System and method for acquisition and management of data for multiple listing services

A system for acquiring and managing new home data and corresponding multiple listing service listings, comprising:

• one or more computer servers (12) coupled to a network (16), each of the one or more computer servers having a processor (20) and a memory (22);
• one or more databases designed and arranged for storing a plurality of plan profiles (64), a plurality of community profiles (60), a plurality of builder profiles (62), and a plurality of MLS listing records (59);
• a dashboard generator software module (50), implemented as a first instance of automated computing machinery and executable by the one or more servers, said dashboard generator software module operatively coupled to the one or more databases and designed and arranged to produce an instance of a dynamic web-based dashboard display (100) on a web browser running on a first remote client computer (14), said dashboard display operable to provide access to one or more of the group consisting of said plurality of plan profiles, said plurality of community profiles, and said plurality of MLS listing records;
• a listing generator software module (50), implemented as a second instance of automated computing machinery and executable by the one or more servers, said listing generator software module operatively coupled to said dashboard generator software module and said one or more databases, said listing generator software module designed and arranged to pre-populate one or more fields of a first of the plurality of MLS listing records with data extracted from the group consisting of one or more of the plurality of plan profiles and one or more of the plurality of community profiles;
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• a posting engine software module (54), implemented as a third instance of automated computing machinery and executable by the one or more servers, said posting engine software module operatively coupled to said dashboard generator software module, said listing generator software module, and said one or more databases, said posting engine software module designed and arranged to transfer the first of the plurality of MLS listing records to a first multiple listing service computer server (13) over the network.