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4 March 2020 | 6 replies
Zillow and other sites are algorithm-based programs, and although many cherish this data-driven overview, real estate on a local level is always a person-based business.
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14 March 2020 | 5 replies
There are some sub maker keys and areas where it’s pretty close, say in relatively homogenous neighborhoods with lots of data points available, but in general there are far too many local market nuances and recent trends that the algorithm doesn’t capture.
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17 March 2020 | 9 replies
The algorithm used to determine which RE to refinance will include both its equity and the rate on its current loan.
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24 March 2020 | 5 replies
@Christopher KinnamanI have a degree in software development and wouldn't rely solely on algorithms to tell me the value of real estate unless the code could account for every minute detail and obsolescence, which is highly unlikely.
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4 April 2020 | 5 replies
But we will see how this pans out, since they are limited to what markets this makes sense, and with price corrections happening faster than an algorithm can likely truly take into account, since they need recorded data to build out their pricing structures.Currently 21 analysts are reporting on ZG, per marketbeat. 11 are hold, 8 are buy and 2 are sell.
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16 April 2020 | 1 reply
I've found that most are great for data (just has an algorithm that pulls info from a title company or county records), but do actually generate leads.
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26 March 2020 | 2 replies
FICOs algorithm is proprietary, so we dont know what affect say 4 or 6 months of missing payments will have on scores.
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5 April 2020 | 9 replies
You may want to run facebook ads they are cheap and will get you a ton of responses just be specific about where you're located and what you're looking for as geo targeting isnt as easy as it used to be since FB changed their algorithm a while back
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16 April 2020 | 15 replies
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8 February 2021 | 88 replies
So somewhere we need a new process that starts with algorithmic data and is augmented in special cases (eg the price is above $$$ or the renovation was not documented and needs confirmation or whatever)