Abstract: A method including the steps of generating a customer record including fields for entering an estimated completion date and an actual completion date for each of a plurality of stages of a real estate transaction; providing a customer access to the customer record over a distributed computing network to facilitate the entry, by the customer, of estimated and actual completion dates for the stages of the real estate transaction; providing a real estate agent access to the customer record over the distributed computing network to facilitate the entry, by the real estate agent, of estimated and actual completion dates for the stages of the real estate transaction; and providing a transaction coordinator access to the customer record through a server based application to facilitate the entry, by the transaction coordinator, of estimated and actual completion dates for stages of the real estate transaction in appropriate fields of the customer record.

Abstract: A system and method for managing real estate transactions is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of contacts including buyers and sellers of real estate, receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of vendors each associated with at least one phase of a real estate transaction, accessing vendor data based upon occurrence of a particular phase of the real estate transaction and communicating data relating to the vendors to a contact upon occurrence of the particular phase of the real estate transaction. The system includes means for conducting each of these steps.

Abstract: Managing real estate transactions over a distributed computer network including the steps of storing data relating to a plurality of listings in a computerized database, each listing owned by an office, each office having a plurality of agents associated therewith, each office having a predefined region and at least one manager associated therewith, monitoring postings of transactions relating to the plurality of listings, and calculating commissions for the agents, the offices and the at least one manager associated with a transaction in accordance with a set of parameters.

Abstract: A system and method for managing real estate transactions is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of contacts including buyers and sellers of real estate, receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of vendors each associated with at least one phase of a real estate transaction, accessing vendor data based upon occurrence of a particular phase of the real estate transaction and communicating data relating to the vendors to a contact upon occurrence of the particular phase of the real estate transaction. The system includes means for conducting each of these steps.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for facilitating a move of household goods for a customer which includes the steps of receiving contact information relating to a customer from a referral source, contacting the customer to perform a pre-move needs analysis, offering the customer at least one moving service based upon the pre-move needs analysis, sending an order to a vendor for a selected moving service on behalf of the customer, and performing a set of predefined tasks based upon a schedule of events related to the selected moving service to ensure the customer's satisfaction throughout the move.

Abstract: A system and method of managing customer relationships throughout a real estate transaction cycle over a distributed computer network. The method includes the steps of receiving and storing data relating to a plurality of customers including buyers and sellers of real estate in a computerized database. The data includes active order data describing real estate related services ordered during the real estate transaction cycle, completed order data describing real estate related services completed during the real estate transaction cycle and scheduling data describing real estate related services scheduled during the real estate transaction cycle.