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Who Is HoodQ?HoodQ is on a mission to help real estate agents provide extra value to their clients without requiring them to invest extra time. We are the largest provider of curated address and neighbourhood reports in Canada with reports customized to specific address for 10.3 million Canadian addresses. We also have the world's largest Parks & Rec database for North American addresses. To see the areas we cover, please click here. We are a Canadian company based in Toronto, Ontario. You can learn more about us here.
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What does HoodQ offer?HoodQ is an online service that allows real estate agents to create address-specific reports simply by typing in an address, so you can impress more clients, get more listings, and gain more referrals. Once you create your HoodQ account, all of the reports you generate will automatically display your photo and contact information for professional reports that you can use for listing presentations, open houses, buyer tours, one-to-ones, client follow-up and more. For every address you type into the HoodQ search bar, you will receive three types of reports -- the HoodQ Address Report™ (a one-page report that's perfect to use for Open Houses), and an 8 to 10 page HoodQ Detailed Report™ that provides an in-depth look. Both reports feature data that is most important to homebuyers – schools, parks and rec, transit, safety, and convenience. The HoodQ School Report™ is a one-page report for any address in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver area. The report includes information for the Public and Catholic Schools including designated catchment schools, Private Schools, Alternative Schools and Special Education Schools.
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How does it work? How do I get started?There are 2 subscription plans to choose from -- go month-to-month and cancel anytime, or choose the one-year plan. With both subscription plans, you can take advantage of the full HoodQ offering and see how the reports can help you grow your business. You'll be able to create, save, print, and share as many reports as you like, for as many addresses as you like. HoodQ is completely unlimited. To subscribe today, please click here.
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As a real estate agent, what benefits do I get from a HoodQ subscription?Whether you’re already marketing yourself as a neighbourhood expert but aren’t seeing the results you’d hoped – or you’re looking for a faster and easier way to stand out from the crowd – you can use HoodQ to take your neighbourhood marketing to the next level. Impress More Clients Show your clients what you know about their address through beautifully designed reports – created in seconds. You can create reports for any address simply by typing the address into the HoodQ search bar. Win More Listings Use HoodQ Reports for all your listing presentations to instil more confidence and value in the service you provide. The reports are available for any address, not just listing addresses. Gain More Referrals Once you create your HoodQ profile, your photo and contact information is automatically displayed on every report you generate. Share your personalized reports freely. Be seen as the agent that goes the extra mile.
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What kinds of data is included in HoodQ reports?HoodQ reports focus on the data sets that homebuyers are most interested in when considering a new home. Each HoodQ Address Report™ and HoodQ Detailed Report™ provides the following data: SCHOOLS - closest Elementary, Middle and High Schools. We include assigned schools (attendance zones) for the addresses that fall within a School District Board that has provided HoodQ with their catchment data. See information below regarding school scores. PARKS & REC - we not only include the closest parks, we include the facilities within the parks to allow homebuyers to match homes with their aspired lifestyle. TRANSIT - the nearest rail (subway, LRT) and the nearest street transit (bus, streetcar) where available. SAFETY - keeping the reports as a positive marketing piece for you, we avoid crime ratings and instead, include the closest hospital, fire station and police station. HoodQ School Reports™ are one-page reports specific to an exact address. Each report displays the Public and Catholic Schools -- including the designated catchment schools, Private, Alternative and Special Education Schools. ABOUT SCHOOL SCORES School Scores are based on publicly available provincial standardized testing results, aggregated at the school level, standardized, weighted, and rescaled to generate a score out of 10. Absence of a score generally means that the school did not participate in testing in the most recent year, the school's population was too small for meaningful results, but other reasons may apply. For Ontario, School Scores are based on results provided by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), an Ontario provincial agency. For grade 3 and grade 6 students, the Percentage of Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Reading, Writing and Mathematics was used. For high schools, the Percentage of Grade 9 Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Academic and Applied Mathematics, and Percentage of Students that Passed the Grade 10 OSSLT on Their First Attempt are the measures we used. For British Columbia, School scores are based on results provided by the Education Analytics department of the Ministry of Education. For elementary schools, the scores are based on Grade 4 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing and Grade 7 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing. High school scores are based on the percentage of students who achieved a letter grade of C or better in their final English language and Communication courses. For Alberta, School Scores are based on results provided by the Student Learning Assessments and Provincial Achievement Testing department of Alberta Education. Elementary scores are based on English and French test achievement in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. High school scores are based on English and French test achievement for grade 9 students in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
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What is included with a HoodQ subscription?All HoodQ plans include: HoodQ Address Reports™, HoodQ Detailed Reports™ and HoodQ School Reports™ for every address within the coverage area. A search bar to create reports for ANY address in your area – it's not just for properties that are already listed. Your contact information and photo automatically featured on every page of every report. Unlimited number of searches and unlimited number of reports. Unlimited saving, printing and sharing of your reports. HoodQ Neighbourhood Highlights Widget and Address Report Add-On to display on every listing on your website.
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How much does a HoodQ subscription cost?HoodQ is an online subscription service. We have 2 different pricing plans to choose from – a monthly plan at $24.95/month that you can cancel anytime, and a one-year plan at $19.99/month that is billed annually. To see the pricing plans, please click here.
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Where do you get your data from and how often do you update it?Our data is sourced from both open data offered by government agencies and highly respected external data sources, and then it is hand-curated by a team of library scientists and professional editors to make sure it's as complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date as possible. We update our data on a regular schedule -- ranging from monthly to annually depending on the data type -- and when notified of updates by our data sources or our users. HoodQ data is data you can trust – it comes from people, not machines.
