SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS TO, MANAGEMENT OF, TRACKING OF, AND DISPLAY OF LEASE DATA

• US 20130304655A1
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Crewizard LLC
• Original Assignee: Crewizard LLC
• Inventors: Johnston, Frederick J., Morozov, Raphael
• Application Number:
  US13/689,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/307
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A system for using real estate lease data has at least one property file stored on a data storage device and representing a property that has at least one leasable space, and a lease deal component operated by at least one processor and receiving data for a plurality of lease deals each with terms of a lease deal. At least one previously established lease deal has data for a lease deal, and is associated to at least one leasable space. This lease deal was established previously to at least one subsequent lease deal. The lease deal component links at least one subsequent lease deal to the at least one previously established lease deal to associate the at least one subsequent lease deal with an amount of leasable space linked to the previously established lease deal. A display displays lease terms or results of financial calculations or both of at least one linked lease deal.

Claims

1. A system for using real estate lease data comprising:

at least one property file stored on a data storage device and representing a property having at least one leasable space;

a lease deal component operated by at least one processor and receiving data for a plurality of lease deals, each lease deal having data for terms of a lease deal;

at least one previously established lease deal having data for a lease deal, being associated to at least one leasable space and being established previously to at least one subsequent lease deal of the plurality of lease deals,

wherein the lease deal component being configured to link at least one subsequent lease deal of the plurality of lease deals to at least one of the previously established lease deals to associate the at least one subsequent lease deal with an amount of leasable space associated to the previously established lease deal; and

a display displaying lease terms or results of financial calculations or both of at least one lease deal that is linked.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the previously established lease deal is an executed lease deal.

3. The system of claim 1 comprising an interface control for permitting a user to selectively link a lease deal to other lease deals.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the link to at least one previously established lease deal is a claim of an amount of leasable space of the previously established lease deal forming a claimed leasable space so that no other lease deal can claim the amount of area of the claimed leasable space.

5. The system of claim 4 comprising a lease deal linking interface with a space selection area that indicates an amount of leasable space available for claiming from the previously established lease deal.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the space selection area comprises a control that only shows an amount of non-claimed leasable space available for claiming from the previously established lease deal and for other lease deals.

7. The system of claim 4 wherein a plurality of the lease deals each have a lease deal status, wherein available lease deal statuses comprising at least one of executed and in-progress, wherein in-progress includes lease deals in negotiations, and wherein only an executed lease deal is permitted to claim unclaimed leasable space.

8. The system of claim 7 comprising at least one non-executed lease deal having a link to at least one previously established executed lease deal so that the at least one non-executed and previously established executed lease deals are selectively displayed together on the display.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the status of a non-executed lease deal is convertible to executed lease deal status.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of the lease deals have a plurality of versions, each of which may have varying version statuses.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein a single lease deal has multiple versions of at least two different version statuses having different lease data, and wherein the display displays the terms of the multiple lease deal versions of the single lease deal.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the lease deal component is configured to operate without deleting data from a lease deal and lease deal versions in order to link lease deals together and display financial data of multiple lease deals.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the display shows together data of linked lease deals having different amounts of leasable space.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the lease deal component is configured to provide the option for a lease deal to link to the at least one previously established lease deal or unclaimed leasable space or both.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one leasable space comprises a plurality of leasable spaces each representing a suite, and wherein at least one lease deal claims or links to an area that combines areas from a plurality of suites.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one lease deal claims or links to an area that is less than an entire suite and areas including at least part of one other suite.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one lease deal claims or links to an area that includes the entire area of at least one suite and at least part of at least one other suite.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein one leasable space comprises an entire section for one lease deal, wherein a section is defined as having a common space type or common location in a building.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein one leasable space comprises an amount of multiple sections for a single lease deal, wherein a section is defined as having a common space type or common location in a building.

20. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one leasable space comprises a single leasable space having the area of an entire building, and wherein the single leasable space is the leasable space for a single lease deal.

21. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one leasable space is a suite in a building, and wherein at least one lease deal has an area including less than the entire area of the suite.

22. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one leasable space is divisible into multiple suites claimed by a plurality of the lease deals.

