String-based systems and methods for searching for real estate properties

A system comprising a processor and a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate, responsive to user input from a user, a set of property results, said set of property results including data pertaining to one or more properties, the processor being caused to:

• receive the user input, the user input including one or more text strings wherein the text string comprises jargon used in the real estate industry;
• check the one or more text strings against one or more references comprising one or more of geographical area names, street names, building names, business names, and facility names to find one or more changeable text strings, the one or more references including a real estate dictionary;
• form one or more search criteria using one or more transformed terms, the one or more transformed terms pertaining to the one or more changeable text strings wherein the forming step comprises:
• changing the one or more changeable text strings into the one or more transformed terms if the one or more changeable text strings are found;
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• creating the one or more search criteria using the one or more transformed terms by parsing the one or more transformed terms to find one or more relevant criteria and translating the one or more relevant criteria into the one or more search criteria if the one or more relevant criteria are found;
• wherein parsing includes identifying one or more measurement units in the user input or the one or more transformed terms;
• wherein the translating step includes converting one or more abstract terms in the one or more relevant criteria into one or more logical or mathematical representations, the one or more logical or mathematical representations being a subset of the one or more search criteria;
• search in one or more databases using the one or more search criteria to produce the set of property results, the one or more databases include one or more property databases.