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What cities do you cover? How many reports do you have for my area?We have HoodQ Address Reports™ and HoodQ Detailed Reports™ for every address within the cities that we cover. To see our complete City Coverage list and the number of reports available per city, please click here. HoodQ School Reports™ are available for every address within the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver.
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What kinds of sales situation would HoodQ Reports help with?One of the things we hear over and over from our real estate agent customers is that our reports help them in EVERY selling situation. We've seen our reports used for: Lead generation Open Houses Listing presentations Buyer tours One-to-one client meetings Client follow-up ...and more. When you sign up for HoodQ, we will provide details on how you can use HoodQ to grow your business in each of the selling situations above. To sign up for HoodQ, please click here.
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How do I create a report?To create a report, simply type in the address. 1. Sign into your HoodQ account 2. Start typing the address for the report. When the address appears below the search bar, click it. If the address does not appear, keep typing more of the address, including the city and the postal code. 3. Your HoodQ Report will appear in seconds. To see the Detailed Report, click View Detailed Report in the left side menu.
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How do I add, change or remove my photo from my reports?To ADD or CHANGE Your Photo: With HoodQ, you can have your photo automatically appear on all of your reports. Here's how: Sign into your HoodQ account and click "MY ACCOUNT" in the left side menu. Click "EDIT PROFILE". Click on the "CHOOSE FILE" button beside "Your Photo" and then select your photo. Valid formats for the photos are png, jpg, jpeg with a maximum file size of 5MB. To REMOVE Your Photo: If you would like to have your reports without a photo but you've already added one, please contact us here.
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How do I save a report? It only gives me the option to print.For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to save it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. How To Save A Report Using GOOGLE CHROME: After you create your report, click "Save & Print" from the left menu. If "Save" does not appear, click "Change Destination". Click "Save as PDF". How To Save A Report Using FIREFOX: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using SAFARI: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using INTERNET EXPLORER: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. If you do not see the option to Save, look in the list of printers and select "Microsoft Print to PDF". Then click "Print". This will open the Save window where you can choose where to save your PDF and name it whatever you'd like. Then click "Save".
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How do I print a report?For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to print it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next, depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. FOR GOOGLE CHROME: Click "Print". If you do not see the option to Print, click "Change Destination". Then select the printer that you want to use. FOR FIREFOX: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR SAFARI: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR INTERNET EXPLORER: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print".
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How do I share a report by email, Facebook, or Twitter?Because HoodQ reports are web-based, they can easily be shared with clients and colleagues -- and your photo and contact information on the top right corner of your reports will stay intact no matter how many times the link to your reports is shared. To Share a Report By Email: After you've created a report, to share it by email, click "Share" in the left side menu, or click the envelope icon beside the word "Share". A link to your report will appear. Copy the link and paste it into an email. To Share a Report On Facebook: After you've created a report, to share it on Facebook, click the Facebook icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Facebook, log in now. Click on where you would like to share the report -- Timeline, Someone Else's Timeline, A Page You Manage, A Private Message. Write an introductory message to the link, encouraging people to click the link that will take them to your report. Share it. To Share a Report On Twitter: After you've created a report, to share it on Twitter, click the Twitter icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Twitter, log in now. A pre-written message will appear that you can modify. A link to the report will automatically be included in the message. Change the message any way that you would like, and click "Tweet".
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I can't get a report to load. What can I do?If you are unable to load a report, one of the following troubleshooting tips usually works: Try doing a "hard refresh". A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh icon of your browser. Clear the cache of your browser. Sign out of your HoodQ account, and then sign back in. If none of the above resolve the issue, please contact us here.
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When I type in the address for my report, it is not showing up. What can I do?If you are typing the address into the HoodQ search bar, but the address does not show up below, troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that the spelling of the address is correct, especially in the cases when a street name is one word and you are typing it in as two (ex., Brooksmith vs Brook Smith). Type in more of the address, including the city and the postal/zip code. Test to see if you can create reports for other addresses -- this will help you know whether it is an issue you're having with one report, or a different issue with your account. If you are unable to create reports for any address, please reach out to us and someone from our Technical Support Team will be in touch with you. If you are able to get the address for the report, but the report is not loading, please see the question, "I can't get a report to load".
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How do I change my email address?Since your HoodQ Account is associated with the email you used at the time of signing up for HoodQ, a customer service representative will need to change your email address for you. To submit your request, please fill out the form on this page. You will be notified when your email has been changed. After that point, you will need to sign into HoodQ with your new email address.
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I can't sign into my HoodQ account. What can I do?If you're unable to sign into your HoodQ account, you can troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that you are signing in with the same email address you used to set up your HoodQ account. If you’re not sure which email you used, fill out the technical support form below and we can tell you. If you've forgotten your password, enter your email address and click "Forgot Password". You will receive an email with instructions to create a new password. Try doing a "hard refresh" from the sign in page. A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh symbol in your browser. If none of the above work, please fill in the form on the bottom of this page and someone from our Technical Support team will help.
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When I print my report, it is printing information (the URL/file/date/etc). How do I print my report without that?If this is happening, it means the issue is on your end with how your printer settings are set up. Tip: you have your printer settings selected to Show Headers and Footers. Deselect that option and your reports will no longer display that information.
