• Separate into three tables (Location, Characteristics, and Selling).

Location

Cleaning

  • Remove non residential ones based on Characteristics Table
  • Make CITYL into full names
  • Fix ID to patch geoID format

Transformation

Need to do

  • Lat/Lon and Census Tracts

Characteristics

Cleaning

  • Clean PCDesc NA coding
  • Remove those that are not residential properties using PCDesc
  • Remove comma separator in year built

Transformation

  • Recode YrBuilt into ACS categories (YrBuiltACS)
  • Recode NumBdRms into ACS categories (BedCountACS)
  • Recode NumBaths into ACS categories (BathAC)
  • Recode HeatDsc into ACS categories (HeatingACS)

Need to do

Selling

Cleaning

  • Remove non residential ones based on Characteristics Table
  • Remove commas from value amounts
  • Clean selling dates NA coding
  • Remove those transactions that occurred before 2009
  • Remove those transactions with a $0 attached amount

Transformation

  • Recode selling dates into year (SellingYear)
    • Change glitch that created some 19xx years to 20xx years
  • Remove those transactions that occurred before 2009
  • Put Amount in Constant 2013 dollars
  • Put value into ACS categories
  • Restructuring

    • Restructure per a transaction

Need to do