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Choose the right property type

Pick the property type once, and CREBuilder tailors the wizard, rent roll, price metrics, and document pages to that asset class.

5 minutesFor brokers creating any documentBeginnerLast verified October 5, 2026

Outcome

Your document uses the property type whose fields, metrics, and pages fit the asset you are marketing.

Navigation path

Create New > Select Property Type

Access

Document creation access

On this page

Before you start

Data, sources, and access to prepare

  • The actual asset use and tenancy structure
  • The intended document package

Understand what the choice changes

Property type controls the workflow

The classification changes both data entry and presentation.

  • Property TypeWizard Steps
  • Property TypeInput Fields
  • Property TypeMetrics
  • Property TypeDocument Pages

Retail

Primary structure
Commercial tenant rent roll
Primary price metric
Price/SF

Office/Medical

Primary structure
Commercial suite rent roll
Primary price metric
Price/SF

Multifamily

Primary structure
Unit rent roll or unit mix
Primary price metric
Price/Unit and Price/SF

Industrial

Primary structure
Commercial tenant rent roll
Primary price metric
Price/SF

Land

Primary structure
Parcel facts, no standard financial workflow
Primary price metric
Price/Acre and Price/SF

Hospitality

Primary structure
Room inventory
Primary price metric
Price/Key

Self-Storage

Primary structure
Unit inventory
Primary price metric
Price/Unit and Price/SF

Mobile Home Parks

Primary structure
Pad inventory
Primary price metric
Price/Pad

Mixed-Use

Primary structure
Rent roll by component
Primary price metric
Component-aware

Single Tenant Net Lease

Primary structure
One tenant and lease
Primary price metric
Price/SF

Classify by the modeled income source

  • Use Retail, Office/Medical, or Industrial when individual commercial tenants, spaces, leases, and reimbursements drive the analysis.
  • Use Multifamily, Self-Storage, or Mobile Home Parks when repeated units or pads drive occupancy and rent.
  • Use Hospitality when ADR, occupancy, RevPAR, and room count drive revenue.
  • Use Land when parcel, zoning, acreage, entitlement, and access facts matter more than recurring rent.
  • Use Mixed-Use when multiple supported components must coexist in one property-level financial model.
  • Use Single Tenant Net Lease only when one tenant and one lease define the investment.

Older documents may show Others or Residential

Others and Residential are no longer offered for new documents. When you change the type on an older document, choose the closest current type.

Select or change the type

Property-type steps

  1. 1

    Choose during creation

    Create New, Select Property Type

    Select the card that matches the modeled asset.

    Expected result: The next creation step opens and the document stores the chosen type.

    If this step does not work

    Return to the prior creation step before continuing if the choice was accidental.

    Marketing package setup screen where the property type selection controls later fields.
    Select and verify the property type before creation because it changes terminology, inventory, validation, and output.
  2. 2

    Confirm the adapted wizard

    New document wizard

    Review step names and visible tasks before entering detailed data.

    Expected result: The workflow uses the expected tenant, unit, room, pad, component, or parcel language.

    If this step does not work

    Open Property Details and review the selected type if labels are wrong.

  3. 3

    Open the change control

    Property Details, property-type summary

    Select Change Property Type when a saved document is misclassified.

    Expected result: The supported type grid opens.

    If this step does not work

    Only the document owner or permitted editor should make a structural change.

    Review the fields and financial options for the selected property type.
    Review the fields and financial options for the selected property type.
  4. 4

    Select the replacement type

    Change Property Type modal

    Select the target property type.

    Expected result: The change is saved immediately, or a Heads Up warning opens for conversion to Hospitality or Land.

    If this step does not work

    Cancel if the selected type does not match the intended asset model.

  5. 5

    Read the conversion warning

    Heads Up confirmation, when displayed

    Review the complete conversion warning when it appears.

    Expected result: The consequences for existing financial data are understood.

    If this step does not work

    Cancel if the current rent roll or financial output has not been reviewed.

  6. 6

    Confirm the type change

    Heads Up confirmation > Change Type Anyway

    Select Change Type Anyway when the warning is displayed.

    Expected result: The document begins using the replacement property type.

    If this step does not work

    Do not confirm until the warning and current financial data have been reviewed.

  7. 7

    Verify after conversion

    Wizard navigation and Review & Customize

    Inspect changed steps, labels, financial fields, and generated pages.

    Expected result: The converted document uses the intended model.

    If this step does not work

    Restore the prior type or contact support if specialized data does not map safely.

    Check the sections available for your selected property type.
    Check the sections available for your selected property type.

Change types without losing context

Changing to Hospitality warns about re-entry

Likely cause: Hotel Room Inventory is incompatible with a standard commercial rent-roll layout.

  1. Record the current source data.
  2. Confirm only when prepared to re-enter room inventory.
  3. Verify the hotel totals afterward.
Changing to Land hides financial steps

Likely cause: Land has no standard native financial workflow.

  1. Confirm Land is correct.
  2. Understand that saved financial records are preserved but hidden.
  3. For a Land BOV, verify that valuation remains.
The exact asset label is absent

Likely cause: The selection uses ten major commercial modeling types.

  1. Choose by financial and data structure.
  2. Use editable Property Data fields for subtype detail.
  3. Do not use a legacy hidden type.

Selection ready

  • Primary use classified
  • Financial model fits
  • Price metric fits
  • Wizard labels fit
  • Conversion warnings reviewed
  • Generated pages checked
Read the data warning before changing the property type.
Read the data warning before changing the property type.
Cancel the change to keep the current property type and its data.
Cancel the change to keep the current property type and its data.

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