Getting Started
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Who Is HoodQ?HoodQ is on a mission to help real estate agents provide extra value to their clients without requiring them to invest extra time. We are the largest provider of curated address and neighbourhood reports in Canada with reports customized to specific address for 10.3 million Canadian addresses. We also have the world's largest Parks & Rec database for North American addresses. To see the areas we cover, please click here. We are a Canadian company based in Toronto, Ontario. You can learn more about us here.
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What does HoodQ offer?HoodQ is an online service that allows real estate agents to create address-specific reports simply by typing in an address, so you can impress more clients, get more listings, and gain more referrals. Once you create your HoodQ account, all of the reports you generate will automatically display your photo and contact information for professional reports that you can use for listing presentations, open houses, buyer tours, one-to-ones, client follow-up and more. For every address you type into the HoodQ search bar, you will receive three types of reports -- the HoodQ Address Report™ (a one-page report that's perfect to use for Open Houses), and an 8 to 10 page HoodQ Detailed Report™ that provides an in-depth look. Both reports feature data that is most important to homebuyers – schools, parks and rec, transit, safety, and convenience. The HoodQ School Report™ is a one-page report for any address in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver area. The report includes information for the Public and Catholic Schools including designated catchment schools, Private Schools, Alternative Schools and Special Education Schools.
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How does it work? How do I get started?There are 2 subscription plans to choose from -- go month-to-month and cancel anytime, or choose the one-year plan. With both subscription plans, you can take advantage of the full HoodQ offering and see how the reports can help you grow your business. You'll be able to create, save, print, and share as many reports as you like, for as many addresses as you like. HoodQ is completely unlimited. To subscribe today, please click here.
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As a real estate agent, what benefits do I get from a HoodQ subscription?Whether you’re already marketing yourself as a neighbourhood expert but aren’t seeing the results you’d hoped – or you’re looking for a faster and easier way to stand out from the crowd – you can use HoodQ to take your neighbourhood marketing to the next level. Impress More Clients Show your clients what you know about their address through beautifully designed reports – created in seconds. You can create reports for any address simply by typing the address into the HoodQ search bar. Win More Listings Use HoodQ Reports for all your listing presentations to instil more confidence and value in the service you provide. The reports are available for any address, not just listing addresses. Gain More Referrals Once you create your HoodQ profile, your photo and contact information is automatically displayed on every report you generate. Share your personalized reports freely. Be seen as the agent that goes the extra mile.
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What kinds of data is included in HoodQ reports?HoodQ reports focus on the data sets that homebuyers are most interested in when considering a new home. Each HoodQ Address Report™ and HoodQ Detailed Report™ provides the following data: SCHOOLS - closest Elementary, Middle and High Schools. We include assigned schools (attendance zones) for the addresses that fall within a School District Board that has provided HoodQ with their catchment data. See information below regarding school scores. PARKS & REC - we not only include the closest parks, we include the facilities within the parks to allow homebuyers to match homes with their aspired lifestyle. TRANSIT - the nearest rail (subway, LRT) and the nearest street transit (bus, streetcar) where available. SAFETY - keeping the reports as a positive marketing piece for you, we avoid crime ratings and instead, include the closest hospital, fire station and police station. HoodQ School Reports™ are one-page reports specific to an exact address. Each report displays the Public and Catholic Schools -- including the designated catchment schools, Private, Alternative and Special Education Schools. ABOUT SCHOOL SCORES School Scores are based on publicly available provincial standardized testing results, aggregated at the school level, standardized, weighted, and rescaled to generate a score out of 10. Absence of a score generally means that the school did not participate in testing in the most recent year, the school's population was too small for meaningful results, but other reasons may apply. For Ontario, School Scores are based on results provided by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), an Ontario provincial agency. For grade 3 and grade 6 students, the Percentage of Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Reading, Writing and Mathematics was used. For high schools, the Percentage of Grade 9 Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Academic and Applied Mathematics, and Percentage of Students that Passed the Grade 10 OSSLT on Their First Attempt are the measures we used. For British Columbia, School scores are based on results provided by the Education Analytics department of the Ministry of Education. For elementary schools, the scores are based on Grade 4 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing and Grade 7 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing. High school scores are based on the percentage of students who achieved a letter grade of C or better in their final English language and Communication courses. For Alberta, School Scores are based on results provided by the Student Learning Assessments and Provincial Achievement Testing department of Alberta Education. Elementary scores are based on English and French test achievement in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. High school scores are based on English and French test achievement for grade 9 students in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
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What is included with a HoodQ subscription?All HoodQ plans include: HoodQ Address Reports™, HoodQ Detailed Reports™ and HoodQ School Reports™ for every address within the coverage area. A search bar to create reports for ANY address in your area – it's not just for properties that are already listed. Your contact information and photo automatically featured on every page of every report. Unlimited number of searches and unlimited number of reports. Unlimited saving, printing and sharing of your reports. HoodQ Neighbourhood Highlights Widget and Address Report Add-On to display on every listing on your website.
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How much does a HoodQ subscription cost?HoodQ is an online subscription service. We have 2 different pricing plans to choose from – a monthly plan at $24.95/month that you can cancel anytime, and a one-year plan at $19.99/month that is billed annually. To see the pricing plans, please click here.
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Where do you get your data from and how often do you update it?Our data is sourced from both open data offered by government agencies and highly respected external data sources, and then it is hand-curated by a team of library scientists and professional editors to make sure it's as complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date as possible. We update our data on a regular schedule -- ranging from monthly to annually depending on the data type -- and when notified of updates by our data sources or our users. HoodQ data is data you can trust – it comes from people, not machines.
