We've been trying to add our rental unit listing on zillow, but every time we go to see the published ad on zillow, the listing has changed from a 1 bedroom into 2 bedroom condo, the square footage is wrong, data is wrong and there are photos that are not from our unit. I tried through postlets.com too, but once it came to zillow (through postlets), the same problem occurred. Has this happened to anybody else?
Ormond Beach , FL · Member since 2015 · 345 posts · 223 votes
10y
Claim it as yours on Zillow and you can correct the data. It could be defaulting to whatever data they have in their database. If you claim it and update it with your data, I'm guessing that may help fix the problem.
I did that a while back on all of our properties and I even get periodic updates to Zestimates (for what that's worth), and all of the photos are already there when we list to rent. I'm not saying this is the 100% solution for you, but it may be. Good luck!
Investor · Socal · Member since 2015 · 222 posts · 34 votes
10y
yep its like zillow is haunted, for instance when i go to my 4 bed 2 bath house for sale on zillow, it changes it to a 1 bed 1 bath apartment and i had to email zillow to fix it. but then it was still wrong on trulia and realestate.com, making it look like was selling an apt/condo!
worst yet when i go to the zEstimate link, it takes me to a totally different property listing in another state.
when i google image search my home's photos, i find them on a wide array of apartments for rent listings nationwide, multiple states!
perhaps with all the .com mergers and acquisitions, much catch-up is needed?
Jeez, sounds like zillow definitely has some huge problems! Just annoying as we're trying to advertise wider than Craigslist, but can't because the data comes out to be incorrect.
Ormond Beach , FL · Member since 2015 · 345 posts · 223 votes
10y
Claim it as yours on Zillow and you can correct the data. It could be defaulting to whatever data they have in their database. If you claim it and update it with your data, I'm guessing that may help fix the problem.
I did that a while back on all of our properties and I even get periodic updates to Zestimates (for what that's worth), and all of the photos are already there when we list to rent. I'm not saying this is the 100% solution for you, but it may be. Good luck!
Claim it as yours on Zillow and you can correct the data. It could be defaulting to whatever data they have in their database. If you claim it and update it with your data, I'm guessing that may help fix the problem.
I did that a while back on all of our properties and I even get periodic updates to Zestimates (for what that's worth), and all of the photos are already there when we list to rent. I'm not saying this is the 100% solution for you, but it may be. Good luck!