Guide & FAQ
Every area of immonum in the order of the menu: what it is for, how to proceed, and answers to common questions.
immonum itself is in German. Calculations follow German tax law. Button and menu names are shown in German, as they appear in the program, with an English explanation in brackets.
Try it without an account: the demo is a shared account with entirely made-up sample data. It is reset daily at 3:00 (German time). Uploads, sending emails, client links, backups and user and account settings are blocked there.
Contents
- Getting started
- Dashboard
- Projects
- Clients
- Calculations
- Reservations
- Data room
- Administration: commission
- Administration: users and groups
- Administration: backup
- Administration: sales
- My account and two-factor authentication
- Client link
- Import and export
- Calendar subscription and reminders
- Sales process
- Comparing calculations
Getting started
What is it for?
After you sign in, the start page shows what needs your attention: follow-ups that are due, reservations that need attention and the calculations changed most recently. The Erste Schritte card (first steps) guides new users to their first sample calculation.
How it works
- Sign in with your user name and password. If you have set up two-factor authentication, then enter the code from the app.
- Administrators first enter company details and logo under Verwaltung → Vertrieb (administration → sales); they appear in the PDF.
- Create a project, set its Vorgaben (defaults) and enter the flats.
- Create a client with their income.
- Create a calculation: choose the client and the flat, check the six steps, and you are done.
Frequently asked questions
I have forgotten my password. What now?
On the sign-in page, Passwort vergessen? (forgotten password) leads to a form. If email delivery has been set up, you receive a link for a new password. Otherwise an administrator of your company sets a new password under Verwaltung → Benutzer (administration → users).
What do the colours in the menu mean?
Each area has its own colour so that you always know where you are. Your company's colour remains the colour for buttons and links.
Can I use immonum on my phone?
Yes. All pages adapt to small screens; the menu is then behind the Menü button. At the top right you switch between the light and dark colour scheme.
What does the small i next to a field mean?
Clicking it shows a short explanation of the field. More detailed explanations are on the Begriffe erklärt page (terms explained).
Dashboard
What is it for?
The dashboard shows the state of your sales at a glance: how many flats are sold, reserved and available, sales, reservations and calculations per month, the sales status per project and a funnel of the sales process.
How it works
- Open Dashboard in the menu.
- At the top, choose Zeitraum (period: last 6, 12 or 24 months) and Projekt (project); tiles and charts follow your selection.
- Under each chart, Daten als Tabelle (data as table) shows the values to read through.
- The Verkaufsprozess tab (sales process) opens the board with all ongoing cases.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I see fewer figures as an adviser than my administrator?
Advisers see only projects released to them and only their own clients. All figures refer to this selection.
Where do I mark a due follow-up as done?
On the dashboard and on the start page, each due follow-up has an Erledigt button (done). Alternatively, on the client's page in the contact history.
What does the funnel show?
How many cases that started in the period have reached which stage of the sales process, from prospect to sale.
Projects
Creating projects: administrators. Changing them: also advisers with the “bearbeiten” (edit) permission.
What is it for?
A project groups the flats of a development together with location, schedule, defaults, parking spaces and documents. You set the defaults once; every calculation in the project adopts them.
How it works
- In the project list, click + Neues Projekt (new project). You can create a Leeres Projekt (empty project), copy one Aus Vorlage (from a template), importieren (import) a project file or aus anderer Software übernehmen (take over data from other software).
- Enter the name, location and schedule and save. A few seconds later, immonum creates a Lagekarte (location map) from the address below the project details. It also appears on the flat's page, on the client link and in the PDF (“Lage des Objekts”).
- Open Vorgaben (defaults) and set acquisition costs, depreciation, running costs, increases and financing.
- Via Zu den Wohnungen (to the flats) you enter flats with + Neue Wohnung (new flat) or upload a list with Import.
- Under Stellplätze (parking spaces) you create parking spaces with purchase price and rent.
- Administrators release the project to advisers or groups in the Freigaben card (permissions).
Frequently asked questions
How do I check the land share?