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What cities do you cover? How many reports do you have for my area?We have HoodQ Address Reports™ and HoodQ Detailed Reports™ for every address within the cities that we cover. To see our complete City Coverage list and the number of reports available per city, please click here. HoodQ School Reports™ are available for every address within the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver.
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What kinds of sales situation would HoodQ Reports help with?One of the things we hear over and over from our real estate agent customers is that our reports help them in EVERY selling situation. We've seen our reports used for: Lead generation Open Houses Listing presentations Buyer tours One-to-one client meetings Client follow-up ...and more. When you sign up for HoodQ, we will provide details on how you can use HoodQ to grow your business in each of the selling situations above. To sign up for HoodQ, please click here.
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How do I create a report?To create a report, simply type in the address. 1. Sign into your HoodQ account 2. Start typing the address for the report. When the address appears below the search bar, click it. If the address does not appear, keep typing more of the address, including the city and the postal code. 3. Your HoodQ Report will appear in seconds. To see the Detailed Report, click View Detailed Report in the left side menu.
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How do I add, change or remove my photo from my reports?To ADD or CHANGE Your Photo: With HoodQ, you can have your photo automatically appear on all of your reports. Here's how: Sign into your HoodQ account and click "MY ACCOUNT" in the left side menu. Click "EDIT PROFILE". Click on the "CHOOSE FILE" button beside "Your Photo" and then select your photo. Valid formats for the photos are png, jpg, jpeg with a maximum file size of 5MB. To REMOVE Your Photo: If you would like to have your reports without a photo but you've already added one, please contact us here.
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How do I save a report? It only gives me the option to print.For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to save it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. How To Save A Report Using GOOGLE CHROME: After you create your report, click "Save & Print" from the left menu. If "Save" does not appear, click "Change Destination". Click "Save as PDF". How To Save A Report Using FIREFOX: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using SAFARI: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using INTERNET EXPLORER: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. If you do not see the option to Save, look in the list of printers and select "Microsoft Print to PDF". Then click "Print". This will open the Save window where you can choose where to save your PDF and name it whatever you'd like. Then click "Save".
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How do I print a report?For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to print it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next, depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. FOR GOOGLE CHROME: Click "Print". If you do not see the option to Print, click "Change Destination". Then select the printer that you want to use. FOR FIREFOX: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR SAFARI: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR INTERNET EXPLORER: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print".
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How do I share a report by email, Facebook, or Twitter?Because HoodQ reports are web-based, they can easily be shared with clients and colleagues -- and your photo and contact information on the top right corner of your reports will stay intact no matter how many times the link to your reports is shared. To Share a Report By Email: After you've created a report, to share it by email, click "Share" in the left side menu, or click the envelope icon beside the word "Share". A link to your report will appear. Copy the link and paste it into an email. To Share a Report On Facebook: After you've created a report, to share it on Facebook, click the Facebook icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Facebook, log in now. Click on where you would like to share the report -- Timeline, Someone Else's Timeline, A Page You Manage, A Private Message. Write an introductory message to the link, encouraging people to click the link that will take them to your report. Share it. To Share a Report On Twitter: After you've created a report, to share it on Twitter, click the Twitter icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Twitter, log in now. A pre-written message will appear that you can modify. A link to the report will automatically be included in the message. Change the message any way that you would like, and click "Tweet".
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I can't get a report to load. What can I do?If you are unable to load a report, one of the following troubleshooting tips usually works: Try doing a "hard refresh". A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh icon of your browser. Clear the cache of your browser. Sign out of your HoodQ account, and then sign back in. If none of the above resolve the issue, please contact us here.
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When I type in the address for my report, it is not showing up. What can I do?If you are typing the address into the HoodQ search bar, but the address does not show up below, troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that the spelling of the address is correct, especially in the cases when a street name is one word and you are typing it in as two (ex., Brooksmith vs Brook Smith). Type in more of the address, including the city and the postal/zip code. Test to see if you can create reports for other addresses -- this will help you know whether it is an issue you're having with one report, or a different issue with your account. If you are unable to create reports for any address, please reach out to us and someone from our Technical Support Team will be in touch with you. If you are able to get the address for the report, but the report is not loading, please see the question, "I can't get a report to load".
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How do I change my email address?Since your HoodQ Account is associated with the email you used at the time of signing up for HoodQ, a customer service representative will need to change your email address for you. To submit your request, please fill out the form on this page. You will be notified when your email has been changed. After that point, you will need to sign into HoodQ with your new email address.
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I can't sign into my HoodQ account. What can I do?If you're unable to sign into your HoodQ account, you can troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that you are signing in with the same email address you used to set up your HoodQ account. If you’re not sure which email you used, fill out the technical support form below and we can tell you. If you've forgotten your password, enter your email address and click "Forgot Password". You will receive an email with instructions to create a new password. Try doing a "hard refresh" from the sign in page. A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh symbol in your browser. If none of the above work, please fill in the form on the bottom of this page and someone from our Technical Support team will help.
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When I print my report, it is printing information (the URL/file/date/etc). How do I print my report without that?If this is happening, it means the issue is on your end with how your printer settings are set up. Tip: you have your printer settings selected to Show Headers and Footers. Deselect that option and your reports will no longer display that information.
Pricing and Plans
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Who Is HoodQ?HoodQ is on a mission to help real estate agents provide extra value to their clients without requiring them to invest extra time. We are the largest provider of curated address and neighbourhood reports in Canada with reports customized to specific address for 10.3 million Canadian addresses. We also have the world's largest Parks & Rec database for North American addresses. To see the areas we cover, please click here. We are a Canadian company based in Toronto, Ontario. You can learn more about us here.