23. The system of claim 1 comprising an interface having a space selection area arranged for selectively adding at least portions of multiple previously defined leasable spaces to form a single new leasable space for a lease deal.

24. The system of claim 1 comprising an interface having a space selection area arranged for selecting less than all available area of at least one single previously defined leasable space to form a new leasable space for a lease deal.

25. The system of claim 1 comprising an option and encumbrance warning that is displayed to a user in response to an attempt to link to a lease deal with an option or encumbrance indicated on the system.

26. The system of claim 1 comprising at least one reference lease comprising data for a hypothetical lease, wherein the at least one reference lease is linkable to a lease deal, the system comprising a comparison display to show terms of a lease deal and terms of at least one reference lease linked to the lease deal.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein a single lease deal is linked to a plurality of reference leases at the same time, and wherein the comparison display displays terms of one or more of the plurality of reference leases together with the terms of the single lease deal.

28. The system of claim 26 wherein the display alternatively displays data for:

multiple lease deals,

multiple reference leases, and

lease deals and reference leases.

29. The system of claim 26 wherein the display displays lease deals or reference leases or both of multiple properties.

30. The system of claim 26 comprising at least one lease input interface for creating and linking multiple reference leases to at least one lease deal.

31. The system of claim 30 further comprising an interface displaying a physical representation of at least a portion of the property, and wherein an amount of space for the lease deal or a reference lease or both is selected for the lease input interface by selecting space on the representation.

32. The system of claim 26 comprising an interface displaying a physical representation of at least a portion of the property, and wherein an amount of space for the lease deal or a reference lease or both is selected for display on the physical representation.

33. The system of claim 26 wherein the interface comprises a graphical depiction of a section of a building.

34. The system of claim 26 wherein the reference leases may be arranged into reference groups.

35. The system of claim 26 comprising a sharing component to share data related to the links from at least one lease deal to other lease deals or reference leases external of the system.

36. A system using real estate lease data comprising:

a property file stored on a data storage device and representing a property having at least one leasable space;

at least one lease deal comprising data of an executed or in-progress lease deal in negotiations;

at least one reference lease having data of a hypothetical lease;

at least one component operated by at least one processor and linking the at least one reference lease to at least one lease deal; and

a display for simultaneously displaying data of at least one reference lease and at least one lease deal linked to the at least one reference lease.

38. The system of claim 36 wherein the component is configured to link the reference lease to an unclaimed leasable space.

39. The system of claim 36 comprising a single lease deal linked to a plurality of reference leases, and wherein the display shows data for the plurality of reference leases.

40. The system of claim 36 comprising an interface with a space selection area arranged for selectively adding at least a portion of multiple previously defined leasable spaces to form a single new leasable space for a reference lease.

41. The system of claim 36 comprising an interface with a space selection area arranged for selecting less than all available area of at least one previously defined leasable space to form a new leasable space for a reference lease.

42. The system of claim 36 comprising at least one reference group having a plurality of the reference leases, and wherein a lease deal is linkable to at least one reference lease within the at least one reference group.

43. The system of claim 42 wherein the property is divided into one or more sections each having one or more of the leasable spaces, and wherein a lease deal is linkable to reference leases based on a selection of one of the reference groups and those reference leases of the selected reference group having leasable spaces on the same section as the leasable space of the lease deal.

44. The system of claim 42 comprising a plurality of reference groups, each reference group having a different reference lease.

45. The system of claim 42 having at least one lease deal linked to multiple reference leases from multiple reference groups, and wherein the component compares the lease deal to the reference leases of the multiple reference groups.

46. The system of claim 42 wherein the display displays reference leases by reference group.

47. The system of claim 42 wherein a reference group is a budget, and wherein each reference lease within the reference group has a term based on at least one expectation of the budget.

48. The system of claim 36 comprising a warning related to options or encumbrances and provided to a user in relation to linking a reference lease to a lease deal having an option term or encumbrance.

49. The system of claim 36 comprising a graphical input interface for linking reference leases.

37. The system of 36 wherein the component is configured to link a reference lease to any type of lease deal or reference lease.

