http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/ Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-219877 The Zindex Illusion or How to Sell A Housing Report Without Using Actual Home Sales Mon, 12 May 2008 05:14:12 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-219877 [...] calculations which depend in large part on data from the local tax assessor’s office, which data may be outdated, incomplete or outright wrong (neither the computer nor the Zillow stat man visit your home). Zestimates are inherently [...] […] calculations which depend in large part on data from the local tax assessor’s office, which data may be outdated, incomplete or outright wrong (neither the computer nor the Zillow stat man visit your home). Zestimates are inherently […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-218017 The Birth of Unzillowable Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:10:44 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-218017 [...] Related Post (the gold is in the comments): Mining the Elusive Unzillowable. [...] […] Related Post (the gold is in the comments): Mining the Elusive Unzillowable. […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-210786 How Using Zillow Might Raise Your Property Taxes Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:42:16 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-210786 [...] Mining the Elusive Unzillowable (if only for the comments. At the time,  Zillow did not publish owner’s zestimates. To my comment that public data (fed to Z) may be inaccurate, incomplete or stale,  David G said he had toured the tax assessor’s office and said the information was “double checked by many human beings”  and …..there’s not much room for an error to make it the whole way through that system.”  Yeah right.) [...] […] Mining the Elusive Unzillowable (if only for the comments. At the time,  Zillow did not publish owner’s zestimates. To my comment that public data (fed to Z) may be inaccurate, incomplete or stale,  David G said he had toured the tax assessor’s office and said the information was “double checked by many human beings”  and …..there’s not much room for an error to make it the whole way through that system.”  Yeah right.) […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-127725 Zillow Needs More Money and Gets It Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:57:13 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-127725 [...] Furthermore, there are characteristics of a home or its surroundings that are not factored into the public data which can drastically affect a home’s value — things we call “unzillowables“. A physical examination of the property by a local expert reveals unzillowables. (Zilllow does not make house calls). Some unzillowables, like upcoming laws & construction projects require a deeper knowledge of the local market. Finally, once someone looked up the value of their home, and their neighbors, there was no reason to go back and check it again. (dang, all those stock graphs gone to waste). Besides, knowing a “median” error rate offers no guarantee that the home value you are looking at isn’t off by 1,000% (median is just the middle value, meaning there are a lot of fat error rates above it— have Jonathan Miller explain it to you). [...] […] Furthermore, there are characteristics of a home or its surroundings that are not factored into the public data which can drastically affect a home’s value — things we call “unzillowables“. A physical examination of the property by a local expert reveals unzillowables. (Zilllow does not make house calls). Some unzillowables, like upcoming laws & construction projects require a deeper knowledge of the local market. Finally, once someone looked up the value of their home, and their neighbors, there was no reason to go back and check it again. (dang, all those stock graphs gone to waste). Besides, knowing a “median” error rate offers no guarantee that the home value you are looking at isn’t off by 1,000% (median is just the middle value, meaning there are a lot of fat error rates above it— have Jonathan Miller explain it to you). […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-92752 Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:11:45 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-92752 [...] Related Post (the gold is in the comments): Mining the Elusive Unzillowable. [...] […] Related Post (the gold is in the comments): Mining the Elusive Unzillowable. […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-78042 Did Zillow Actually Listen to Sellsius Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:43:30 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-78042 [...] Previous comment excerpt from David G. of Zillow on Mining the Elusive Unzillowable: If you’ve visited Zillow, you’ll know that we don’t let people tell us what their Zestimate should be or contact us to remove Zestimates from the site — I hope it is obvious that this is critical to the integrity of the Zestimate service and its usefulness to our audience. [...] […] Previous comment excerpt from David G. of Zillow on Mining the Elusive Unzillowable: If you’ve visited Zillow, you’ll know that we don’t let people tell us what their Zestimate should be or contact us to remove Zestimates from the site — I hope it is obvious that this is critical to the integrity of the Zestimate service and its usefulness to our audience. […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-77592 Best Of Sellsius 2006 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:45:30 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-77592 [...] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If... (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) [...] […] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If… (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-77117 Is Zillow Using Our Homes As Bait? - sellsius real estate blog - real estate, blogging, business, advertising, marketing, and technology Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:22:05 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-77117 [...] