Property showing appointment scheduling system and method

A method for scheduling a plurality of property showings with a data processing system, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving, by the data processing system, at least one electronic communication from a buyer, wherein the at least one electronic communication from the buyer includes:
• identification data to uniquely identify each of a plurality of properties;
• and
• requested showing time data including a requested showing time for each of the plurality of properties;
• determining, by the data processing system, for each of the plurality of properties whether confirmation by a corresponding seller is required;
• for each of the plurality of properties, if the confirmation by a given seller is not required:
• scheduling, by the data processing system, a showing at a given one of the plurality of properties during a corresponding requested showing time;
• determining, by the data processing system, whether showing instructions for the given one of the plurality of properties are available;
• if the showing instructions are available, retrieving, by the data processing system, the showing instructions;
• and
• if the showing instructions have been retrieved, electronically communicating, by the data processing system the showing instructions to the buyer;
• and
• for each of the plurality of properties, if confirmation by a given seller is required, sending, by the data processing system, a confirmation request via an electronic communication to the given seller requesting a showing of a given one of the plurality of properties at the requested showing time.

At least one computer-readable medium including instructions executable to cause a data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an electronic communication from a buyer, wherein the electronic communication from the buyer includes:
• identification data to uniquely identify a property;
• and
• requested showing time data including a requested showing time for the property;
• determining whether confirmation by a seller is required prior to showing the property;
• if the confirmation by the seller is not required:
• scheduling a showing at the property during the requested showing time;
• determining whether showing instructions for the property are available;
• if the showing instructions are available, retrieving the showing instructions;
• and
• if the showing instructions have been retrieved, electronically communicating, by the data processing system the showing instructions to the buyer;
• and
• if confirmation by the seller is required, sending a confirmation request via an electronic communication to the seller requesting a showing of the property at the requested showing time.

At least one computer-readable medium including instructions executable to cause a data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving at least one electronic communication from a buyer, wherein the at least one electronic communication from the buyer includes:
• identification data to uniquely identify each of a plurality of properties;
• and
• requested showing time data including a requested showing time for each of the plurality of properties;
• determining for each of the plurality of properties whether confirmation by a corresponding seller is required;
• for each of the plurality of properties, if the confirmation by a given seller is not required:
• scheduling a showing at a given one of the plurality of properties during a corresponding requested showing time;
• determining whether showing instructions for the given one of the plurality of properties are available;
• if the showing instructions are available, retrieving the showing instructions;
• and
• if the showing instructions have been retrieved, electronically communicating, by the data processing system the showing instructions to the buyer;
• and
• for each of the plurality of properties, if confirmation by a given seller is required, sending a confirmation request via an electronic communication to the given seller requesting a showing of a given one of the plurality of properties at the requested showing time.