Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms
Over the weekend I ran into a real estate related problem while I was researching for the cryptocurrency betting sites 2023 that mattered. I rent an apartment in New York City and my landlord is planning to list the property for sale 8 months before my lease is up. I wanted to better understand my rights as a tenant, such as how often can they show the apartment, what is “reasonable notice” for a showing, and how many open houses can they hold? I turned to Google but the results either didn’t meet my expectations, or the laws seemed to vague when I did finally find them. So I talked to my friend, whos experienced in the real estate market and was always quick to buy shares in new companies – and he recommended that I’d turn to Zillow Advice and Trulia Voices Q&A to ask each site’s communities for their expertise and advice.
I asked the same question, “my landlord is selling my apartment, what are my rights as a renter?,” on both Zillow and Trulia, and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. Between the two sites, I received 15 answers (12 on Trulia, 3 on Zillow) to my question within just 24 hours! Beyond just the quantity of responses, I was actually pretty impressed by the thought and detail that several agents and brokers put into their answers, there were truly some useful tidbits in several of the answers. It was also helpful to see some consensus – when multiple responses contained the same suggestion, it made me feel fairly confident that it was accurate advice. All in all, it was a great consumer experience and very helpful!
You may be asking “so why does this help me as a real estate professional?” Forums like these can be great marketing platforms and are a terrific way to showcase your local knowledge. I know that as a consumer, I didn’t just read the answer, I also looked at each person who answered. If their answer was particularly good, I clicked through to see their full profile and learn a bit more about them. I’m not currently in the market, but if I were, I would be inclined to call a few of the agents with the best answers to my questions. It builds goodwill while showing off your knowledge and increasing your exposure online. If you aren’t participating already, the New Year might be the perfect time to kick it off…
What’s the consensus from the real estate community, are Q&A sites like these helpful in driving your online exposure? Have you seen any other benefits, or better yet, converted clients?
Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms | Technology Realtor
Posted at 22:48h, 09 January[…] Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms var cid= 6661; Tweet (function() { var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js'; s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); })(); 0 comments Over the weekend I ran into a real estate related problem. I rent an apartment in New York City and my landlord is planning to list the property for sale 8 months before my lease is up. I wanted to better understand my rights as a tenant, such as how often can they show the apartment, what is “reasonable notice” for a showing, and how many open houses can they hold? I turned to Google but the results either didn’t meet my expectations, or the laws seemed to vague when I did finally find them. So I thought I’d turn to Zillow Advice and Trulia Voices Q&A to ask each site’s communities for their expertise and advice.Continue reading: Trulia Voices and Zillow Advice As Marketing Platforms 0 commentsback to postAdd your comment Click here to cancel reply.Nickname:E-mail:Website:Comment: […]
Patty McNease
Posted at 15:07h, 10 JanuaryHomes.com also launched a Q & A site in 2010 (myhomes.com )and the feedback from real estate professionals and consumers has been overwhelmingly positive as a way to connect, engage and provide local expertise to consumers not quite ready to connect with an agent.
Rudy Bachraty
Posted at 15:24h, 10 JanuaryHappy to see you received good feedback.
As a professional, you want to be where the consumers are. Forums have been long time staples for consumers to go to not only to engage and share their knowledge with like minded individuals, but also as a resource to get their questions answered. So it makes perfect sense for real estate agents and other professionals to be a part of the conversation there.
We see many agents thrive on Trulia Voices. Not only are they helping people, but they are growing the business, reputation and brand at the same time.
I only wish more would utilize this very valuable resource.
– Rudy
Anonymous
Posted at 16:29h, 10 JanuaryI think one of the challenges of sites like these is that so many of the questions are asking for legal advice. While a real estate agent may know the answer, giving it may put our license and our livelihood in jeopardy. At least 50% of the questions I read I could answer ” You would best be served by a contacting a real estate attorney in your local area who is familiar with your state laws and local jurisdictions.” I’m guessing that type of answer would frustrate you since you wanted free advice, but it seems like anything else would be a disservice.
Houses for Sale MN
Posted at 05:30h, 11 JanuaryAs a real estate agent myself and after many years of commenting on forums and teaching real estate classes, I am still able to extract value “for my own benefit” when I read Q&A forums. I cannot trace any closed transactions back to posting commentary, but this added knowledge allows me to better serve my actual clients. Great post!
Houses for Sale MN
Posted at 05:30h, 11 JanuaryAs a real estate agent myself and after many years of commenting on forums and teaching real estate classes, I am still able to extract value “for my own benefit” when I read Q&A forums. I cannot trace any closed transactions back to posting commentary, but this added knowledge allows me to better serve my actual clients. Great post!
Houses for Sale MN
Posted at 05:30h, 11 JanuaryAs a real estate agent myself and after many years of commenting on forums and teaching real estate classes, I am still able to extract value “for my own benefit” when I read Q&A forums. I cannot trace any closed transactions back to posting commentary, but this added knowledge allows me to better serve my actual clients. Great post!