In the defaults, Grundstücksanteil prüfen (check land share) leads to the purchase price allocation check. It shows whether the share differs significantly from an estimate based on the asset value method (Sachwertverfahren).
A value applies to only one flat. Where do I enter it?
On the flat's page there are Abweichende Werte in € (different values in €), for example land share, real estate transfer tax, loan amounts or running costs. There they replace the percentages from the defaults.
The location map is missing or the pin is in the wrong place. What can I do?
Check the street with house number, postcode and town. If the map service cannot find the address, enter latitude and longitude under Lage → Koordinaten für die Lagekarte (coordinates for the location map), for example from OpenStreetMap, and save. Administrators reload the map with Karte neu erstellen (recreate map). The map is generated on the server; your clients do not load anything from other services.
How do I pass a project on to a partner?
On the project page, Exportieren (export) saves the project, defaults and flats as a file. The partner uses + Neues Projekt → Projekt importieren (import project).
What is the difference between hiding and archiving?
Hidden projects are kept and appear in the project list under Ausgeblendet (hidden), archived ones under Archiv (archive). Both can be undone there via the actions; to do this for several projects, select them together.
How do I calculate a new-build construction phase?
The defaults have a Bauphase section (construction phase). From the start of construction and the date of completion, immonum proposes purchase price instalments under the MaBV (German regulation on instalment payments to developers) and calculates interest during construction and commitment fees.
Clients
Advisers see only the clients they look after; administrators see all of them.
What is it for?
Here you find your clients' contact details and tax information, their search profile, the contact history with follow-ups, their calculations, reservations and documents.
How it works
- In the client list, click + Neuer Kunde (new client).
- Enter the name and contact details and, under Steuerangaben (tax details), the taxable income, the type of assessment and church tax. Without income, the tax effect is missing.
- With Kontakt eintragen (record contact) you record conversations and, if you wish, set a Wiedervorlage (follow-up).
- In the Suchprofil (search profile) you store the client's wishes; matching available flats are listed below.
- Under Dateien (files) you upload documents, such as proof of salary.
Frequently asked questions
I only know the gross salary. How do I get to the taxable income?
In the tax details, Aus dem Brutto schätzen (estimate from gross) gives a rough estimate. The figure from the last tax assessment notice is more accurate.
The income will change, for example on retirement. Can I model that?
Yes. Under Einkommen in den nächsten Jahren (income in the coming years) you enter a different income from a given year and an annual development.
How do I delete a client with all their data?
On the client page, Löschen… (delete) leads to permanent deletion after a confirmation. Datenauskunft (data access report) shows all stored data of the client beforehand.
What does the history show?
What has happened with the client so far, for example who created or changed the record, reserved a flat or uploaded files, without you having to enter anything.
Calculations
What is it for?
A calculation links a client with a flat and shows what the flat costs or earns them each month, before and after tax, together with yields and the build-up of wealth, as a table, chart and PDF.
How it works
- Open Neue Berechnung (new calculation). Choose Kunde und Wohnung (client and flat) from a project or use Freie Berechnung (free calculation) for a flat without a project.
- Check the six steps Wohnung (flat), Nebenkosten (acquisition costs), Miete (rent), Erwerber (buyer), Finanzierung (financing) and Auswertung (results). The overview marks complete steps with ✓.
- The results have four tabs: Überblick (overview), Finanzierung (financing), Ausgabe (output) and Details. In the overview, Werte ausprobieren (try values) lets you test other assumptions with sliders without changing the calculation.
- Under Ausgabe (output), PDF öffnen (open PDF) opens the sample calculation; Seiten und Reihenfolge wählen (choose pages and order) puts the sections together.
- Before handing it over to the client, choose Stand einfrieren (freeze version) in the Stände card (versions).
Frequently asked questions
I have changed the defaults. Do old calculations change?
Yes, calculations always use the current data. Frozen versions, however, remain unchanged; the calculation shows whether it still matches the latest version.
The client is bringing €50,000 of equity. How do I calculate that?
