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by xnx 484 days ago
Does this add any external information that is not present on the source Zillow page? If not, this seems like AI slop.

I like the idea of Zillow comments and guessing sale price though. It should be possible to comment on any web page.
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eclipticplane 484 days ago
Seems not.

I plugged in my house just to see. It's all public info anyway... it couldn't find the construction year (public), renovation year (public permits), recent sales (public), it called my taxes high (wrong), it considered _all_ of Brooklyn for price comparables (wrong), ...

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giulioco 484 days ago
So for the comps section it looks for properties in a 1-mile radius. For the market data, that's based on your zipcode. Hope this helps.
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F7F7F7 483 days ago
You could walk a mile in NYC and traverse 5 distinct real estate markets.
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giulioco 483 days ago
Right I guess NYC is a very unique market in that but good point, thanks.
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giulioco 484 days ago
Yes, crime data is from the FBI crime database, market data, and some of the property historical data and school data are from some other vendors.

I initially had only the comments and price predictions, then added the analysis around it. I need to add more discoverability for comments to pick up though.

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