I find this gives me a freedom (and precision) that was often missing from earlier attempts at deciphering life.

There are also "smart" online tools to track these activities, where you enter them and the program can decipher what is being done to report accurately.

We did use transunion smartmove which gives a random tenant score that I cant really decipher and I don't really trust (not only that but they have no support to call for help with these reports).

How do you decipher between:Normal wear and tearSmall things that you ignoreItems worthy of deducting from security deposit

:)Michael, welcome to BP, after you're here awhile you'll better understand the value of this feature.What might be interesting is seeing comments to other comments that you can't see, that could be fun to decipher.

Knowing how to decipher the zoning code can be a very valuable asset.

It may take some time to decipher if you are not familiar with determining lien priority or identifying the types of recordings.  

I'm a vet, my son shows me his orders and I still have trouble deciphering the text. 

It lets me have a no-kidding perspective of my income/expense without having to decipher my personal expenses as well. 

Asset managers have to read many of these everyday, and many can be very difficult to decipher.