Sale Data Service - Using SDS

USING SDS
Invest 5 minutes of your time to discover how valuable and easy-to-use SDS is. You are able to search commercial-industrial data in the urban, suburban and rural communities of Wisconsin. Sale Data Service provides access to real estate market data for 7 property categories: Commercial, Industrial, Special Purpose Commercial, Land Sales, Leases, Multiple Family Residential, and Easement/Life Estate (non-commercial coes). Properties in each of these groupings are searchable using a 3-digit property-type code. You can also use the Select button to identify the property type code and then automatically transfer your selection to the search field.

SELECTING PRIMARY SEARCH PARAMETERS
The procedures relied upon for searching this database involve entering the desired search parameters in one of two specific manners. The guidelines for search parameters: PROPERTY TYPE, CITY, COUNTY, ADDRESS and KEYWORD are addressed by using the "?" buttons following these parameters on the search page.

Use of the other search parameters: $AMOUNT, ZIPCODE, SITE(acres), BUILDING (sq.ft.), YEAR BUILT, TAX KEY and DATE (MT-DT-YR) is based on low and high parameter ranges. For example, 10000 to 20000 is appropriate for $AMOUNT, or 01-01-00 to 01-01-06 is appropriate for DATE. In this process, you must enter a parameter into both the low and the high selection box. A short cut is available by placing an asterisk (*) in the high box; the program will use the low box parameter as the high box entry.

Searches can be made more specific by placing a city in the CITY box or a county in the COUNTY box. A particular area can also be excluded. For example, if you are searching restaurants in a rural or suburban setting, all restaurants in Milwaukee or Dane County can be excluded by putting Milwaukee and Dane in the COUNTY box and clicking on the Exclude button. Groups of cities or counties can also be searched by entering and inserting commas between each location. Click the "?" icon for details.

REMINDER
You can use as many, or as few of these parameters as is appropriate for your search, but you must keep two things in mind. First, the more parameters relied upon, the more selective the search, and second, it is possible that you might miss some information that you would have selected had you been aware of its presence.

KEYWORD SEARCH
Besides using the indicated search parameters, you can also use the COURTHOUSE and the KEYWORD search functions for finding property record data. If you know the name (or a portion of the name) of the grantor/grantee, go to COURTHOUSE.

In terms of the KEYWORD search function, if you will review the Search Hints button on the main search page you can search for specific property characteristics that have been included in the comment section of the individual property records, i.e., the KEYWORD search function lets you search the comment section of each record.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES - PROPERTY RECORDS
Also on the individual property records, three additional features are provided. If a sale has matching lease data, or a lease has matching sale data, a button as such (SHOW MATCHING LEASE DATA or SHOW MATCHING SALE DATA) is provided in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Secondly, for each record with a standard address, a YAHOO Map is available. Finally, a Google Map and Satellite Image are also available for each record with a standard address.

Property Codes
The real property data provided in Sale Data Service database comes from multiple sources. Every reasonable effort has been made to standardize this information. Below is an explanation of some non-conventional codes that are used in this program:

In the Conveyance field:

DEED	Warranty Deed
LEAS	Lease Agreement
LAND	Land Contract
LIST	Real Property Listing
NEWS	Related News Article
QUIT	Quit Claim Deed
EXPR	Expired Listing
OTHE	Non-defined Deed (Wisconsin DOR)

Tax Key Tips

In the Tax Key field:	SDS-01230
	L12345

These two codes are sometimes used in lieu of actual municipal tax keys, i.e., any number that includes an “SDS”, or that begins with an “L” should be ignored for all appraisal or property identification purposes; these numbers are used for database management purposes only.

Wisconsin Building Codes

In the Bldg Ext field: 122 / 215

These numbers represent Wisconsin Department of Revenue Manufacturing Assessments frame and exterior building codes:

Frame	Description
120	Steel
121	Steel, Non-fireproof
122	Pre-engineered Steel
240	Reinforced Concrete
250	Masonry, Load-bearing
310	Wood Post and Beam
320	Wood/Mill
330	Wood Pole
900	Mixed Materials

Exterior	Description
110	Aluminum
123	Steel
213	Concrete Block
217	Deco Concrete Block
221	Brick
243	Concrete Tiltup Panel
244	Precast Sandwich Conc Panels
245	Spancrete Pans
900	Mixed Materials

INFORMATION DEEMED RELIABLE, BUT NOT GUARANTEED

Please keep in mind, the information provided from the SDS commercial-industrial database does not represent verified market data and the user should be aware that this information is deemed reliable, but it is not guaranteed.