In the financing tab, enter the amount under Wunsch-Eigenkapital (target equity). immonum adjusts the loans so that exactly this equity requirement results.
Can I calculate different financing for a client than in the defaults?
Yes. In the financing tab you set loans for this calculation only, as well as special repayments, grants and a repayment substitute. The project's defaults remain unchanged.
How do I calculate a variant without changing the calculation?
Kopieren (copy) creates a copy. It is quicker under the output tab with Variante anlegen und vergleichen (create variant and compare); both are then shown side by side.
How do I get rid of a trial calculation?
Archivieren (archive) hides it and can be undone. Löschen (delete) removes it permanently after a confirmation.
Why is there a note on the tax year 2027?
immonum calculates only with tax law that has been promulgated. For later years, the most recently adopted tax scale applies, frozen or projected forward depending on the setting.
Reservations
What is it for?
If a client is seriously interested in a flat, you reserve it for them. Further prospects go on a waiting list. The page shows all open reservations with their deadlines.
How it works
- Open Reservierungen (reservations) and fill in Wohnung reservieren (reserve flat): Wohnung (flat), Reservieren für (reserve for), optionally gültig bis (valid until) and a remark.
- Click Reservieren (reserve). If the flat is already reserved, the client goes on the waiting list.
- Under Bearbeiten (edit) you change the deadline and record a Reservierungsgebühr (reservation fee) with the payment date.
- If the purchase goes ahead, choose Als verkauft markieren (mark as sold); otherwise Aufheben (cancel).
Frequently asked questions
What happens when the deadline expires?
A reservation is valid up to and including “gültig bis” (valid until) and ends automatically on the following day. Three days beforehand, the adviser looking after the client receives a follow-up. After that, the next person on the waiting list moves up; otherwise the flat becomes available again.
Can I also reserve on the flat's page or the client's page?
Yes, both pages have a Reservierungen card (reservations) with the same form.
Is the reservation fee booked?
No. immonum only records and shows the amount and the payment date.
Data room
Uploading and deleting: administrators; reading: all users of the company.
What is it for?
The data room is your company's shared storage for documents that do not relate to a project or client, such as form templates, training material or sales guidelines.
How it works
- Open Datenraum (data room).
- Administrators choose files and click Hochladen (upload).
- The search field finds files by name; the view switches between Liste (list) and Kacheln (tiles).
- Administrators remove several files with the checkboxes and Ausgewählte löschen (delete selected).
Frequently asked questions
Where do a project's brochure and floor plans go?
On the project's page. The same permissions apply there as for the project itself.
Administration: commission
Settings: administrators. Advisers see their own sales in the main menu.
What is it for?
The commission overview shows the commission from sold flats with fixed rates, tiers and shared commission, with totals per person involved.
How it works
- On a project's page, administrators set the rate in the Provision card (commission), optionally plus VAT, different rates per adviser and a Staffel nach Stückzahl (tiers by number of units sold). Then Provision speichern (save commission).
- When a flat is sold, immonum assigns the sale to the adviser who looks after the buyer.
- For a sold flat, administrators correct the date, price and adviser under Verkaufsangaben korrigieren (correct sale details) and split the commission between up to three people.
- Under Provisionen (commission) you filter by period, project and adviser and download the list Als CSV or Als PDF.
Frequently asked questions
Do the tiers apply retroactively?
No. Earlier sales keep their rate; the higher rate applies only from the flat named in the tier. A different rate for an adviser takes precedence over the tiers.
The shares are not saved. Why?
The shares of everyone involved must add up to exactly 100%. The message shows the current total.
Administration: users and groups
Administrators only.
What is it for?
Here you decide who works with immonum and in which role, and you put advisers into groups so that you can release projects more easily.
How it works
- Open Verwaltung → Benutzer (administration → users) and choose Neuer Benutzer (new user).
- Enter the name, user name, role (Administrator or Berater, i.e. adviser) and an initial password.
