Patent ID: 7130810

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for determining a valuation of a real estate property in an on-line computing environment, comprising: a property management services server; a plurality of databases coupled to the property management services server via a distributed computer network; and a plurality of client computers, each coupled to the distributed computer network, wherein the property management services server hosts a valuation program module for calculating a valuation for a selected real estate property, wherein the databases store real estate property-related data, including property comparables data for a plurality of real estate properties, wherein each of the client computers represents an entity that is different from at least one entity represented by another one of the client computers, wherein each different entity performs a different role in the valuation of a selected real estate property, and wherein each of the client computers is operable to access the valuation program module operating on the property management services server to input predetermined information about the selected real estate property in accordance with the role of the entity represented by the corresponding client computer in support of a valuation calculation for the selected real estate property, and wherein, responsive to receiving the input predetermined information about the selected real estate property from at least two of the plurality of client computers in accordance with the role of the entity represented by the corresponding client computers, the valuation program module operating on the property management services server accesses the property data in at least one of the databases via the computer network to obtain comparables data relevant to the selected real estate property, calculates the valuation for the selected real estate property based on the input predetermined information, and presents the valuation and the comparables data for the selected real estate property.