Methods and systems for facilitating sale of a home in which an occupant is absent are provided. A resident communications system is installed at the home. Upon completion of a showing at the home by a real estate agent, a signal is transmitted from the resident communication system. The signal can be a home identifier that is subsequently received by a centralized showing system, which correlates the home identifier with a logical address of a handheld communications device carried by the occupant, and contacts and informs the occupant via the handheld communications device that the home showing has been completed. Or the signal can be a notification signal that is transmitted directly to the handheld communications device for notifying the occupant that the home showing has been completed.