[int3]

> I’ve spent a LOT of time of the past few years trying to get a hold of reliable MLS market data to do my own sort of analysis to try and find affordable enclaves or diamonds in the rough or whatever and that data is damn near impossible to get free access to. So the fact that Zillow has this data and also has unlimited pockets and FTEs who work on this stuff all day…it doesn’t feel right to me.

How is this different from hedge funds who do the same thing with equities, and outperform the retail investor as a result?

The advice to retail investors is "buy and hold", and I think the same applies here.

[rodgerd]

> How is this different from hedge funds who do the same thing with equities, and outperform the retail investor as a result?

Equities are not a necessity of life.

[int3]

There are also plenty of funds trading commodities, and many of those can be framed as "necessities".

[cycrutchfield]

Owning a home is a necessity of life?