If you aren’t taking advantage of the tools on the Fayette County PVA website – you are sorely missing out!

The ever amazing David O’Neill, Fayette County’s Property Valuation Administrator, graced us with a short presentation at our monthly sales meeting this week.  He showed the ins and outs of the site and some amazing content reports that you may never have known you had access to as a real estate agent!

1. Weekly Residential Sales Reports

Every Friday, David O’Neill posts to their blog a PDF report on the weekly residential sales for Fayette County.  This content is spectacular for looking at selling trends in the Lexington area week-to-week.  It also makes for great shareable content to social media – show your followers and COI that you are engaged with current data and truly KNOW about real estate happenings in the area.  Check out last week’s report here: http://www.fayette-pva.com/sales-reports/salesreport31mar-03apr2015/

1.a.  Monthly Commercial Sales Reports

For our agents focused on the Commercial side of real estate – Fayette PVA releases a monthly report of commercial sales in the area!

2. Knowledge of Property Tax Exemptions for Your Clients

If you have a past client reaching 65 years of age (good reason to keep in touch, no?) you can remind them about the Homestead Exemption!  Many agents develop repeat business and referrals by staying in close contact with past clients.  Wouldn’t you truly trust someone who kept looking out for your personal real estate needs?  O’Neill provides an in depth explanation of the exemption and how to apply: http://www.fayette-pva.com/exemptions

3. Keeping up with Local News regarding area Property

The weekly sales report isn’t the only useful chunk of info David O’Neill provides.  The PVA Blog also discusses properties that were covered in the news and links to their property records.  Anything from apartment complexes changing owners to historic milestones for older buildings – these stories make great locally focused content to share with your COI and again build upon your expertise.  See recent posts here: http://www.fayette-pva.com/property-in-the-news/

4. Report Tool – Mapping Feature, Mailing List Export

The Mapping tool on the PVA website gives you all sorts of options for targeting and reporting to a specific area of Fayette County.  It has overlays that can show you Vacant Land (you could exclude it from a mailing list), council districts, Street Address numbers, and more!   You can look at specific parcel information – or, you can look at entire neighborhoods.  The coolest part of this report generator is the polygon tool!

Click on Additional Options > Create a Parcel List By… > Polygon(s)

This tool will generate reports, mailing lists, and other data on highlighted areas and parcels you select!  This can help you exclude apartment complexes from data or lists – or include more than one area while excluding the parcels in between them!  These lists can be downloaded as .csv files, allowing you to use them for bulk mailing or advertising opportunities!*

*The only issue is it will generate contact info based on the property OWNER – not necessarily the property address.  But you can get the property address from the map.

5. Quarterly Statistics for Fayette County Property

See and download reports straight to your computer, tablet, or phone: http://www.fayette-pva.com/quarterly-statistics

6. Property Tax Calculator

Below is a snapshot of the easy-to-use tax calculator on the PVA website.  Click to see the rates and calculator on the PVA site!

BONUS TOOL – Stay Connected with David O’Neill through Social Media!