Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Need help from John C on this Date:   1/31/2018 12:50:11 PM

Not to belabor this because I get all your objections.  I understand how objectionable these sites are with regard to how they treat realtors. I understand that the individual realtors do all the work to prepare their listings and these websites take this information and use it.  

But I randomly picked 10 homes on Lake Martin listed on Zillow as being for sale.  I then went to your website and searched for each of those homes.  They were all listed as being for sale on your website and the price shown on Zillow and your website were exactly the same.  Not one of them was listed for sale on Zillow but not on your website.  All of the asking prices were the same.  All of the pictures and descriptions were the same.  Then I randomly picked 10 homes listed for sale on your website and checked them on zillow.  Same result.

Maybe I just got lucky but it seems to me that the information on the zillow website is exactly the same as I got off yours.  Other than all the very reasonable objections you have, it seems that inaccuracy is not a valid one.  As I stated previously, I use zillow for a running snapshot of the market and it seems perfectly suited to this.  If I were to sell my house I would get a realtor to do a proper estimate of the asking price and to manage the listing.  Likewise if I were buying I would engage a seller's agent to help me narrow down the market to fit my needs and arrange tours. But it seems to me your contention that zillow is worthless and has no merit as a means to easily watch a market isn't supported by what I did.