What does the Corcoran P&P Manual contain?
Corcoran Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We will provide you with access to a copy of the P&P Manual, which contains various suggestions and mandatory specifications, standards and procedures, including trademark and identity standards and office design standards, for use of the Marks and a wide scope of operating procedures and rules that we have the right to periodically establish. The P&P Manual must be used during the operation of your office under the Corcoran® System. You may view the P&P Manual before you sign a Corcoran® Franchise Agreement if you sign the Confidentiality Agreement attached to this disclosure document as Exhibit E. The P&P Manual and its updates may be made available to you through our extranet site, Corcoran.com (and/or any successor internet portal and/or application). As of the issuance date of this disclosure document, the P&P Manual contains a total of 49 pages and a copy of its table of contents is included in Exhibit J. You will have 90 days to comply with any mandatory provisions that we change in the P&P Manual and you will be responsible for costs associated with such changes (Franchise Agreement, Section 10.2.).
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 48–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Corcoran Franchise Disclosure Document, the P&P Manual contains suggestions, mandatory specifications, standards, and procedures for operating a Corcoran franchise. These include trademark and identity standards, office design standards for using the Marks, and a wide scope of operating procedures and rules that Corcoran can periodically establish. Franchisees must use the P&P Manual while operating their office under the Corcoran system. As of the issuance date of the disclosure document, the P&P Manual contains a total of 49 pages and a copy of its table of contents is included in Exhibit J.
Corcoran also provides written specifications for computer and signage requirements in the P&P Manual. Franchisees are free to use their own advertising material as long as it complies with the Franchise Agreement and the P&P Manual, including the Brand Standards. Corcoran can require franchisees and their affiliated sales associates to discontinue any non-compliant usage of the Marks and any use of non-compliant marketing materials, such as signage, company/personnel marketing and advertising of any kind.
Prospective franchisees should note that Corcoran reserves the right to change or modify the P&P Manual at any time and that franchisees will have 90 days to comply with any mandatory provisions that Corcoran changes in the P&P Manual and will be responsible for costs associated with such changes. Franchisees may view the P&P Manual before signing a Corcoran Franchise Agreement if they sign the Confidentiality Agreement attached to the disclosure document as Exhibit E. The P&P Manual and its updates may be made available through Corcoran's extranet site, Corcoran.com.