It is a Zillow estimate calculated using a proprietary algorithm that only uses facts and trends.

I am a developer and also have a successful side hustle in algorithmic trading(bot that trades stocks for me).Thanks, any help is appreciated.Martin

Whatever the answer might be, do the TurboTax algorithms account for this odd circumstance when I file?

@Kyle Parks is there an algorithm for Airbnb like most things these days?

Keep in mind that the Zestimate is just am automated valuation model driven by computer algorithms.

They are using algorithms applied all across the country with little regard to conditions of the property.

And Miles Beckler also teaches FB ads as well, a lot of it for free on his channel.And then no matter what medium you use, offer something truly valuable that gives people a reason to opt in to your email list (I realize you probably know this but just in case), Google algorithm can change overnight and FB belongs to Zuckerberg, who could take all your likes and follows away in an instant - but your email list is yours forever.I have gotten real estate clients from blog posts in the past, and I am certain I could get more real estate business now by doing something like that, really creating a value-filled YouTube channel for home buyers and sellers and driving traffic to those videos, boosting video blog posts, etc., I just am not concentrating on getting new real estate clients right now - working more on training materials for new agents and mostly doing real estate with past clients and referrals. 

Keep in mind, this wasn't an overnight thing, to get such high conversation rates.It was about 10 years of historical data analysis, before we figured out characteristics on how these assets perform over time, before we were able to dial in our model.But after that, we just run our proprietary algorithm on the entire tax sale pool each year, and compare the profile of the new pool, to prior years pool profiles.And from that, it results in two pools of tax certs that we invest in, which don't overlap.One group of tax certs that we only buy for high interest yield, and the other is only for us to take ownership of the property.And because we have this targeted approach to purchasing, is how we get the numbers we get.

So a lot of it isn’t human decisions, it’s just an algorithm making the decision.

You can also pay $500 for one of those algorithm-based studies to gauge their numbers.After that, the question will come down to your risk tolerance.