What are The Websites To Find Houses For Sale?

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I am brand new and want to know what you guys use to find deals. Is Zillow an acceptable website to find houses for sale? Any suggestions or advice you can give will be appreciated. Thanks!

[Aaron Lovett]

In my experience, Zillow is hopelessly out of date. In a sellers market, where offers are submitted within hours (or even minutes) of properties being listed on the MLS, only sites that directly access the local MLS data on at least an hourly basis are worth using. For the consumer without an MLS/IDX agreement, the realtor.com home search is probably better; it should be more up to date than Zillow/Trulia/etc 3rd party providers. (Ignore the Zestimate or whatever these sites try to say something is worth.)

Honestly, I would connect with a local investor-friendly Realtor who can set you up with daily e-mail alerts from your local MLS and let you in on any deals that he runs across. An agent who feeds you money making leads is worth the commission, in my (and my calculator's) experience.