A Closer Look At the UAD 3.6

[RCA]

I accept lol

Alamode (now owned by CoreLogic) has kept its old C#/Windows 11 interface for the new UAD 3.6. Bradford uses (per my info) a web-based desktop app. I don't know about the other vendors.

I have always leaned towards web-based because it can be moved between the desktop and the cloud - or even to the smartphone. Of course, nowadays PDC (Property Data Collector) apps have to be supported, so the smartphone app is probably different than the desktop app.

ValEngr can be run locally on Windows 11, Linux or macOS.

ValEngr combines earthUI, glmentUI, and mgcvUI - and these will feed spreadsheets into UAD 3.6. Or it should be able to import an MLS spreadsheet and let the appraiser manually enter adjustments, or upload them from a mapped spreadsheet.

My app has to be considered higher level and more specialized than all the others. I will have fewer customers. My current associated Journal, Valuation-Engineer.com, runs in 12 languages: English, German, French, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, and Russian, which pretty much span the "educated" populations of the globe. I plan on supporting appraisals in all of these languages. (But, of course, the US will be the default - and I will probably not clutter the US version with foreign country versions unless they are turned on. ).

The folder storage system can be customized somewhat by the user. He can choose to store all the appraisal data in a folder on a remote SSD or hard drive if he wants. All the regression runs will be stored - until. He decides to delete the unused ones. There will be folders for multiple input data sets, output data sets, and reports. They can be backed up and archived. There will be SQLite and PostgreSQL databases. Everything is run on OrbStack/Docker to make installation of the whole system easier. Some R, Prolog, and Python code will be modifiable.

So, no, I don't plan on just copying other apps to sell at a lower price. Of course, it can be used for that - most likely. But the real purpose is to provide advanced appraisers with superior means of doing appraisals.

 

[Fernando]

When I was on vacation, what I wanted was to be able to work on my Alamode files from the cloud.
I didn't want to carry my laptop. If there was a revision request (my fear during long vacations), I want the convenience of going to my computer in the hotel business room and work on it.
If alamode can't even do that, how can I expect it to have a good UAD 3.6 software. By the way can I clone a UAD 2.6 file to UAD 3.6 format?

 

[RCA]

I am going to write my own Sketch program. And, it is going to be very good, if I have my way. Very good and very tailored to appraiser use. C++/Python/Prolog. But it is going to push my time to completion out.

But, for me, accurate, easy, and automated sketching is important. Chief Architect just doesn't care at all about appraisers. And they are charging $500/year for Home Designer Pro. Not acceptable!