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Thoughts on Zillow and Redfin Estimates (Homes.com, too)

Zillow and Redfin have successfully engrained themselves into American culture. I know folks who browse these sites for hours a day, often just for the fun of shopping! They do bring value with the ease of searching and by centralizing all of the various public data connected to a home. But! Their estimate calculators are […]
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Should I post words from ChatGPT without telling you?

Artificial intelligence is suddenly woven into the fabric of our daily lives. In real estate, I am seeing it used for everything from content creation to financial analysis of deals. As a former journalist and journalism teacher, I am trying to figure out the new ethics of having a machine write words that I use […]
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What to make of school rankings on sites like Zillow

Public schools are quite the commodity in real estate these days. Scroll down on any Zillow listing and you will find the GreatSchools rankings for elementary through high school in a given area. Those numbers matter to people in a society driven by five star systems, grades, lists, and all of the other ways complex […]