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What does HoodQ offer?HoodQ is an online service that allows real estate agents to create address-specific reports simply by typing in an address, so you can impress more clients, get more listings, and gain more referrals. Once you create your HoodQ account, all of the reports you generate will automatically display your photo and contact information for professional reports that you can use for listing presentations, open houses, buyer tours, one-to-ones, client follow-up and more. For every address you type into the HoodQ search bar, you will receive three types of reports -- the HoodQ Address Report™ (a one-page report that's perfect to use for Open Houses), and an 8 to 10 page HoodQ Detailed Report™ that provides an in-depth look. Both reports feature data that is most important to homebuyers – schools, parks and rec, transit, safety, and convenience. The HoodQ School Report™ is a one-page report for any address in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver area. The report includes information for the Public and Catholic Schools including designated catchment schools, Private Schools, Alternative Schools and Special Education Schools.
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How does it work? How do I get started?There are 2 subscription plans to choose from -- go month-to-month and cancel anytime, or choose the one-year plan. With both subscription plans, you can take advantage of the full HoodQ offering and see how the reports can help you grow your business. You'll be able to create, save, print, and share as many reports as you like, for as many addresses as you like. HoodQ is completely unlimited. To subscribe today, please click here.
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As a real estate agent, what benefits do I get from a HoodQ subscription?Whether you’re already marketing yourself as a neighbourhood expert but aren’t seeing the results you’d hoped – or you’re looking for a faster and easier way to stand out from the crowd – you can use HoodQ to take your neighbourhood marketing to the next level. Impress More Clients Show your clients what you know about their address through beautifully designed reports – created in seconds. You can create reports for any address simply by typing the address into the HoodQ search bar. Win More Listings Use HoodQ Reports for all your listing presentations to instil more confidence and value in the service you provide. The reports are available for any address, not just listing addresses. Gain More Referrals Once you create your HoodQ profile, your photo and contact information is automatically displayed on every report you generate. Share your personalized reports freely. Be seen as the agent that goes the extra mile.
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What kinds of data is included in HoodQ reports?HoodQ reports focus on the data sets that homebuyers are most interested in when considering a new home. Each HoodQ Address Report™ and HoodQ Detailed Report™ provides the following data: SCHOOLS - closest Elementary, Middle and High Schools. We include assigned schools (attendance zones) for the addresses that fall within a School District Board that has provided HoodQ with their catchment data. See information below regarding school scores. PARKS & REC - we not only include the closest parks, we include the facilities within the parks to allow homebuyers to match homes with their aspired lifestyle. TRANSIT - the nearest rail (subway, LRT) and the nearest street transit (bus, streetcar) where available. SAFETY - keeping the reports as a positive marketing piece for you, we avoid crime ratings and instead, include the closest hospital, fire station and police station. HoodQ School Reports™ are one-page reports specific to an exact address. Each report displays the Public and Catholic Schools -- including the designated catchment schools, Private, Alternative and Special Education Schools. ABOUT SCHOOL SCORES School Scores are based on publicly available provincial standardized testing results, aggregated at the school level, standardized, weighted, and rescaled to generate a score out of 10. Absence of a score generally means that the school did not participate in testing in the most recent year, the school's population was too small for meaningful results, but other reasons may apply. For Ontario, School Scores are based on results provided by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), an Ontario provincial agency. For grade 3 and grade 6 students, the Percentage of Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Reading, Writing and Mathematics was used. For high schools, the Percentage of Grade 9 Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Academic and Applied Mathematics, and Percentage of Students that Passed the Grade 10 OSSLT on Their First Attempt are the measures we used. For British Columbia, School scores are based on results provided by the Education Analytics department of the Ministry of Education. For elementary schools, the scores are based on Grade 4 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing and Grade 7 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing. High school scores are based on the percentage of students who achieved a letter grade of C or better in their final English language and Communication courses. For Alberta, School Scores are based on results provided by the Student Learning Assessments and Provincial Achievement Testing department of Alberta Education. Elementary scores are based on English and French test achievement in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. High school scores are based on English and French test achievement for grade 9 students in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
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What is included with a HoodQ subscription?All HoodQ plans include: HoodQ Address Reports™, HoodQ Detailed Reports™ and HoodQ School Reports™ for every address within the coverage area. A search bar to create reports for ANY address in your area – it's not just for properties that are already listed. Your contact information and photo automatically featured on every page of every report. Unlimited number of searches and unlimited number of reports. Unlimited saving, printing and sharing of your reports. HoodQ Neighbourhood Highlights Widget and Address Report Add-On to display on every listing on your website.
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How much does a HoodQ subscription cost?HoodQ is an online subscription service. We have 2 different pricing plans to choose from – a monthly plan at $24.95/month that you can cancel anytime, and a one-year plan at $19.99/month that is billed annually. To see the pricing plans, please click here.
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Where do you get your data from and how often do you update it?Our data is sourced from both open data offered by government agencies and highly respected external data sources, and then it is hand-curated by a team of library scientists and professional editors to make sure it's as complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date as possible. We update our data on a regular schedule -- ranging from monthly to annually depending on the data type -- and when notified of updates by our data sources or our users. HoodQ data is data you can trust – it comes from people, not machines.
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What cities do you cover? How many reports do you have for my area?We have HoodQ Address Reports™ and HoodQ Detailed Reports™ for every address within the cities that we cover. To see our complete City Coverage list and the number of reports available per city, please click here. HoodQ School Reports™ are available for every address within the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver.
