What value does a real estate agent add, now that their once exclsuive MLS data is on Zillow and Realtor .com?

I had one other person test this and she immediately got bookings. 

Quote from @Erik Estrada: Quote from @Jason Wray: Erik,I am not sure and would never talk in a bad way about any business unless I used them but in the last 8 months I have had several customers reach out to fix what they could not accomplish on really basic overlay issues.I have been seeing a lot of these other AI type LOS type companies drop the ball during the electronic Approve U style 1003/1008 deals that lack typical DU/LP findings.Back in the day we would target this type of company data to reach out and either help on the 6-12 month refinance or the aged leads.   

I’m Amelia Garcia, a Lead Generation Specialist with over 10 years of experience in real estate data research and off-market property insights.I’ve seen how much the market has changed recently, and it’s fascinating to watch investors adapt their strategies to find motivated sellers.

The most common reasons for being denied are code violations, unpaid property taxes, illegal use, or missing lead testing for pre-1978 homes.

If the underlying data is sloppy, every strategy downstream becomes unreliable.

If there's a hole, it may be a red flag.b) sensitivity analysis: I examine all the assumptions, and make sure I can live with the worst case scenarios.c) "Stall and see": if they are getting money over multiple years, and there is no penalty for investing later, I would usually wait so I get some real performance data, versus having to look at theoretical pro forma information.d) Recession stress test: I will not invest in anything, until I subject it to recession level stress and see if I can live with the result.

Kentucky is doing something strange and kind of beautiful right now: we’re stepping off one train (coal) while a whole fleet of new ones—manufacturing, reshoring, logistics, data—are pulling into the station.Two headlines tell that whole story in miniature.Coal: from #1 producer to #7, but still powering the gridKentucky’s coal production fell 14% last year, dropping to 24.3 million tons.

Money markets priced in a slightly higher probability of a rate cut in early 2026, as the data reinforced a narrative of slowing but resilient labor conditions.

It’s pretty much a repeatable process each time I enter a new market: talk to locals, ask who they personally use, test with a small project, then gradually build out the full team.