I didn’t write the headline, the Portland Business Journal did on the front page in the Friday, March 3 eddition. Live in the area served by RMLS? Sign up for the Property Investment Profile (pip). Prudential Northwest Properties saw the potential more than a year ago and launched its own valuation program, Property Investment Profiles,… Continue reading Prudential (NW Properties) beat Zillow to the Net

Zillow just dropped the Beta tag from their name. When it was released last year, I posted this and this. What we found was Zillow didn’t like bedrooms. Turning a 4 bedroom house into a 1 bedroom house added $60,000 in the Zestimate. Using our four bedroom, two bath single family rental property in Southeast,… Continue reading Zillow Estimates

If there is a legitimate endeavor you can pretty much guarantee there is a scam to go with it.  While most “for rent” postings are probably legit we’ve seen numerous scam attempts over the years using a property that is listed “for sale” as bait.  I wrote this post about Craigslist in 2009.  One of… Continue reading Real Estate Rental Scams

We have an rental property that we had a full blown appraisal on about 90 days ago.  It came back at $315,000 which is about what I expected given that it does not have the showroom ready curb appeal that I would want if listing it for sale.  While testing out Realtor’s Property Resources site… Continue reading Zillow, Truila, SmartZips, Tax Records and an Apprasial Oh My