- Release projects to the adviser: on the project's page in the Freigaben card (permissions) with “ansehen” (view) or “bearbeiten” (edit).
- Under Gruppen verwalten (manage groups) you put advisers together and release projects to the group.
Frequently asked questions
An adviser cannot see any project. What is missing?
A permission. Advisers see only projects released to them or to their group.
An employee has lost the phone with the authenticator app.
On the user's page, Zwei-Faktor-Anmeldung zurücksetzen (reset two-factor authentication) resets the second factor. The employee then signs in with the password and sets it up again.
Can I make two-factor authentication mandatory?
Yes, for administrators. The setting is on the users page. It can only be switched on if you already have a second factor yourself.
An employee is leaving the company.
On their user page, untick aktiv (active); they can then no longer sign in. Assign their clients to another adviser.
Administration: backup
Administrators only.
What is it for?
The company backup is a file containing all of your company's data. Keep copies in encrypted form. In addition, if this has been set up, the server makes an automatic backup every day.
How it works
- Open Verwaltung → Sicherung (administration → backup).
- Click Firmensicherung herunterladen (download company backup) and save the file in a safe place.
Frequently asked questions
What does the company backup contain?
Projects, flats, clients, calculations, files, groups and users without passwords. Data of other companies is not included.
How do I restore a backup?
The operator of immonum does this. Contact the operator with the file.
Administration: sales
Administrators only.
What is it for?
Here you store your company's contact details, logo and colour. They appear on the cover page and in every page header of the PDF, on the client link page and, if you wish, in the header bar.
How it works
- Open Verwaltung → Vertrieb (administration → sales).
- Under Kontaktdaten (contact details), enter the company, contact person, address, phone, email and website.
- Under Logo, choose a PNG or JPEG file of up to 512 KB.
- Under Erscheinungsbild (appearance), choose the colour and whether the logo should appear in the header bar instead of “immonum”.
- Clicking Speichern (save) saves everything together.
Frequently asked questions
My company colour is very light. Will the text remain readable?
Yes. immonum automatically chooses a text colour with enough contrast and adjusts the colour for the dark colour scheme.
My account and two-factor authentication
What is it for?
Under Mein Konto (my account) you change your password, set up two-factor authentication and manage the calendar subscription and email reminder.
How it works
- Click your name at the top right to open Mein Konto (my account).
- Under Passwort ändern (change password), enter your current password and a new one with at least 10 characters.
- For more security, open Zwei-Faktor-Anmeldung (two-factor authentication) and choose Zwei-Faktor-Anmeldung einrichten (set up).
- Scan the QR code with an authenticator app and confirm with the code from the app.
- Print the ten Wiederherstellungscodes (recovery codes) or store them in your password manager. They are shown only once.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to enter the code every time I sign in?
No, not if you choose Diesem Gerät 30 Tage vertrauen (trust this device for 30 days) when signing in. immonum then does not ask for the code on that device for 30 days. You revoke trusted devices under Mein Konto (my account).
I do not have my phone with me.
Sign in with a recovery code instead of the app code. Each code is valid only once.
The code is not accepted.
Check that the time on your phone is correct and enter the code currently shown.
Client link
What is it for?
With a client link you show your client their calculation without sending a PDF and without an account. The client sees a summary in your company's design, can download the PDF and can ask for a call back.
How it works
- Open the calculation and the Ausgabe tab (output).
- In the Für den Kunden freigeben card (share with the client), choose the Gültigkeit (validity: 7, 30 or 90 days) and, if you wish, the sections of the PDF.
- Click Link erstellen (create link) and copy the link straight away; it is shown only once.
- Send the link to the client by any means you like.
Frequently asked questions
Does the client see changes I make later?
Yes, the link always shows the current state of the calculation. If you want to hand over a fixed version, send the PDF of the frozen version or revoke the link before making changes.
How do I know whether the client has opened the link?
The list of links shows views of the page, downloads of the PDF and the most recent view. Previews in messaging apps may be counted too.
How do I block a link?
With Widerrufen (revoke) in the list of links. The client then sees only a notice that the link is no longer valid.
