Comments on: Why Trulia Voices Drives Me Crazy!

By: Should a Cash Buyer get an Appraisal? — The Phoenix Real Estate Guy

Should a Cash Buyer get an Appraisal? — The Phoenix Real Estate Guy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:09:30 +0000

[...] open forums like Trulia Voices have been known to drive me crazy, they do provide a great way to see what kind of questions/concerns real estate buyers and sellers [...]

By: Dan Perkins

Dan Perkins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:06:05 +0000

What matters to me, more than quantity, is quality, pertinence, and timeliness. Quality and pertinence have been mentioned throughout the comments but I think that with newspapers going under and markets changing at a minute by minute rate, it’s increasingly important to judge real estate professionals by how fast they respond. Investors are increasingly in need of quick answers; if it takes a week to respond, the odds are the issue may have passed. People are turning to the web and to bloggers for fast, accurate and pertinent answers. Quantity is a decent metric to consider but should be weighted below the others data points.

By: Carnival of Real Estate

Carnival of Real Estate — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:02:00 +0000

[...] ‘Why Trulia Voices Drives Me Crazy!’ by Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy (it drives us crazy too Jay…but in a good way) [...]

By: Have You Seen Some Of The Answers On Trulia Voices? | BloodhoundBlog: Real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:35:06 +0000

[...] An issue previously discussed by Jay Thompson and Jonathan Dalton, Always answer as many questions as possible, even if you have no idea as to [...]

By: ines

ines — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:08:07 +0000

Take a look at this question answered by a bunch of non-locals that don’t know the particular market – it’s crazy!

http://www.trulia.com/voices/Home_Buying/Is_the_market_going_really_down_fast_would_buying_-28356–

By: ginger sala

ginger sala — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:12:18 +0000

Hi Jay, I am in total agreement with you! It would be great if there was a way to limit state specific questions to Real Estate Professionals licensed in that state. IMHO I feel that many responders just want to get their “name in lights” for the Google juice, so to speak and do not care about adding value to the conversation.

Another issue that bugs me is when RE Agents outside of the local area, answer questions about another local market. How does this help the consumer???

If someone is looking for info say on the RE market in LA, why should a San Diego or San Fran professional add their 2 cents???… These practices dilute the purpose of the Voices and send me running….

By: FBS Blog » Blog Archive » How Do Consumers Choose An Agent, Part II: The Tyranny of Ordered Lists

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:05:08 +0000

[...] consumers, but that brings us right back to the tyranny of the ordered list. Jonathon Dalton and Jay Thompson has been posting for some time about the ranking Trulia provides (or provided?) based on the [...]

By: FBS Blog » Blog Archive » How Do Consumers Choose An Agent, Part II: The Tyranny of Ordered Lists

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:05:08 +0000

By: Opting out of Trulia Voices | Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog

Opting out of Trulia Voices | Phoenix Area Real Estate Blog — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:21:09 +0000

[...] I’m not the only one seeing this trend. Jay Thompson has pointed it out often enough, as has Jonathan Dalton. Last week, I asked the Trulia Voices [...]

By: Colorado Guy

Colorado Guy — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:34:37 +0000

Bob is right, if you lose the rankings you lose the activity, I find the same problem in active rain, useless comment spam on blogs..people chiming in with “great post” “I agree” etc ever other comment…Makes it hard to actively get involved!