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What kinds of sales situation would HoodQ Reports help with?One of the things we hear over and over from our real estate agent customers is that our reports help them in EVERY selling situation. We've seen our reports used for: Lead generation Open Houses Listing presentations Buyer tours One-to-one client meetings Client follow-up ...and more. When you sign up for HoodQ, we will provide details on how you can use HoodQ to grow your business in each of the selling situations above. To sign up for HoodQ, please click here.
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How do I create a report?To create a report, simply type in the address. 1. Sign into your HoodQ account 2. Start typing the address for the report. When the address appears below the search bar, click it. If the address does not appear, keep typing more of the address, including the city and the postal code. 3. Your HoodQ Report will appear in seconds. To see the Detailed Report, click View Detailed Report in the left side menu.
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How do I add, change or remove my photo from my reports?To ADD or CHANGE Your Photo: With HoodQ, you can have your photo automatically appear on all of your reports. Here's how: Sign into your HoodQ account and click "MY ACCOUNT" in the left side menu. Click "EDIT PROFILE". Click on the "CHOOSE FILE" button beside "Your Photo" and then select your photo. Valid formats for the photos are png, jpg, jpeg with a maximum file size of 5MB. To REMOVE Your Photo: If you would like to have your reports without a photo but you've already added one, please contact us here.
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How do I save a report? It only gives me the option to print.For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to save it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. How To Save A Report Using GOOGLE CHROME: After you create your report, click "Save & Print" from the left menu. If "Save" does not appear, click "Change Destination". Click "Save as PDF". How To Save A Report Using FIREFOX: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using SAFARI: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using INTERNET EXPLORER: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. If you do not see the option to Save, look in the list of printers and select "Microsoft Print to PDF". Then click "Print". This will open the Save window where you can choose where to save your PDF and name it whatever you'd like. Then click "Save".
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How do I print a report?For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to print it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next, depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. FOR GOOGLE CHROME: Click "Print". If you do not see the option to Print, click "Change Destination". Then select the printer that you want to use. FOR FIREFOX: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR SAFARI: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR INTERNET EXPLORER: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print".
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How do I share a report by email, Facebook, or Twitter?Because HoodQ reports are web-based, they can easily be shared with clients and colleagues -- and your photo and contact information on the top right corner of your reports will stay intact no matter how many times the link to your reports is shared. To Share a Report By Email: After you've created a report, to share it by email, click "Share" in the left side menu, or click the envelope icon beside the word "Share". A link to your report will appear. Copy the link and paste it into an email. To Share a Report On Facebook: After you've created a report, to share it on Facebook, click the Facebook icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Facebook, log in now. Click on where you would like to share the report -- Timeline, Someone Else's Timeline, A Page You Manage, A Private Message. Write an introductory message to the link, encouraging people to click the link that will take them to your report. Share it. To Share a Report On Twitter: After you've created a report, to share it on Twitter, click the Twitter icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Twitter, log in now. A pre-written message will appear that you can modify. A link to the report will automatically be included in the message. Change the message any way that you would like, and click "Tweet".
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I can't get a report to load. What can I do?If you are unable to load a report, one of the following troubleshooting tips usually works: Try doing a "hard refresh". A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh icon of your browser. Clear the cache of your browser. Sign out of your HoodQ account, and then sign back in. If none of the above resolve the issue, please contact us here.
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When I type in the address for my report, it is not showing up. What can I do?If you are typing the address into the HoodQ search bar, but the address does not show up below, troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that the spelling of the address is correct, especially in the cases when a street name is one word and you are typing it in as two (ex., Brooksmith vs Brook Smith). Type in more of the address, including the city and the postal/zip code. Test to see if you can create reports for other addresses -- this will help you know whether it is an issue you're having with one report, or a different issue with your account. If you are unable to create reports for any address, please reach out to us and someone from our Technical Support Team will be in touch with you. If you are able to get the address for the report, but the report is not loading, please see the question, "I can't get a report to load".
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How do I change my email address?Since your HoodQ Account is associated with the email you used at the time of signing up for HoodQ, a customer service representative will need to change your email address for you. To submit your request, please fill out the form on this page. You will be notified when your email has been changed. After that point, you will need to sign into HoodQ with your new email address.
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I can't sign into my HoodQ account. What can I do?If you're unable to sign into your HoodQ account, you can troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that you are signing in with the same email address you used to set up your HoodQ account. If you’re not sure which email you used, fill out the technical support form below and we can tell you. If you've forgotten your password, enter your email address and click "Forgot Password". You will receive an email with instructions to create a new password. Try doing a "hard refresh" from the sign in page. A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh symbol in your browser. If none of the above work, please fill in the form on the bottom of this page and someone from our Technical Support team will help.
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When I print my report, it is printing information (the URL/file/date/etc). How do I print my report without that?If this is happening, it means the issue is on your end with how your printer settings are set up. Tip: you have your printer settings selected to Show Headers and Footers. Deselect that option and your reports will no longer display that information.
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Who Is HoodQ?HoodQ is on a mission to help real estate agents provide extra value to their clients without requiring them to invest extra time. We are the largest provider of curated address and neighbourhood reports in Canada with reports customized to specific address for 10.3 million Canadian addresses. We also have the world's largest Parks & Rec database for North American addresses. To see the areas we cover, please click here. We are a Canadian company based in Toronto, Ontario. You can learn more about us here.