50. A system for using real estate lease data comprising:

a property file stored on a data storage device and representing a property having at least one leasable space;

a lease component operated by at least one processor and receiving lease data for the terms of a lease and being associated with the at least one leasable space; and

at least one lease detail interface that displays the lease data comprising data related to financial lease elements, and arranged to permit a user to optionally add or remove at least one lease element to the display.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein the lease element is at least one of:

rent,

rent steps,

rent adjustments,

expense recoveries,

free rent,

tenant improvements,

landlord work, and

leasing commissions.

52. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface displays, for multiple lease elements displayed, a start date, an element identifier, a unit of measure, and at least one value of the element.

53. The system of claim 52 wherein the start date is at least one of:

an actual date an element takes effect, and

a relative date an element takes effect.

54. The system of claim 53 wherein either an actual or relative input is automatically set as a start date by receiving the other of the actual or relative date input on the interface.

55. The system of claim 50 comprising a reference lease having the lease data and representing a hypothetical lease.

56. The system of claim 50 comprising an executed lease deal represented by the lease data.

57. The system of claim 50 comprising an in-progress lease deal being in negotiations and represented by the lease data.

58. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface has at least one control to receive data for an element and inputted by a user.

59. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface has at least one library control to permit a user to select an element and data from a library, and to automatically populate the interface with the data from the library for that selected element.

60. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface has at least one comparison control to simultaneously display data for at least one comparable lease deal or at least one reference lease of hypothetical data or both.

61. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface displays data of each like-element of the multiple lease deals in a distinct group.

62. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface comprises controls to permit selection and comparison of comparison data of at least one of:

executed lease deals,

lease deals related to current leases wherein a tenant is occupying space in the property,

in-progress lease deals in negotiations,

reference lease deals representing hypothetical lease deals,

at least one lease deal related to a different property other than the property,

a forecast lease deal, and

a combination of at least two of;

an executed lease deal,

an in-progress deal, and

a reference lease deal.

63. The system of claim 62 wherein the interface provides any of the lease deals.

64. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface is configured to compare at least two lease deals or reference leases of hypothetical data or both having different leasable space amounts.

65. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface displays input parameter data for each lease deal.

66. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface displays results of financial calculations for the lease deals.

67. The system of claim 50 wherein the interface comprises a calculation results area for displaying results of financial calculations performed on data for the lease deal.

68. The system of claim 67 wherein the results are displayed as a cash flow.

69. The system of claim 67 wherein the results are metrics displayed as at least one of net present value, net effective rent, total deal cost, and a value for a lease element.

70. The system of claim 67 wherein the results display values in total amounts or per unit of physical area.

71. A system of using real estate lease data comprising:

a property file stored on a data storage device and representing a property;

at least one lease deal associated with the property file and having data values of the terms of the lease deal and a version status indicating the status of negotiations of the lease deal, wherein the version statuses form a hierarchy as the lease deal proceeds through negotiations and advances toward an executed version status of the lease deal;

a plurality of approving users each having a ranking and a threshold version status; and

a system approval component operated by at least one processor and configured to;

receive a request for approval for changing a version status of a lease deal,

consider the approving users in an order based on the rank, and

compare a current version status of the lease deal to the threshold version status of the approving user,

request approval from the approving user when the current version status satisfies a certain criteria related to the threshold version status.

72. The system of claim 71 wherein at least one approving user has a threshold metric value, and wherein the system approval component requests approval from the at least one approving user depending on whether a corresponding metric value of the lease deal surpasses the threshold metric value.

73. The system of claim 72 comprising at least one comparable lease component for determining at least one comparable lease deal to the lease deal, and wherein the threshold metric value is related to a representative value from the at least one comparable lease deal.

74. The system of claim 71 comprising a lease deal version input interface having restrictions so that only one version of a lease deal can be edited at a time and only one version of a lease deal can have a status of pending approval at a time.

75. The system of claim 71 comprising a lease deal version input interface having restrictions so that only one version of a lease deal can be executed at a time.

76. The system of claim 71 having a display of an approval table listing approving users rank, threshold version status, and threshold metric values.

77. The system of claim 71 wherein the approval component is configured to optionally permit change of version status to executed version status without obtaining approvals from the approving users.

