Blockchain-powered real estate sales and rental system
A transaction system has Internet-connected partner platforms hosted by real-estate sale enterprises, displaying property for sale or rent with an Offer-Now button initiating coded instructions to display an electronic input form enabling a person to configure an offer on one of the properties, and an Internet-connected service enterprise providing the coded instructions to the partners, configured specifically to partner requirements. Upon the person activating the Offer Now button from a mobile device, a verification code is sent to the device, to be returned to verify the device, and offer input provided through the device and the electronic form is tracked to be saved as an offer for sale or rent of the specific property.
1. A real-estate transaction system, comprising:
an offer management server registering one or more of a plurality of Internet-connected servers,
the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers hosting respective real-estate sale or rental websites, wherein the respective websites include information regarding specific properties offered for sale or rent, images, and offer details,
the offer management server providing configurable coded instructions to the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers for displaying an Offer Now button on the respective websites; and
a mobile device of a user connected to the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers,
wherein each of the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers are configured to:
display the Offer Now button with each specific property on the Internet-connected server's respective website using the configurable coded instructions received from the offer management server;
receive, via the mobile device, a user selection of the Offer Now button;
in response to receiving the user selection of the Offer Now button, transmitting an authorization code to the mobile device to identify the user;
request the user to enter the authorization code;
in response to receiving the authorization code entered by the user, display an electronic form on the Internet-connected server's respective website, wherein the electronic form includes input fields for a user to submit offer information corresponding to one of the specific properties for sale or rent;
receive the offer information via the electronic form;
transmit the electronic form with the offer information to the offer management server, and
wherein the offer management server is further configured to:
receive the electronic form with the offer information;
generate a hash of the electronic form by hashing the offer information corresponding to one of the specific properties for sale or rent;
store the hash on a blockchain as a smart contract; and
request the user to download a software application onto the mobile device for providing a dashboard to manage one or more real-estate transactions from the one or more real-estate sale or rental websites.
2. The real-estate transaction system of claim 1 , wherein the offer management server is further configured to:
upload, to the mobile device, the software application for negotiation of the offer information; and
transmit a secure private key to the mobile device, wherein the secure private key is configured to provide access to the negotiation and to a blockchain wallet.
3. The real-estate transaction system of claim 2 , wherein the secure private key is associated on the mobile device with a local password, usable for asserting the private key in signing in to the software application.
4. The real-estate transaction system of claim 2 , wherein the offer management server is further configured to:
transmit a notification message to a second user to provide access to a dashboard interface displaying the offer information on a computer device.
5. The real-estate transaction system of claim 4 , wherein the offer management server is further configured to:
generate a private key for the second user.
6. The real-estate transaction system of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to provide access to a communication channel including at least a Chat service through a Chat server.
7. The real-estate transaction system of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to receive an acceptance of the offer information to execute a sale or rent transaction on the property corresponding to the offer information.
8. The real-estate transaction system of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to receive counter offer information from the second user.
9. The real-estate transaction system of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard is configured to display a time stamp corresponding to a version of the offer information.
10. The real-estate transaction system of claim 1 , wherein the offer information includes at least one of purchase agreements, rental agreements, agency relationship disclosure agreements, mortgage pre-qualification documents, property condition reports, building/engineering inspection reports, pest inspection reports and legal documents.
11. A real-estate transaction method, comprising:
registering, at an offer management server, one or more of a plurality of Internet-connected servers, the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers hosting respective real-estate sale or rental websites, wherein the respective websites include information regarding specific properties offered for sale or rent, images, and offer details;
providing, from the offer management server to the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, configurable coded instructions for displaying an Offer Now button on the respective websites;
connecting a mobile device of a user to the one or more of the plurality of the Internet-connected servers;
displaying, by the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, the Offer Now button with each specific property on the Internet-connected server's respective website using the configurable coded instructions received from the offer management server;
receiving, via the mobile device, a user selection of the Offer Now button;
in response to receiving the user selection of the Offer Now button, transmitting, from the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, an authorization code to the mobile device to identify the user;
requesting, by the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, the user to enter the authorization code;
in response to receiving the authorization code entered by the user, displaying, by the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, an electronic form on the Internet-connected server's respective website, wherein the electronic form includes input fields for a user to submit offer information corresponding to one of the specific properties for sale or rent;
receiving, at the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, the offer information via the electronic form;
transmitting, by the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected servers, the electronic form with the offer information to the offer management server;
receiving, at the offer management server and from the one or more of the plurality of Internet-connected-servers, the electronic form with the offer information;
generating, by the offer management server, a hash of the electronic form by hashing the offer information corresponding to one of the specific properties for sale or rent;
storing, by the offer management server, the hash on a blockchain as a smart contract; and
requesting, by the offer management server, the user to download a software application onto the mobile device for providing a dashboard to manage one or more real-estate transactions from the one or more real-estate sale or rental websites.
12. The real-estate transaction method of claim 11 , further comprising:
downloading to the mobile device the software application for negotiation of the offer information; and
transmitting a secure private key to the mobile device, wherein the secure private key is configured to provide access to the negotiation and to a blockchain wallet.
13. The real-estate transaction method of claim 12 , further comprising associating the secure private key on the mobile device with a local password, usable for asserting the private key in signing in to the software application.
14. The real-estate transaction method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting a notification message to a second user to provide access to a dashboard interface displaying the offer information on a computer device.
15. The real-estate transaction method of claim 14 , further comprising:
generating a private key for the second user.
16. The real-estate transaction method of claim 14 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to provide access to a communication channel including at least a Chat service through a Chat server.
17. The real-estate transaction method of claim 14 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to receive an acceptance of the offer information to execute a sale or rent transaction on the property-corresponding to the offer information.
18. The real-estate transaction method of claim 14 , wherein the dashboard interface is configured to receive counter offer information from the second user.
19. The real-estate transaction method of claim 14 , wherein the dashboard is configured to display a time stamp corresponding to a version of the offer information.
20. The real-estate transaction method of claim 11 , wherein the offer information includes at least one of purchase agreements, rental agreements, agency relationship disclosure agreements, mortgage pre-qualification documents, property condition reports, building/engineering inspection reports, pest inspection reports and legal documents.