of the shop.

Incentivized

• Since CoStar has linked with LoopNet we have had fewer bad data calls. By which I mean old data from LoopNet that was available to the general public is now more regularly updated through CoStar so we have less confusion with our clients.

Incentivized