78. The system of claim 71 comprising at least one control for accepting additional lease data after the version status is changed to executed version status.

79. The system of claim 71 having an approval interface comprising at least one of:

data of previously approved versions of the lease deal,

data of at least one reference lease of a hypothetical lease deal linked to the lease deal,

data of market term values based on at least one assumption of a type of leasable space, and

data of comparable leases to the lease deal.

80. The system of claim 71 wherein the approval component requires approvals based on at least one of:

changes in lease deal data of the lease deal versus previously approved versions of the lease deal,

variances in lease deal data of the lease deal versus one or more reference leases to which the lease deal is linked,

variances in lease deal data of the lease deal versus a forecast,

variances in lease deal data versus comparable leases.

81. The system of claim 71 wherein the approval component requires approval when leasable space is encumbered by options or other encumbrances.

82. A system for using real estate lease data comprising:

at least one property file stored on a storage device;

at least one lease deal associated with the at least one property file and having lease data on terms of the lease;

a vendor component operated by at least one processor and configured for involving an outside vendor by submitting data to the outside vendor based on at least one of;

a status of the lease deal, and

the value of at least one term of the lease deal.

83. The system of claim 82 wherein the vendor component is configured to automatically submitting data to the outside vendor.

84. The system of claim 82 wherein the vendor component is configured to prompt a user for submitting data to the outside vendor.

85. The system of claim 82 wherein the vendor component is configured to suggest particular vendors.

86. The system of claim 82 wherein the vendor component is configured to receive a request to submit data to the outside vendor in order to provide approval to advance the status of the lease deal.

87. The system of claim 82 wherein the vendor component is configured to receive feedback from the outside vendor in order to provide approval to advance the status of the lease deal.

88. The system of claim 82 wherein data is shared with authorized external users based on a negotiating status of the lease deal.

89. The system of claim 82 comprising at least one workgroup linked to at least one property file and other property files, and having a membership of users authorized to have access to the at least one property file, the workgroup having stored lease data as a source of data for the at least one lease deal.

127. The method of claim 84 wherein the at least one leasable space is a suite in a building, and wherein at least one lease deal has an area including less than the entire area of the suite.

90. A system for forecasting of lease data comprising:

at least one property file stored on a data storage device and defining at least one leasable space;

at least one lease deal having data for terms of a lease deal and being associated with the leasable space;

a library having multiple layers of lease data related to the at least one property, each layer having at least one assumption based on a type of leasable space;

a comparison component operated by at least one processor and configured to compare at least one lease deal to lease data on at least one layer.

91. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer corresponds to a different budget, and wherein the comparison component compares a single lease deal to multiple budgets, and wherein the saved data of one budget does not replace the saved data of another budget.

92. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer corresponds to a different budget, and wherein the comparison component compares a single lease deal to a single budget, and wherein the saved data of one budget does not replace the saved data of another budget.

93. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer comprises lease data of assumptions of lease elements, and wherein the comparison component compares at least one assumption of a lease deal or a reference lease to at least one assumption of at least one layer.

94. The system of claim 90 comprising at least one reference lease based on hypothetical lease data, and wherein each layer comprises lease data of assumptions of lease elements, and wherein the comparison component compares at least one assumption of a reference lease to at least one assumption of at least one layer.

95. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer corresponds to a different time period the assumption applies.

96. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer corresponds to a different type of leasable space.

97. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer comprises multiple alternative time periods during which the assumption applies.

98. The system of claim 90 wherein each layer comprises multiple alternative assumptions of the type of leasable space.

99. The system of claim 90 comprising at least one forecast lease having data for terms of a lease considering the at least one assumption and corresponding to one of the multiple layers.

100. The system of claim 90 wherein the lease deal is linked to a plurality of layers, each layer corresponding to at least one forecast lease, and wherein the comparison component compares the lease deal to the forecast leases of multiple layers.

101. The system of claim 99 comprising reference leases each having data for a hypothetical lease deal, and wherein the comparison component compares forecast leases to at least one reference lease.