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What does HoodQ offer?HoodQ is an online service that allows real estate agents to create address-specific reports simply by typing in an address, so you can impress more clients, get more listings, and gain more referrals. Once you create your HoodQ account, all of the reports you generate will automatically display your photo and contact information for professional reports that you can use for listing presentations, open houses, buyer tours, one-to-ones, client follow-up and more. For every address you type into the HoodQ search bar, you will receive three types of reports -- the HoodQ Address Report™ (a one-page report that's perfect to use for Open Houses), and an 8 to 10 page HoodQ Detailed Report™ that provides an in-depth look. Both reports feature data that is most important to homebuyers – schools, parks and rec, transit, safety, and convenience. The HoodQ School Report™ is a one-page report for any address in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver area. The report includes information for the Public and Catholic Schools including designated catchment schools, Private Schools, Alternative Schools and Special Education Schools.
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How does it work? How do I get started?There are 2 subscription plans to choose from -- go month-to-month and cancel anytime, or choose the one-year plan. With both subscription plans, you can take advantage of the full HoodQ offering and see how the reports can help you grow your business. You'll be able to create, save, print, and share as many reports as you like, for as many addresses as you like. HoodQ is completely unlimited. To subscribe today, please click here.
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As a real estate agent, what benefits do I get from a HoodQ subscription?Whether you’re already marketing yourself as a neighbourhood expert but aren’t seeing the results you’d hoped – or you’re looking for a faster and easier way to stand out from the crowd – you can use HoodQ to take your neighbourhood marketing to the next level. Impress More Clients Show your clients what you know about their address through beautifully designed reports – created in seconds. You can create reports for any address simply by typing the address into the HoodQ search bar. Win More Listings Use HoodQ Reports for all your listing presentations to instil more confidence and value in the service you provide. The reports are available for any address, not just listing addresses. Gain More Referrals Once you create your HoodQ profile, your photo and contact information is automatically displayed on every report you generate. Share your personalized reports freely. Be seen as the agent that goes the extra mile.
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What kinds of data is included in HoodQ reports?HoodQ reports focus on the data sets that homebuyers are most interested in when considering a new home. Each HoodQ Address Report™ and HoodQ Detailed Report™ provides the following data: SCHOOLS - closest Elementary, Middle and High Schools. We include assigned schools (attendance zones) for the addresses that fall within a School District Board that has provided HoodQ with their catchment data. See information below regarding school scores. PARKS & REC - we not only include the closest parks, we include the facilities within the parks to allow homebuyers to match homes with their aspired lifestyle. TRANSIT - the nearest rail (subway, LRT) and the nearest street transit (bus, streetcar) where available. SAFETY - keeping the reports as a positive marketing piece for you, we avoid crime ratings and instead, include the closest hospital, fire station and police station. HoodQ School Reports™ are one-page reports specific to an exact address. Each report displays the Public and Catholic Schools -- including the designated catchment schools, Private, Alternative and Special Education Schools. ABOUT SCHOOL SCORES School Scores are based on publicly available provincial standardized testing results, aggregated at the school level, standardized, weighted, and rescaled to generate a score out of 10. Absence of a score generally means that the school did not participate in testing in the most recent year, the school's population was too small for meaningful results, but other reasons may apply. For Ontario, School Scores are based on results provided by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO), an Ontario provincial agency. For grade 3 and grade 6 students, the Percentage of Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Reading, Writing and Mathematics was used. For high schools, the Percentage of Grade 9 Students Achieving the Provincial Standard in Academic and Applied Mathematics, and Percentage of Students that Passed the Grade 10 OSSLT on Their First Attempt are the measures we used. For British Columbia, School scores are based on results provided by the Education Analytics department of the Ministry of Education. For elementary schools, the scores are based on Grade 4 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing and Grade 7 Numeracy, Reading, and Writing. High school scores are based on the percentage of students who achieved a letter grade of C or better in their final English language and Communication courses. For Alberta, School Scores are based on results provided by the Student Learning Assessments and Provincial Achievement Testing department of Alberta Education. Elementary scores are based on English and French test achievement in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. High school scores are based on English and French test achievement for grade 9 students in the areas of English, French, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
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What is included with a HoodQ subscription?All HoodQ plans include: HoodQ Address Reports™, HoodQ Detailed Reports™ and HoodQ School Reports™ for every address within the coverage area. A search bar to create reports for ANY address in your area – it's not just for properties that are already listed. Your contact information and photo automatically featured on every page of every report. Unlimited number of searches and unlimited number of reports. Unlimited saving, printing and sharing of your reports. HoodQ Neighbourhood Highlights Widget and Address Report Add-On to display on every listing on your website.
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How much does a HoodQ subscription cost?HoodQ is an online subscription service. We have 2 different pricing plans to choose from – a monthly plan at $24.95/month that you can cancel anytime, and a one-year plan at $19.99/month that is billed annually. To see the pricing plans, please click here.
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Where do you get your data from and how often do you update it?Our data is sourced from both open data offered by government agencies and highly respected external data sources, and then it is hand-curated by a team of library scientists and professional editors to make sure it's as complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date as possible. We update our data on a regular schedule -- ranging from monthly to annually depending on the data type -- and when notified of updates by our data sources or our users. HoodQ data is data you can trust – it comes from people, not machines.
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What cities do you cover? How many reports do you have for my area?We have HoodQ Address Reports™ and HoodQ Detailed Reports™ for every address within the cities that we cover. To see our complete City Coverage list and the number of reports available per city, please click here. HoodQ School Reports™ are available for every address within the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver.
