Comments on: AVVO is to Lawyers as Zillow is to Realtors http://luxuryhomedigest.com/2007/04/19/avvo-is-to-lawyers-as-zillow-is-to-realtors/ Search luxury homes, luxury lifestyles and luxury news Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ashley http://luxuryhomedigest.com/2007/04/19/avvo-is-to-lawyers-as-zillow-is-to-realtors/#comment-4602 Ashley Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:34:49 +0000 http://luxuryhomedigest.com/2007/04/19/avvo-is-to-lawyers-as-zillow-is-to-realtors/#comment-4602 It cracks me up that people actually think Zillow can just throw an accurate home value estimate at them in 2 seconds. I mean, come on, like you said "Zillow has no way of knowing about property upgrades or negatives. It bases its valuation on comparative sales in the neighborhood." As much criticisms as sites like GetMyHomesValue.com gets, at least they give their homeowners ACCURATE estimates (b/'c it's actually a real estate professional doing the estimate). They've got that much going them at least! It cracks me up that people actually think Zillow can just throw an accurate home value estimate at them in 2 seconds. I mean, come on, like you said “Zillow has no way of knowing about property upgrades or negatives. It bases its valuation on comparative sales in the neighborhood.”

As much criticisms as sites like GetMyHomesValue.com gets, at least they give their homeowners ACCURATE estimates (b/’c it’s actually a real estate professional doing the estimate). They’ve got that much going them at least!

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