Realtor v Trulia v Zillow

[Kris L.]

There are several sites on the internet which list properties. The big ones off the top of my head are Zillow, Realtor and Trulia, though there are others as well. Is there any significant difference between them? One you like better than the others? What in your opinion makes it better?

[Jonathan Greene]

None of those are accurate. Realtor dot com is better for accuracy, but they all are products and sell to agents. The MLS is the only place where you can do true market research. For rents, you can use Rentometer. It's better than most, but without being able to see ALL of the comps, you aren't doing market research and none of those sites have all the comps. They are focused on active properties, not sold ones. Many get phased out and the data is not always correct. On Zillow when you close, as an agent, you input your own sale data. The MLS link only works for active listings and then once it's sold, it goes off.