The client has asked for a call back. Where do I see that?
An entry with a follow-up for today appears in the client's contact history. It is shown on the start page and the dashboard and, if set up, sent as an email.
Import and export
What is it for?
You do not have to type in existing data, and lists can be processed further in Excel.
How it works
- Kontakte (contacts): in the client list, Kontakte importieren (import contacts) takes you through three steps: choose a file (CSV, Excel or vCard, up to 5 MB), assign the columns, check the preview and click Kunden anlegen (create clients).
- Wohnungen (flats): in a project's list of flats, under Import you upload an Excel file or paste rows including the header row from Excel.
- Projekte (projects): + Neues Projekt offers Projekt importieren for project files from immonum and Aus anderer Software übernehmen for EXP export files and CSV tables from other software.
- Export: the project, client, calculation, flat and commission lists have the link Als CSV; you save a project as a file with Exportieren (export).
Frequently asked questions
Does the contact import create duplicate clients?
immonum detects possible duplicates and skips them by default. For each row you can choose trotzdem anlegen (create anyway).
Excel shows special characters in the CSV file incorrectly.
The files are saved in UTF-8 with a byte order mark and semicolons; Excel normally recognises this. If not, open them in Excel via Data → From Text/CSV.
Can I cancel an import?
Yes, with Import abbrechen (cancel import). Nothing is created and the uploaded file is discarded.
Calendar subscription and reminders
What is it for?
If you wish, due follow-ups and notary appointments appear in your own calendar and, if the operator has set up email delivery, once a day as an email.
How it works
- Open Mein Konto (my account) and, in the Kalender-Abo card (calendar subscription), choose Kalender-Abo aktivieren (activate).
- Copy the address shown; it is shown only once. On a phone, In Kalender-App öffnen (open in calendar app) opens it directly.
- Subscribe to the address in your calendar, for example in Outlook via Add calendar → Subscribe from web.
- For the daily email, enter your address under E-Mail-Erinnerung (email reminder).
Frequently asked questions
Which data appears in the calendar?
Only the client's name, the date and a link, no notes. Bear in mind that the names are also held by your calendar provider.
I think someone knows my calendar address.
Choose Neuen Link erzeugen (create new link). The old address becomes invalid immediately.
Sales process
What is it for?
The sales process shows where each client stands with each flat: prospect, calculation created, reservation, financing approval, notary appointment and sold.
How it works
- On the dashboard, open the Verkaufsprozess tab (sales process). The Tafel (board) shows one column per stage, the Liste (list) shows all cases as a table.
- You create a case on the client's page with Vorgang anlegen (create case). It is created automatically with a reservation.
- On a case's page (Details), enter the Finanzierungszusage (financing approval) and Notartermin (notary appointment). The notary appointment appears as a follow-up on the day.
- If no purchase takes place, choose Vorgang abbrechen (cancel case) with a reason.
Frequently asked questions
Why has a case dropped back a stage?
The stages follow the data. If, for example, a reservation has been cancelled or has expired, the highest stage still reached applies.
Can I move a case back?
No. You go back via the cause: cancel the reservation or delete the approval or appointment.
Where are older sales?
The board shows sales from the last 90 days. Older and cancelled cases are in the list.
Comparing calculations
What is it for?
The comparison shows two or three calculations side by side, for example the same flat with different financing or different flats.
How it works
- Tick two or three calculations in the list of calculations or on a client's page and click Vergleichen (2–3) (compare).
- Or, in a calculation under Ausgabe (output), choose Variante anlegen und vergleichen (create variant and compare).
- The best value in each row is marked with ★; Nur Unterschiede zeigen (show differences only) hides identical rows.
- PDF öffnen (open PDF) creates the comparison to hand out.
Frequently asked questions
Can I compare calculations for different clients?
Yes. The page then points out that the tax effect and after-tax values depend on each client's income.
Didn't find what you were looking for?
The videos show the workflow and all areas in context. If you have questions about your account, your company's administrator can help.