System and method for managing real estate listing showings based on multiple factors

A real estate showing management system comprising:

• i) a database storing and providing data;
• ii) a specialized server having a processor, a specialized server software application running on said processor, a memory, and a network interface coupled to said processor and adaptively coupled to said database and the Internet;
• iii) said specialized server software application adapted to:
• 1) receive a request for making a showing appointment of a listing for a showing agent, said showing agent associated with a showing agent mobile device adapted to communicate with said specialized server over said Internet;
• 2) create said showing appointment;
• 3) create a set of geo-fences around said listing, said set of geo-fences corresponding to said showing appointment and including a first geo-fence;
• 4) determine a geo-fence notification time to notify said showing agent mobile device of said set of geo-fences;
• 5) at said geo-fence notification time, send a geo-fence notification to said showing agent mobile device;
• 6) receive a request from said showing agent mobile device for said set of geo-fences;
• 7) provide said set of geo-fences to said showing agent mobile device;
• 8) receive a geo-fence breach notification from said showing agent mobile device after said showing agent mobile device has breached said first geo-fence, wherein said geo-fence breach notification indicates a showing agent identifier of said showing agent;
• 9) based on said showing appointment, said geo-fence breach notification and a time of said geo-fence breach notification, determine that said showing agent should have access to said listing;
• 10) send an access code for a key controller associated with said listing to said showing agent mobile device;
• 11) based on said showing appointment, said geo-fence breach notification and said time of said geo-fence breach notification, determine that said showing agent has started a showing of said listing corresponding to said showing appointment;
• and
• 12) send a property electronic device notification to a property electronic device inside said listing to turn itself on after said showing is determined to have started, wherein:
• a) said set of geo-fences includes a second geo-fence that is different from said first geo-fence;
• b) said geo-fence notification time is a predetermined amount of time before a beginning time of said showing appointment;
• c) said geo-fence notification is a push notification;
• d) said request is a geo-fence download request;
• and
• f) said showing agent is determined to have started said showing corresponding to said showing appointment when said beginning time of said showing appointment, and a time of said geo-fence breach notification are within a predetermined time range.