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act (warning: selltoon) Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimate Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll (the only Zillow poll, as far as we know) Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? [...] […] Did Zillow Actually Listen To Sellsius? Discrimination by Zestimation: The Law of Unintended Consequences Has Zillow Spiked the Google Juice? Is Zillow Betaproof? I See, Said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady Mining The Elusive Unzillowable Realtor.com v. Zillow Video Realtor’s Allan Dalton calls Zillow Carnival Act (warning: selltoon) Sellsius Conversation with NCRC The Truth Is: Zillow has a Right To Exist Unzestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owner’s Opt Out? Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase Will Listing Your Home Above the Zestimate Turn Away Buyers? World’s First “Unzillowable” Listing Z-Day: Z for Zendetta Zillow Confesses… Zillow, Dem’s Fightin’ Words Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimate Truth Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers Zillow: Truth by Association Zillow Ultimate Poll (the only Zillow poll, as far as we know) Zillow Poll Results Zillow Zapped with FTC Complaint Zoophole: Only Humans Have to Post Conspicuous Disclaimers Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-out now? […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-45865 Interview with Rudy and Joe of the Sellsius Blog | Rain City Guide | A Seattle Real Estate Blog... Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:42:46 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-45865 [...] Do you have any favorite posts? We love all our Zillow posts, especially Unzillowable, To Coin a Phrase and Mining The Elusive Unzillowable, where JF debates David G. We are also proud of the Bell Labs posts where we collaborated with Ryan Block of Engadget to save a piece of technology history. We felt like journalists covering a story. We liked Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act because we got to create our best Selltoon°. We also like our promo pieces (Mary Kay Gallagher and Willie Williams). We did a Year’s Best Posts so you get an idea of what we liked. We like a lot of what we do because we’re having so much fun. [...] […] Do you have any favorite posts? We love all our Zillow posts, especially Unzillowable, To Coin a Phrase and Mining The Elusive Unzillowable, where JF debates David G. We are also proud of the Bell Labs posts where we collaborated with Ryan Block of Engadget to save a piece of technology history. We felt like journalists covering a story. We liked Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act because we got to create our best Selltoon°. We also like our promo pieces (Mary Kay Gallagher and Willie Williams). We did a Year’s Best Posts so you get an idea of what we liked. We like a lot of what we do because we’re having so much fun. […]

]]> http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-44826 Best Of Sellsius° 2006 at sellsius° real estate blog Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:27:06 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/zillow-real-estate/mining-the-elusive-unzillowable/2006/09/15/#comment-44826 [...] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If... (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) [...] […] Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers (best overall post. It helped define our role as promoters) Take The Sellsius° 101 Blog Post Challenge (best blogging community event post) Unzillowable, To Coin A Phrase (best meme post. Unzillowable is now Googleable. Can a t-shirt be far behind?) Mining The Elusive Unzillowable (best commented post. Plus, JF gets to dance with David G of Zillow) The Ultimate Zillow Poll (best poll post) Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now? (best Zillow advice post) World’s First Unzillowable Listing (best use of unzillowable by a realtor. Jay Thompson owns the distinction) SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards: Sellsius° Receives Honorable Mention (best award post. They gave us a nice badge for the blog) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2007: Sellsius° Invited As A Panelist (best self-promotion post) 5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert (best read post. Maybe it was the free cruise tip that attracted 30,000 visitors) To Catch A Link, Use The Right Bait (best linkbaiting post) Linking Law & The Rabbit Holes of the Web (best legal post) A New York Ghost Story (best Halloween post) The Zen Blogger’s Manifesto (best linked by an A-list blogger) Redfin Does Not Own Registered Trademark “Real Estate 2.0″ (best news post that eased a fellow blogger’s mind) Sellsius° and Engadget Team To Save Tech Landmark (best collaboration post. We got to know Ryan Block) Blog Readers Save Bell Labs (best blog advocacy post) Craigslist Dialogue with Sellsius° (best Craig Newmark non-interview interview) Sellsius° Santa is Naughty and Nice (best holiday tradition post) Scent Marketing: Leading Consumers By The Nose (best search engine traffic post) Christine Forgione of NYHouses4Sale Interviews Sellsius° (best first interview: you always remember your first time.) Real Estate Blog Girl Chats With Sellsius° (best second interview. When 2 women get you, BOTH are the best) You Might Be A Blogoholic If… (best blog addiction post.) Boys Will Be Boys (best photo post) Hold All My Calls, I’m Too Busy Blogging (best video post) Craigslist Videos: NYC Real Estate Agents Want Me To Charge Them (second place video) There Is No Spoon (best experimental post) Sellsius° Blog Test: An Experiment of Matrix Proportions (best explanation of an experimental post) Blog Marathon: 50 Posts In One Day (best blogging first post. First blog to post 50 in a day) Realtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act (best Selltoon) Real Estate Horror (second place) The Madness of Crowds (best play on a bestseller title. Plus, we got the chance to cite A Confederacy of Dunces) The Emperor Has No Clothes: Content Is Not King (best contrarian post) Sellsius° Exclusive: Trump Lands On Moon (best April Fools post) 2010: A Real Estate Odyssey (best futuristic post) Broker Gets MLS Grief For Listing $1 House For Sale (best Open Mike post) Ardell Looking Good at 50 (sexiest post) Centralia (hottest post) Blog Surfing Is Born: Sellsius° and Blogging Systems Collaborate on Wordpress Tool (our best (first) widget) 10 Ways to Spot A Liar (best Stumbleupon post) How to Overthrow A Tyrant: Fighting A Co-op Board Rejection (best post for NYC brokers) Inman Real Estate Connect NYC 2006 (best opening day of the Sellsius° blog post) […]

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