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What kinds of sales situation would HoodQ Reports help with?One of the things we hear over and over from our real estate agent customers is that our reports help them in EVERY selling situation. We've seen our reports used for: Lead generation Open Houses Listing presentations Buyer tours One-to-one client meetings Client follow-up ...and more. When you sign up for HoodQ, we will provide details on how you can use HoodQ to grow your business in each of the selling situations above. To sign up for HoodQ, please click here.
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How do I create a report?To create a report, simply type in the address. 1. Sign into your HoodQ account 2. Start typing the address for the report. When the address appears below the search bar, click it. If the address does not appear, keep typing more of the address, including the city and the postal code. 3. Your HoodQ Report will appear in seconds. To see the Detailed Report, click View Detailed Report in the left side menu.
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How do I add, change or remove my photo from my reports?To ADD or CHANGE Your Photo: With HoodQ, you can have your photo automatically appear on all of your reports. Here's how: Sign into your HoodQ account and click "MY ACCOUNT" in the left side menu. Click "EDIT PROFILE". Click on the "CHOOSE FILE" button beside "Your Photo" and then select your photo. Valid formats for the photos are png, jpg, jpeg with a maximum file size of 5MB. To REMOVE Your Photo: If you would like to have your reports without a photo but you've already added one, please contact us here.
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How do I save a report? It only gives me the option to print.For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to save it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. How To Save A Report Using GOOGLE CHROME: After you create your report, click "Save & Print" from the left menu. If "Save" does not appear, click "Change Destination". Click "Save as PDF". How To Save A Report Using FIREFOX: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using SAFARI: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. Click on the arrow beside "PDF". Click "Save As PDF". How To Save A Report Using INTERNET EXPLORER: After you create your report, click "Save and Print" from the left menu. If you do not see the option to Save, look in the list of printers and select "Microsoft Print to PDF". Then click "Print". This will open the Save window where you can choose where to save your PDF and name it whatever you'd like. Then click "Save".
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How do I print a report?For the best HoodQ user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser. Once you've created a report, to print it, simply click SAVE & PRINT in the left side menu. What happens next, depends on the browser you're using. Below are instructions for the most common web browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Explorer. FOR GOOGLE CHROME: Click "Print". If you do not see the option to Print, click "Change Destination". Then select the printer that you want to use. FOR FIREFOX: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR SAFARI: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print". FOR INTERNET EXPLORER: Look in the list of printers and choose your printer. Click "Print".
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How do I share a report by email, Facebook, or Twitter?Because HoodQ reports are web-based, they can easily be shared with clients and colleagues -- and your photo and contact information on the top right corner of your reports will stay intact no matter how many times the link to your reports is shared. To Share a Report By Email: After you've created a report, to share it by email, click "Share" in the left side menu, or click the envelope icon beside the word "Share". A link to your report will appear. Copy the link and paste it into an email. To Share a Report On Facebook: After you've created a report, to share it on Facebook, click the Facebook icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Facebook, log in now. Click on where you would like to share the report -- Timeline, Someone Else's Timeline, A Page You Manage, A Private Message. Write an introductory message to the link, encouraging people to click the link that will take them to your report. Share it. To Share a Report On Twitter: After you've created a report, to share it on Twitter, click the Twitter icon located in the left side menu beside the word "Share". If you are not logged into Twitter, log in now. A pre-written message will appear that you can modify. A link to the report will automatically be included in the message. Change the message any way that you would like, and click "Tweet".
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I can't get a report to load. What can I do?If you are unable to load a report, one of the following troubleshooting tips usually works: Try doing a "hard refresh". A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh icon of your browser. Clear the cache of your browser. Sign out of your HoodQ account, and then sign back in. If none of the above resolve the issue, please contact us here.
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When I type in the address for my report, it is not showing up. What can I do?If you are typing the address into the HoodQ search bar, but the address does not show up below, troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that the spelling of the address is correct, especially in the cases when a street name is one word and you are typing it in as two (ex., Brooksmith vs Brook Smith). Type in more of the address, including the city and the postal/zip code. Test to see if you can create reports for other addresses -- this will help you know whether it is an issue you're having with one report, or a different issue with your account. If you are unable to create reports for any address, please reach out to us and someone from our Technical Support Team will be in touch with you. If you are able to get the address for the report, but the report is not loading, please see the question, "I can't get a report to load".
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How do I change my email address?Since your HoodQ Account is associated with the email you used at the time of signing up for HoodQ, a customer service representative will need to change your email address for you. To submit your request, please fill out the form on this page. You will be notified when your email has been changed. After that point, you will need to sign into HoodQ with your new email address.
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I can't sign into my HoodQ account. What can I do?If you're unable to sign into your HoodQ account, you can troubleshoot with the following tips: Ensure that you are signing in with the same email address you used to set up your HoodQ account. If you’re not sure which email you used, fill out the technical support form below and we can tell you. If you've forgotten your password, enter your email address and click "Forgot Password". You will receive an email with instructions to create a new password. Try doing a "hard refresh" from the sign in page. A hard refresh is done by holding down the CONTROL button while clicking the refresh symbol in your browser. If none of the above work, please fill in the form on the bottom of this page and someone from our Technical Support team will help.
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When I print my report, it is printing information (the URL/file/date/etc). How do I print my report without that?If this is happening, it means the issue is on your end with how your printer settings are set up. Tip: you have your printer settings selected to Show Headers and Footers. Deselect that option and your reports will no longer display that information.
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