102. The system of claim 99 wherein the forecast lease is used to generate reference leases.

103. The system of claim 90 wherein one or more forecast leases are used for determining when approvals are required.

104. The system of claim 90 comprising a display to show one or more forecast leases next to lease deals for comparison.

105. The system of claim 90 wherein forecast leases are generated by external data sources.

106. The system of claim 90 wherein forecast leases are arranged to be shared with external databases.

107. A method of using lease data comprising:

storing on a data storage device, at least one property file representing a property having at least one leasable space;

receiving data for a plurality of lease deals, each lease deal having data for terms of a lease deal;

receiving data for at least one previously established lease deal comprising data for a lease deal, the previously established lease deal being established previously to at least one subsequent lease deal of the plurality of lease deals and being associated with at least one leasable space;

linking, by at least one lease deal component operated by at least one processor, the at least one previously established lease deal to at least one subsequent lease deal to associate the at least one subsequent lease deal with an amount of leasable space associated with the previously established lease deal; and

displaying lease terms or results of financial calculations or both of at least one linked lease deal.

108. The method of claim 107 wherein the previously established lease deal is an executed lease deal.

109. The method of claim 107 comprising permitting a user to selectively link a lease deal to other lease deals.

110. The method of claim 107 comprising:

claiming an amount of leasable space from a previously established lease deal to reserve the claimed leasable space for a subsequent lease deal; and

restricting the claiming of the amount of leasable space of the previously established lease deal only to space that is not claimed by any other lease deal.

111. The method of claim 110 comprising indicating an amount of leasable space for claiming from a previously established lease deal on a display.

112. The method of claim 111 wherein indicating includes only showing an amount of non-claimed leasable space available for claiming from the previously established lease deal for other lease deals.

113. The method of claim 110 comprising:

providing a plurality of the lease deals each with a lease deal version status, the statuses comprising at least one of executed and in-progress, wherein in-progress includes lease deals in negotiations among multiple parties; and

permitting only an executed lease deal to claim space of a previously established lease deal.

114. The method of claim 113 comprising

linking at least one non-executed lease deal to at least one previously established executed lease deal;

and

selectively displaying the linked at least one non-executed and previously established executed lease deals together on a display.

115. The method of claim 113 comprising converting the status of a non-executed lease deal to executed lease deal status.

116. The method of claim 107 comprising providing a plurality of lease deals with a plurality of versions, each of which may have varying version statuses.

117. The method of claim 116 comprising providing a single lease deal with multiple versions comprising at least two different version statuses having different lease term data;

and

displaying the terms of the multiple lease deal versions of the single lease deal together.

118. The method of claim 107 comprising linking lease deals together and displaying financial data of multiple lease deals without deleting and replacing data from a lease deal and lease deal versions being linked.

119. The method of claim 107 comprising displaying together data of linked lease deals having different amounts of leasable space.

120. The method of claim 107 comprising providing the option for a lease deal to link to the at least one previously established lease deal or unclaimed leasable space or both.

121. The method of claim 107 comprising claiming or linking an area that combines areas from a plurality of suites, each suite being a leasable space of the at least one leasable space, and claiming for a single lease deal.

122. The method of claim 107 comprising claiming or linking, for the at least one lease deal, an area that is less than an entire suite and areas including at least part of one other suite.

123. The method of claim 107 wherein the at least one leasable space forms multiple suites, and the method comprising claiming or linking, for a single lease deal, an area that includes the entire area of at least one suite and at least part of at least one other suite.

124. The method of claim 107 wherein one leasable space comprises an entire section, wherein a section is defined as having a common space type or a common location in a building.

125. The method of claim 107 wherein one leasable space comprises an amount of multiple sections, wherein a section is defined as having a common space type or a common location in a building.

126. The method of claim 107 wherein the at least one leasable space comprises a single leasable space having the area of an entire building, and wherein the one leasable space is the leasable space for a single lease deal.

128. The method of claim 107 claiming, by a plurality of the lease deals, multiple suites divided up from a single leasable space.

129. The method of claim 107 comprising selectively adding at least portions of multiple previously defined leasable spaces on a space selection area of a display to form a single new leasable space for a lease deal.

130. The method of claim 107 comprising selecting less than all available area of at least one single previously defined leasable space on a space selection area of a display to form a new leasable space for a lease deal.

