Zillow

We have recently had the pleasure of working with Kristen Gavelek from HomeSmart as our agent in helping us find a home. The service she has provided has been tremendous. Kristen has been professional in all aspects of our process. We began our search with a used home and then made the decision to purchase a new home. Through both processes, Kristen's follow up and initiating appointments for us has been exceptional. We would highly recommend her as your realtor for finding your dream home.

Zillow's estimate for my home is less than $200,000 of my home value while you look around and compare my home with the same price Home my house looks a lot nicer. We renovated the entire house and spent around 200k. This website is so unfair and cannot be trusted!

Zillow will take your account info and send it to Realtors who bid for your phone number. Half the accounts they sell to Realtors aren't even interested in buying said home.

If that weren't bad enough they have so many outdated/nonexistent listings because the have no incentive to get rid of them. If a person clicks on it they get to sell your info to a realtor so why update it.
They are scamming both ends of the real estate market and not helping anyone find housing. Their estimates are also total crap because people are more likely to go through them if they give an unrealistic estimate

It's just like any other review site. They don't like bad reviews and will find a reason not to post them. They protect the businesses, in this case the realtors, not the customer.

If you put too much detail, which is often necessary to tell the story, they will say it doesn't comply with the guidelines. When you try to pin them down and ask, they are onerous, obstinate, and won't tell you why it doesn't comply with the guidelines or what needs to be taken out. Often, upon reading the guidelines, you find the review does comply.

The rules and guidelines also aren't applied consistently. I even had one review that got posted that I went back and edited to change a timeline. The edited version was rejected.

This company has some incredibly stupid people. Every time I use it they do something to my account. They deleted my pictures the last time, this time they deactivated my account. I am so fed up with them. Last summer my rental property was worth 25,000 more than this summer and USAA has always had it at the same amount. So Zillow wants me to lower the price and they will list it I'm more places. REALLY what if it's worth more than they list it?

I placed an ad on Zillow on March 12,2011 to sell my lot. I paid $ 39.95 for the ad to run for 180 days. A few days after I checked the site. I could only find my ad if I typed in the exact address of the lot. It was not on any of the 10 pages which listed homes and lots in Sebring. I also checked 'lots/land' not listed there either. When I e-mailed Zillow I was told that my lot was contained in the map at the top of the page. A few days later I checked again and found my lot. I got busy with other things and did not check again until 4/19. Again, no ad. I e-mailed Zillow and was told someone would contact me. Not having heard from anyone, I checked the ad again today (4/21) No ad! I went into 'my account' and it showed I had no ad listed. I e-mailed Zillow and again I was told someone would get back to me. They took $ 39.95 of my money and did not provide the service they promised!

This is a real clever site. Great for Realtors. If you are a homeowner listing your property, your zillow zestimates, show your property worthless. But if it's a realtor listing with the same comparable, wham o, their property is zestimated for a lot more. I have sold many properties in the past, and have never seen a site like this. I have com parables, property tax estimates, recent sales, and property appraisals, to prove this. The site is a meat market for realtors. List at your own risk in the information age.

I would like to let buyers and sellers in the Storm Lake Iowa area Know of a Dedicated and Helpful Real Estate Agent. Joanne Peters of Century 21 has been working with me on selling my home in Early Iowa about 15 miles from Storm Lake. Not only did she show my home but actually found a family that was perfect for this home. The home is quite big and was perfect for a big family that needed the room for growing children. She took the initiative to show my home to the family and with her help, we were able to work out a contract to initially lease the home to them, and finally sell the home approximately 6 months later. With her help it worked out as planned and the family is extremely happy with their new home. Very Nice, Professional and will Look out for your best interests. I would recommend that anyone moving into the Storm Lake Iowa to look her up as your Real Estate Agent.

Many of the properties aren't even updated correctly, like those showing available are many times already SOLD, and that results in wasted time going to go see it only to find out it's not on the market! The listed price isn't even real; it's their "zestimate" you get the real price after a lot more wasted time! And the pricing doesn't even account for nice views, which raise the price or new remodels, etc. Very frustrating and a complete waste of time, time that I don't have, after working a full time job!

7603 Vicar Street, New Carrollton, MD Rental Property: Attention new Rental Seekers. When reviewing this property, with interest to rent, please get clear information on the lease and the expectation of the lease information after a year. The renewal process will be your biggest focus point. I requested, after my year lease was fulfilled, about a month to month new lease and I was denied. Dont assume this rental will be month-to-month after the year lease has ended. Do your research on this property realtor Glenn.

I just canceled my account with Zillow.
Zillow is a BIG scam, all they want to get Money Money Money from the agents.
They change their rules by going with impressions and changing after to a zip code percentage whatever it suitable for them, because I think it helps them to get more profit.
Zillow pread this poor lead to 4 agents and you have to fight for it, and by the way their leads most of the time are not real or dont exist.
They don't keep their promises. I have a horrible conversation explaining them what they had promised me and they did ONLY for a while, instead doing it for good. Scam! Lie!
When I spoke with a representative, she put me kind of down by saying several times that I am the last agent in line of the agent for my zip code, that I had only 2 sales and keep insisting me to spend more money to buy a zip code percentage or change a zip code. I am very upset, kind of angry that they put me down.