Purchase Analysis: Step-by-Step Guide

The Purchase Analysis bundle lets you generate multiple client reports at once from Client Manager. You can create a purchase analysis, add properties, loan options, and co-branding partners, then view, edit, and share the results as a PDF, an email link, or a virtual meeting. Property and loan details save to your client and update automatically across their reports, so you only enter them once.

Navigating to the Purchase Analysis Bundle

You can find the Purchase Analysis bundle within Client Manager as well as within the Loan Comparison tab of the left-hand navigation menu.

Navigating through the Client Manager

Client Manager allows you to create reports for your clients using previously saved loan and property details, saving you time when building new scenarios. Click Clients in the left-hand navigation as seen below, then click Client Manager. Once there, you can add, edit, delete, and create reports for your clients.

Clients and Client Manager in the left-hand navigation

Navigating through the left-hand sidebar menu

To access the Purchase Analysis using the left-hand sidebar menu, click Loan Comparison, then click Purchase Analysis.

💡 Helpful Tip: You can favorite Purchase Analysis by clicking the star next to its name, so it's easier to find next time.

Adding your Client and Property Details

Begin building your Purchase Analysis by selecting or adding a new client and then choosing a property. You can load a previously built report by clicking Saved Reports. Then choose your report and click Load.

  1. Choose your client's name from the drop-down.
    • If adding a new client, click + Add new. You will need to provide their name; however, all other fields are optional.
  1. Select a saved property from the drop-down or click + New Property to add a new property.
    • If you are adding a new property, type an address, city, county or ZIP code into the Location field.

Property drop-down and + New Property button

💡 Helpful Tip: Property and loan information is saved to your client, so any updates or changes made will automatically apply across all of their reports where those properties and loans are used.
  1. Enter the Price of the property. Annual Property Tax and Monthly Home Insurance will be automatically calculated. These fields are editable.
    • Optional: Add a Monthly Association Fee.
  2. Select the Appreciation Calculation you would like to use: Forecast, Historical, or Custom.

Adding an Alternative Price

If comparing different prices on the same home, you can add an alternate price.

  1. Click + Add alternate price.

+ Add alternate price option

  1. Add a Price. Property tax and monthly home insurance will automatically calculate, but you can edit these fields.
  2. Click Add.

Adding Additional Locations

Next, you can add up to three different locations for which you can create and compare reports in your loan comparison.

  1. Click Add second location or property.

Add second location or property button

  1. Repeat steps 2 through 4 of Adding your Client and Property Details to select the property and enter its pricing details.
  2. Click Add.
  3. You can add one more location by clicking Add third location or property.

Add third location or property button

  1. Click Next to add loan options.
💡 Helpful Tip: You can load a previously built report by clicking Saved Reports. Then choose your report and click Load.

Adding Loan Options

Next, it is time to add the loan options for your purchase analysis. You can add a total of five loan options.

💡 Helpful Tip: Client Manager automatically saves and stores loan options that you create for your clients to help save you time. Making updates and changes to your client's loans in one report will automatically update any reports where that loan was used.
  1. Click the drop-down under Loan and choose either a previously used loan or click + New Loan to add a new loan.

Loan drop-down with + New Loan option

  1. Use the drop-down seen below to select a location.

Location drop-down in the loan options step

  1. Enter a loan name (optional).
  2. Enter a Down Payment.
  3. Click the View second loan terms option to quickly make a second loan for the same property.

View second loan terms option

  1. Enter the details about the second loan and then click Update. The second loan Amount will then appear in the loan details.

Second loan terms details and Update button

💡 Helpful Tip: Click the Down Payment Reference drop-down to quickly view common down payment percentages and their corresponding loan amounts.

Down Payment Reference drop-down

  1. Add the loan's details including:
    • Loan Name (optional)
    • Down Payment (select from drop-down)
    • Term (defaulted to 30 years)
    • Loan Program (select from drop-down)
    • Loan Type (select from drop-down)
    • Rate
    • Points (if applicable)
  2. Depending on the loan type you selected, Monthly Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Insurance Premium, Funding Fee, Guarantee Fee and Upfront MIP will be automatically calculated, but these fields are editable.
  3. Use the checkbox below to finance the Funding Fee, Guarantee Fee and Upfront MIP and add it to the loan amount.

Mortgage insurance fields and financing checkbox

  1. Enter your Closing Costs, Credits, and Prepaid & Escrows amounts, or use our worksheet.
  2. Click Add # loan option to add additional loans.

Add loan option button

  1. Repeat steps 1 through 11 until all desired loans are added, clicking Save after inputting the details of each loan.
  2. Click Next once you have completed adding your loan options.
  3. Choose which loan you would like to use in your Cost of Waiting analysis.

Cost of Waiting loan selection

  1. Click Next.

Adding Agent Co-branding

You can co-brand the bundle with a referral partner before generating the reports.

  1. To add a referral partner's co-branding, click the drop-down below.

Co-branding drop-down

  1. Select an agent from the drop-down, or choose a new co-branding partner by clicking + Add new co-branding partner.

Agent drop-down and Add new co-branding partner option

  1. Choose how you would like their co-branding displayed.

Co-branding display options

  1. Click Next.

Next button on the co-branding step

Your Purchase Analysis will then be generated along with a Loan Comparison, Cost of Waiting and Buy vs Rent report.


Viewing and Editing Your Report

You can hide reports from your client's view by clicking the eye icon, as seen below.

Eye icon used to hide a report from the client's view

Need to make some edits to your reports? Click a report's tile to view or edit it. Once you have reviewed or edited the report, you can navigate back to your Purchase Analysis bundle by clicking Purchase Analysis in the top left-hand corner of the page.

Purchase Analysis link in the top left corner


Sharing your Report

Once you've created your Purchase Analysis and made any necessary edits, it's time to review and share your report. To share the completed report, click Share. A dropdown menu will appear.

  • Click Download to download the report as a PDF.
  • Click Send a link via email with an optional video recording (not available for some users depending on their company permission settings).
  • Click Host a meeting to virtually meet to discuss the report with your client.
  • Click Record a Video to provide your client with a clear walkthrough of the report along with your own insights and context.

To learn more about sharing your report, click here.

Share dropdown menu

💡 Helpful Tip: When your client opens their Live Share link, you'll automatically receive an email letting you know they viewed their report.

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