131. The method of claim 107 comprising displaying an option and encumbrance warning to a user in response to an attempt to link to a lease deal with an option or encumbrance indicated on the system.

132. The method of claim 107 comprising linking at least one reference lease comprising data for a hypothetical lease to a lease deal;

and displaying terms of a lease deal and terms of at least one reference lease linked to the lease deal.

133. The method of claim 132 comprising linking a single lease deal to a plurality of reference leases so that the links exist at the same time, and displaying terms of one or more of the plurality of reference leases together with the terms of the single lease deal.

134. The method of claim 132 comprising alternatively displaying data for:

multiple lease deals,

multiple reference leases, and

lease deals and reference leases.

135. The method of claim 132 comprising displaying lease deals or reference leases or both of multiple properties.

136. The method of claim 132 comprising providing at least one lease input interface for creating and linking multiple reference leases to at least one lease deal.

137. The method of claim 132 comprising displaying a physical representation of at least a portion of the property, and selecting an amount of space on the physical representation for linking to by a lease deal or a reference lease or both;

and

populating the input interface to show the selected amount of space.

138. The method of claim 132 comprising displaying a physical representation of at least a portion of the property, and selecting an amount of space on the physical representation for linking to by a lease deal or a reference lease or both;

and

displaying the amount on the physical representation.

139. The method of claim 138 wherein the interface comprises a graphical depiction of a section of a building.

140. The method of claim 132 comprising arranging the reference leases into reference groups.

141. The method of claim 132 comprising sharing data related to the links from at least one lease deal to other lease deals or reference leases external of the system.

142. A method using lease data comprising:

storing a property file on a data storage device, the property file representing a property having at least one leasable space;

providing at least one lease deal comprising data of an executed or in-progress lease deal in negotiations;

providing at least one reference lease having data of a hypothetical lease;

linking, by at least one component operated by at least one processor, the at least one reference lease to at least one lease deal; and

simultaneously displaying data of at least one reference lease and at least one lease deal linked to the at least one reference lease.

144. The method of claim 142 comprising linking the reference lease to an unclaimed leasable space.

145. The method of claim 142 comprising linking a single lease deal to a plurality of reference leases, and displaying data for the plurality of reference leases.

146. The method of claim 142 comprising selectively adding at least a portion of multiple previously defined leasable spaces to a space selection area of an interface to form a single new leasable space for a reference lease.

147. The method of claim 142 comprising selecting less than all available area of at least one previously defined leasable space on a space selection area of an interface to form a new leasable space for a reference lease.

148. The method of claim 142 comprising forming at least one reference group having a plurality of the reference leases and at least one same assumption or parameter of all of the reference leases within the reference group, and

linking a lease deal to at least one reference lease within the at least one reference group.

149. The method of claim 148 comprising linking a lease deal to reference leases comprising:

selecting a reference group,

selecting a section of the property for the lease deal, the section providing one or more leasable spaces,

determining which reference leases of the selected reference group link to the same section as the lease deal, and

linking the lease deal to the reference leases having the same section.

150. The method of claim 148 comprising forming a plurality of reference groups, each reference group having a different reference lease.

151. The method of claim 148 comprising linking at least one lease deal to multiple reference leases from multiple reference groups, and

comparing the lease deal to the reference leases of the multiple reference groups.

152. The method of claim 148 comprising displaying references leases by reference group.

153. The method of claim 148 comprising forming a reference group as a budget, and providing each reference lease within the reference group with a term based on at least one expectation of the budget.

154. The method of claim 152 comprising warning a user in relation to linking a reference lease to a lease deal having an option term or encumbrance.

155. The system of claim 142 comprising placing inputs on a graphical input interface for linking reference leases.

143. The method of 142 comprising linking a reference lease to any type of lease deal or reference lease.

156. A method for using lease data comprising:

storing a property file on a data storage device and representing a property having at least one leasable space;

receiving, by a lease component operated by at least one processor, lease data for the lease terms of a lease and being associated with the at least one leasable space; and

displaying, on a lease detail interface, the lease data comprising data related to financial lease elements, and permitting a user to optionally add or remove at least one lease element to the interface.

