Any visuals?

And my use of them is kind of a quick visual of what may be available though again many of their "active" listings may be expired, pending or some other material condition may have changed and not updated like a FC being initiated or the prop going to tax sale. 

Here’s the list on Bloomberg, read it and weep: http://www.bloomberg.com/data-visualization/federal-reserve-emergency-lending/

There's much more I can see visually about a market before deciding if it makes sense to invest in it.

Be detailed in describing your home and make sure you use double-digit list of words, phrases and word families that you and your listing agent can use to craft a vivid listing description of your home - and the lifestyle you want buyers to visualize living in it.

He obviously couldn't climb up on the roof, but he did the arms-length visual inspection and pointed out the repairs he recommended (one roof had architectural and was in decent shape but the other was just 3-tab and needed replaced.

It's the ambiguity of not knowing or being able to visualize that makes potential buyers turn away in most cases. 

We do a mix of doing some ourself, hire a professional search and use a trained non-searcher.I insist on a personal site visit, and don't rely on google earth or other online visualizations.  

Developers aren't very creative (they mostly care about $$) which is why they hire architects to create their idea so they can visualize it.

http://www.zillow.com/research/data/Under Zillow Rent Index.I bet the data would look very interesting if you had a lot of data points and a nice data visualization tool like Tableau.