Comps

[Glenn Mayo]

All:

When not working with a real estate agent, for example, when considering a for sale by owner property, what is the best way to do comps? Tools? I know sites like Zillow can be horribly inaccurate, but I doubt an agent is going to give out free comps on a property they won't be in the deal on. So, how do you get comps done?

[JD Martin]

Realtor.com will give you recently sold figures from houses that come from the MLS. Zillow is also useful for historical context (I don't use it for current listings).