157. The method of claim 156 wherein the lease element is at least one of:

rent,

rent steps,

rent adjustments,

expense recoveries,

free rent,

tenant improvements,

landlord work, and

leasing commissions.

158. The method of claim 156 comprising displaying, for multiple lease element displayed, a start date, an element identifier, a unit of measure, and at least one value of the element.

159. The method of claim 158 wherein the start date is at least one of:

an actual date an element takes effect, and

a relative date an element takes effect.

160. The method of claim 159 comprising receiving one of the actual or relative date the element tales effect, and automatically setting the other of the actual or relative date as a start date.

161. The method of claim 156 comprising forming a reference lease having the lease deal data and representing a hypothetical lease.

162. The method of claim 156 comprising providing an executed lease deal represented by the lease data.

163. The method of claim 156 comprising providing an in-progress lease deal being in negotiations and represented by the lease data.

164. The method of claim 156 comprising inputting data related to an element through at least one control on the interface.

165. The method of claim 156 comprising permitting a user to select an element and data from a library, and automatically populating the interface with the data from the library for that selected element.

166. The method of claim 156 comprising simultaneously displaying data for at least one comparable lease deal or at least one reference lease of hypothetical data or both.

167. The method of claim 156 comprising displaying data of each like-element of the multiple lease deals in a distinct group and on the interface.

168. The method of claim 156 wherein comprising permitting selection and comparison of comparison data of at least one of:

executed lease deals,

lease deals related to current leases wherein a tenant is occupying space in the property,

in-progress lease deals in negotiations,

reference lease deals representing hypothetical lease deals,

at least one lease deal related to a different property other than the property,

a forecast lease deal, and

a combination of at least two of;

an executed lease deal,

an in-progress deal, and

a reference lease deal.

169. The method of claim 168 wherein the interface selectively provides comparison data for any of the lease deals.

170. The method of claim 156 comprising comparing at least two of lease deals or reference leases of hypothetical data or both having different leasable space amounts.

171. The method of claim 156 comprising displaying input parameter data for each lease deal displayed.

172. The method of claim 156 comprising displaying results of financial calculations for the lease deals.

173. The method of claim 172 comprising displaying a calculation results area for displaying results of financial calculations performed on data for the lease deal.

174. The method of claim 173 comprising displaying the results as a cash flow.

175. The method of claim 173 comprising displaying the results as metrics of at least one of net present value, net effective rent, total deal cost, and a value for a lease element.

176. The method of claim 173 comprising displaying the results as values in total amounts or per unit of physical area.

177. A method of using lease data comprising:

storing a property file on a data storage device, the property file representing a property;

forming at least one lease deal associated with the property file and having data values of the terms of the lease deal;

assigning a version status to the at least one lease deal and indicating the status of negotiations of the lease deal, wherein the version statuses form a hierarchy as the lease deal proceeds through negotiations and advances toward an executed version status of the lease deal;

ranking a plurality of approving users;

providing a threshold version status to the approving users; and

approving, by an approval component operated by at least one processor, advancement of the version status of a lease deal toward execution comprising;

receiving a request for approval for changing a version status of a lease deal toward executed,

considering the approving users in an order based on the rank,

comparing a current version status of the lease deal to the threshold version status of the approving user, and

requesting approval from the approving user when the current version status satisfies a certain criteria related to the threshold version status.

178. The method of claim 177 comprising requesting approval from at least one approving user depending on whether a corresponding metric value of the lease deal surpasses a threshold metric value assigned to the at least one approving user.

179. The method of claim 178 comprising determining, by a comparable lease component, at least one comparable lease deal to the lease deal, and relating the threshold metric value to a representative value from the comparable lease deals.

180. The method of claim 177 comprising permitting only one version of a lease deal to be edited at a time and only one version of a lease deal to have a status of pending approval at a time.

181. The method of claim 177 comprising permitting only one version of a lease deal can be executed at a time.

182. The method of claim 177 displaying an approval table listing approving users rank, threshold version status, and threshold metric values.

183. The method of claim 177 comprising optionally permitting a change of version status to executed version status without obtaining approvals from the approving users.

184. The method of claim 177 accepting additional lease data after the version status is changed to executed version status.

