Patent ID: 7813990

Claim:
A property investment management system comprising: machine-readable media having machine-executable instructions stored therein; a machine including a processor that reads and executes the instructions stored in the machine-readable media, the machine and the machine-readable media in combination implementing; user interface logic that provides a user interface accessible to a user, the user interface logic including risk profile configuration logic used by the user to define a plurality of different risk profiles related to property-related investments and risk factors associated with such investments; an investment rating engine coupled to the user interface logic, the investment rating engine being configured to evaluate the property-related investments according to the plurality of different risk profiles; wherein the investment rating engine retrieves data from one or more external sources, the external sources being at least one of (i) credit information and (ii) property valuation data; wherein the investment rating engine triggers one or more trips based on the evaluation of the specific risk profile and risk factors related to a particular investment; wherein the plurality of different risk profiles provide different weightings to the different categories of data, and wherein the risk profiles are configurable according to the nature of the risks associated with the different ones of the property-related investments; and wherein the investment rating engine generates a rating for each investment, and wherein the investment rating engine outputs a list of tasks based on the rating to a workflow management tool.