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How RealClear monitoring works

Monitoring is not a mystical green dot that claims to see the future. It is a defined set of checks attached to a site after the Site Memo has been delivered and the site enters underwriting.

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When monitoring starts

A new site is not automatically treated as continuously watched from the moment someone types an address. Monitoring arms after:

1. The Site Memo has been delivered
2. The site enters the underwriting stage
3. At least one monitoring rule is active for that site

If you see No sites are being watched yet, that is exactly what it means: no active watch is running. If rules are paused or disabled by the current deal stage, nothing is running on cadence.

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What the workspace shows

The Monitoring workspace shows the plain operational state:

• Sites with monitoring rules
• Rules currently armed
• Alerts recorded over the last 30 days
• Most recent alert
• Last checked time
• The kinds of rules currently armed

Those are status signals, not a substitute for looking at the underlying record.

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What monitoring checks

Monitoring is designed to notice new or changed evidence relevant to the property and its decision context. The exact rule mix depends on the site and stage, but it can include changes connected to planning, entitlement, jurisdiction, infrastructure, community, or other sources already relevant to the memo. An alert means the system found a record or change worth surfacing against an active rule. It does not by itself prove that the development is approved, blocked, feasible, or infeasible.

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What happens after an alert

Use the alert as a prompt to inspect the new item, compare it with the memo’s existing evidence, and decide whether it changes the underwriting or diligence question. That is the bit people skip when they want a red/green answer in an email. Don’t. The alert is evidence to assess, not a verdict handed down from Mount Spreadsheet.

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Important limits

• Monitoring does not run when no rule is armed.
• A paused rule does not secretly keep checking things.
• It does not guarantee every public record, private conversation, filing, or future event will be captured.
• It is read-only in the customer workspace: the surface reports current monitoring state rather than pretending to be a live control room for editing rules.
• Monitoring complements a Site Memo; it does not replace legal, engineering, environmental, title, lending, or other professional advice.

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If something looks wrong

Check the site’s stage, whether rules are armed, and the last checked time. If the site should be watched but no rule is active, contact RealClear with the site name and the issue. We can then determine whether it is a setup, stage, evidence, or product-support question.