185. The method of claim 177 comprising displaying, on an approval interface, at least one of:

data of previously approved versions of the lease deal,

data of at least one reference lease of a hypothetical lease deal linked to the lease deal,

data of market term values based on at least one assumption of a type of leasable space, and

data of comparable leases to the lease deal.

186. The system of claim 177 comprising requiring approvals based on at least one of:

changes in lease deal data of the lease deal versus previously approved versions of the lease deal,

variances in lease deal data of the lease deal versus one or more reference leases to which the lease deal is linked,

variances in lease deal data of the lease deal versus a forecast,

variances in lease deal data versus comparable leases.

187. The system of claim 177 comprising requiring approval when leasable space is encumbered by options or other encumbrances.

188. A method for using lease data comprising:

storing at least one property file on a data storage device, the property file representing a property;

forming at least one lease deal associated with the at least one property file and having lease data on terms of the lease;

involving, by a vendor component operated by at least one processor, an outside vendor by submitting data to the outside vendor based on at least one of;

a status of the lease deal, and the value of at least one term of the lease deal.

189. The system of claim 188 comprising automatically submitting data to the outside vendor.

190. The system of claim 188 comprising prompting a user for submitting data to the outside vendor.

191. The method of claim 188 comprising suggesting particular vendors to the user.

192. The method of claim 188 comprising receiving a request to submit data to the outside vendor in order to provide approval to advance the status of the lease deal.

193. The method of claim 188 comprising receiving feedback from the outside vendor in order to provide approval to advance the status of the lease deal.

194. The method of claim 188 comprising sharing data with authorized external users based on a negotiating status of the lease deal.

195. The method of claim 188 comprising

forming at least one workgroup linked to at least one property file and other property files,

authorizing a membership of users of the workgroup to have access to the at least one property file, and

storing lease data at the workgroup as a source of data for the at least one lease deal.

196. A method for forecasting of lease data comprising:

storing at least one property file on a data storage device, the property file representing at least one leasable space;

receiving at least one lease deal having data for terms of a lease deal and being associated with the leasable space;

forming multiple layers of lease data on a library and related to the at least one property, each layer having at least one assumption based on a type of leasable space; and

comparing at least one lease deal to lease data on at least one layer.

197. The method of claim 196 comprising corresponding each layer to a different budget, and comparing a single lease deal to multiple budgets so that the saved data of one budget does not replace the saved data of another budget.

198. The method of claim 196 comprising corresponding each layer to a different budget, and comparing a single lease deal to a single budget so that the saved data of one budget does not replace the saved data of another budget.

199. The method of claim 196 providing assumptions of lease elements for each layer, and comparing at least one assumption of a lease deal or a reference lease to at least one assumption of at least one layer.

200. The system of claim 196 comprising forming at least one reference lease based on hypothetical lease data;

providing each layer with lease data of assumptions of lease elements; and

comparing at least one assumption of a reference lease to at least one assumption of at least one layer.

201. The method of claim 196 wherein each layer corresponds to a different time period the assumption applies.

202. The method of claim 196 wherein each layer corresponds to a different type of leasable space.

203. The method of claim 196 wherein each layer comprises multiple alternative time periods during which the assumption applies.

204. The method of claim 196 wherein each layer comprises multiple alternative assumptions of the type of leasable space.

205. The method of claim 196 comprising forming, by a forecast component operated by at least one processor, at least one forecast lease having data for terms of a lease considering the at least one assumption and corresponding to one of the multiple layers

206. The method of claim 196 comprising linking the lease deal to a plurality of layers, each layer corresponding to a forecast lease, and comparing the lease deal to the forecast leases of multiple layers.

207. The method of claim 196 comprising comparing at least one forecast lease to at least one reference lease having data for a hypothetical lease deal.

208. The system of claim 196 comprising generating reference leases having hypothetical lease data by using at least one forecast lease.

209. The system of claim 196 comprising determining when approvals are required by using at least one forecast lease.

210. The system of claim 196 comprising displaying one or more forecast leases next to lease deals.

211. The system of claim 196 comprising generating forecast leases by using external data sources.

212. The system of claim 196 comprising sharing forecast leases with external databases.