wow!!  I wish I was getting that response on my zillow listings.  i haven't recieved anything from them. Maybe I will go and add the new listings there and see what happens.

I have never used Zillow but you have opened my eyes. I am going to give it a try. Thanks.

Brian,

We post a link to Zillow on our website in regards to the home zestimater service as.....

" Not 100% accurate & reliable - but Fun! "

Remember at best this tool is only an estimate! Call us anytime for a free professionally done comparative market analysis of your home before placing it on the market. When we list your home for sale we

will also post it on Zillow.com.

We have not as yet sold a listing due to posting it on zillow, but

we did pick up a buyer from one of our advertised listings, and are currently trying to obtain a FSBO listing from an email inquiry we

made to the FSBO about a property in our area from the zillow site.

Brian,

Just like you my listing has been on the MLS for more days that I would like.  I put it on Zillow (among others) and got zip, zero, nothing.  I changed the price twice and each time zillow's estimate when down.  I tried deleting the account and could not.

Sounds like Zillow may be a hit or miss.  May I ask Dee and Brian what price range your properties are in?  Perhaps Zillow works better for the certain price range?  (lower in market, higher in market, tweener?)

Hi Brian!  Long time no see!  Thanks for popping in!

And thanks for the reminder about Zillow.  I get a little lazy and use all the pre-fab non-P2A sites that they automatically generate toward...

Write more often, damn it!  

We post all of our listings on Zillow.  If Acreage is involved, they do not come up with a zestimate, usually.  

Zestimates are based on the existing information that automatically populates when you enter the address of the listing.  

If recent changes to square footage have occured, or new construction, the zestimate is wayyyy off because it is based on the last time the city or county info has been updated to the Zillow system.  Even if you have verified the updated square footage has been accurately determined, you cannot update the existing info about the home, or acreage that the zestimates are based on.

Sometimes we are below, sometimes above, but have never gotten 17 email requests overnight!  Great job!  

I went ahead and updated and added our most current listings to zillow, not one had a zestimate. and these were in different cities, virginia beach, chesapeake and portsmouth were represented. Not one with a zillow.  I think that is a good thing, frankly.

After reading the comments here, I decided to add my listings to Zillow.

I came to a screen that required me to promise that this was my home. Did I make a mistake?

Also, do all of you enter your credit card info for verification?

Sharon, if you entered the listings via the "agent" entry point it should have asked you to verify that you are the listing agent for the home.... not that is IS your home.

Brian, thanks for the reminder about Zillow.  Because their estimates are often waaaay off base in our market, I've kind of ignored them.  However, if that is one of the places where consumers are lurking then I WANT TO BE THERE TOO.  I just entered 7 of our listings in various areas of town and price ranges so that I can monitor the activity.  I also bought two of the ads (at one cent per view, why not?) and posted in different zip codes.  Hopefully this will be yet another venue for generating business.

By the way, do you participate in the neighborhood discussions at all.  There doesn't seem to be much activity there in our market so I'm thinking this may be an opportunity to be a 'big fish in a little pond'.  Any thoughts or suggestions?

I'll echo Phil's sentiment.... don't be a stranger here!!! LOL

Sharron, posting is free so they shouldn't be asking for credit card info.

Zillow has enormous popularity among the real estate consumer despite their zestimates being far off in many cases. It is probably a good place to be for agents to advertise.

The credit card is for verification of your home address if you are a homeowner who wants to post a make me move listing. They do not charge it.

Brian -

I have been diligent about putting my listings on Zillow and I have never received one email or phone call.  If you don't mind, could you share what your listing said that might have made it stand out compared to others?  I will continue to use Zillow even though I have had nothing but would be very interested to see if it is my writing skills that are lacking.  Thanks!

I just put a few of mine out there to see what happens.  Thanks for the reminder, Brian.

I had no idea we could do this so yesterday I put one of mine on and plan to put a couple more on to see if I get any action.  I think only one other agent in our area has a home on there and it is her personal home.  The other properties are owners who have listed their FSBOs.  

I have never gotten anything off of Zillow and have been putting listings there for a while. I guess it depends which market you are in.

Hey, Brian. I miss you too. I had seen your post on another thread and checked out that video on your web site. Great Stuff. I too have posted to Zillow and have gotten nothing. I even posted a few times over there but I find the entire group to be a downer. I don't think I will post listings or blog there again. I think it is a matter of where your market is. Vance does very well in Florida on EBay and you seem to be getting activity on Zillow. If it works for you great. I agree with Michael Valdes on this one.

Take good care.