System and method for monitoring events associated with a person or property

A computer-based method of retrieving a transaction associated with a property comprising the steps of:

• obtaining property information pertaining to a property from a third party source;
• storing the property information in a database;
• receiving an address of the property to monitor;
• transmitting a property information request including the address to the database;
• iteratively searching with a processor the property information for a first match with the address;
• retrieving a transaction associated with the first match;
• comparing the transaction with a list of transactions for a second match, the list of transactions include a plurality of public record transaction types and a degree of seriousness rating corresponding to each of the plurality of public record transaction types;
• retrieving a degree of seriousness rating corresponding to the second match in the list of transactions;
• and
• transmitting the transaction to a device to notify a property owner of the transaction related to their property,
• wherein the degree of seriousness rating being selected from a group having at least three gradations of seriousness.

A computer-based method of monitoring an absence of a public record transaction associated with a person's real property comprising the steps of:

• storing information pertaining to the real property in a database;
• receiving a request from a subscriber to monitor the public record transaction, the request including a property address associated with the public record transaction, the request including a datum transaction associated with the public record transaction;
• iteratively monitoring the database with a processor for the public record transaction;
• and
• transmitting a notification to a device if the public record transaction has not occurred within a predetermined time period relative to the datum transaction.

A computer-based method of monitoring transactions associated with real property, comprising:

• storing information in a database pertaining to a plurality of public record transactions;
• receiving subscriber information from a subscriber and storing the subscriber information in the database, said subscriber information including a property address of real property to monitor, and an email address;
• iteratively monitoring the database with a processor that executes a search process for identifying an occurrence of the property address stored in the database;
• identifying with the processor an indication of at least one of the plurality of public record transactions associated with the property address;
• and
• transmitting the indication of the at least one of the plurality of public record transactions to the email address.