Patent ID: 8719152

Claim:
A computerized method for allowing mortgage lenders to act as a gateway to a computerized system that provides real estate listing information, the computerized method comprising: a) creating in an electronic database in the computerized system the following database records: i) buyer records, ii) agent records, iii) strategic business source records, and iv) lender records; b) creating associations in the electronic database by creating database relationships that associate: i) a selected buyer record with a selected agent record, ii) the selected agent record with a selected lender record, and iii) a selected strategic business source record with the selected lender record; c) storing financial information and buyer search criteria for the selected buyer record in the electronic database; d) providing i) a selected buyer interface to the computerized system to a buyer identified by the selected buyer record, ii) a selected lender interface to the computerized system to a lender identified by the selected lender record, and iii) a selected strategic business source interface to the computerized system to a strategic business source identified by the selected strategic business source record; e) withholding access in the selected buyer interface to desired real estate listing information until the selected buyer record is activated; f) presenting, through the selected lender interface, the financial information for the selected buyer record; g) receiving, through the selected lender interface, a request to activate the selected buyer record, wherein the selected buyer record cannot be activated except through the selected lender interface; h) activating the selected buyer record after receiving the request to activate; and i) after activation of the selected buyer record, granting access to the desired real estate listing information to the selected buyer interface.