Zillow Vs Trulia Which one is better?

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HI Team,

I would appreciate some feedback and opinions on which site is worth using more?

Zillow.com OR Trulia.com and what do you find each more useful?

It looks like they have reference to each other on each, are they owned by the same company now?

Any other alternatives?

Thanks

Sarah Ziehr · Answer

They are both terrible. Get your property on your local MLS with PROFESSIONAL photography. It will push out to all of the websites out there.

If you are simply looking for tenants, use Domu, hotpads and Craigslist.

Dean Letfus · Answer

Of course yes. You can access it from anywhere.

Hadar Orkibi · Answer

thanks @Patrick Squires , never heard of Refin.  Did you mean https://www.redfin.com/. ?

If not, can you please post the link. Cheers

Hadar Orkibi · Answer

can you access Craigslist from nz or Fiji Dean?

Like loopnet it comes out that the ip is blocked And I need to use the like of Zenmate to access the sites.

Dean Letfus · Answer

Craigslist is better for new leads. Zillow is very good (generally) for assessing values in Memphis.

Hadar Orkibi · Answer

Thanks for explaining this James and Christian.

Also here in Nz some agents leave sold listing online mark as unsold to attract leads or new clients. Make sense.

Christian Robbins · Answer

Neither, both list homes that have been off the market for years. It's the people who list the properties that are in charge of removing them after they're sold on those sites. The problem is that most people don't bother to remove their listings. If you merely want to browse up to date, accurate listings i'd recommend realtor.com.

James Masotti · Answer

You are correct that there can only be one listing agent. Zillow and Trulia both allow agents to advertise as a paid service. In the US we can have a sellers agent and a buyers agent. Usually they are not the same due to conflict of interest. The folks on Zillow and Trulia are advertising to become your buyers agent more so than they are interested in letting you know they are a listing agent. If you wanted, for some reason, to know who the listing agent is on something then search for the property on realtor.com as this is run by the National Association of Realtors and as such they only permit the listing agent to be shown, and do not permit other realtors to have paid advertising on the pages.

I do repeat though that if looking for a buyers agent, I'd get reference here on BP rather than on Zillow, Trulia, or Redfin. It's going to be hard to find an investor friendly agent on those other sites since they mostly cater to the traditional home buyer.

Hadar Orkibi · Answer

thanks @James Masotti, makes sense.

I msg a realtor on Zillow that popped out as one of the agents to contact, 5 in total. After sending the enquiry I notice that she wasn't the listing agent.

How exactly that works on there? one listing agent who have the listing with the seller and the others are permitted by the listing agent to engage with potential buyers too... Is that how it works?

In NZ we have 1 exclusive listing agent while he and the company agents work the property.

Or have general listing when other agencies can list and bring their buyers.

Anyway I found her email address and sent her direct email, but had no respond.. I'm thinking to contact the listing agent directly.

Maybe she is on vacation....

James Masotti · Answer

I believe Patrick was referring to Redfin. And to echo what @Jeremy Pakalka also said, if all you're doing is looking to monitor listings than yes...they are equally good for those. However you will not get a truly accurate picture from either and they can largely be used interchangeably. As far as finding a realtor...I'd recommend using BP to get that reference and not use any of the online sites for that reference...especially if you're investing from New Zealand.

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