Comments on: Zilpy.com Could Hurt RentalHomePros.com http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/ The pulse of the small unit rental market. Dave Dugdale reports what he sees in the online rental market place. Dave also provides a podcast show called RadioVine which is on a separate feed from this one. Visit www.rentvine.com/anc/radiovine.cfm for the shows and feed. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kona Rentals http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-36654 Kona Rentals Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:39:37 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-36654 Dave, They spent way too much not to launch......but I do not think they know what they are doing on the marketing side! Kona Dave,

They spent way too much not to launch……but I do not think they know what they are doing on the marketing side!

Kona

]]> By: Dave Dugdale http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-36653 Dave Dugdale Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:32:57 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-36653 Good question. Perhaps it will never launch. Good question. Perhaps it will never launch.

]]> By: Kona Rentals http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-36651 Kona Rentals Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-36651 Dave , Wasn't Rentalhomepro supposed to launch the first Quarter of 2008? It's March 20th and no release yet! Kona Dave ,

Wasn’t Rentalhomepro supposed to launch the first Quarter of 2008?

It’s March 20th and no release yet!

Kona

]]> By: RentBits.com Changes Direction For RentMarketer http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-36546 RentBits.com Changes Direction For RentMarketer Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:07:44 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-36546 [...] once again a company like RentalHomePros is being trumped by yet other company to have access to some rich data on rental [...] [...] once again a company like RentalHomePros is being trumped by yet other company to have access to some rich data on rental [...]

]]> By: Wendy Frenzel http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-32180 Wendy Frenzel Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:32:51 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-32180 As there is not one place to find homes for lease and what they leased for, Zilpy has to be scraping sites and is only getting what people are asking and then comparing like items. Where Zillow, if they are doing it properly, can actually verify the price sold by visiting the assessor offices online to help make their information more accurate. We all know some areas of towns where a 3 bedroom home can be found in a million dollar home and where a 3 bedroom home can be found in a $250,000 home. Zilpy, unless they are looking at the home value as well to help determine market "rent", can only take the estimates from scraping. We all know the owner of the million dollar home won't lease it for the same rate as the other home and even though the owner of the $250,000 home would like to have the same rate as the million dollar home, no one is going to pay it. With RentalHomePros, at least they would get data from the property managers of what it actually sold for. Some listing sites already ask that information when you close out a home from being listed. Maybe that information is going to Zilpy as well. As there is not one place to find homes for lease and what they leased for, Zilpy has to be scraping sites and is only getting what people are asking and then comparing like items. Where Zillow, if they are doing it properly, can actually verify the price sold by visiting the assessor offices online to help make their information more accurate.
We all know some areas of towns where a 3 bedroom home can be found in a million dollar home and where a 3 bedroom home can be found in a $250,000 home. Zilpy, unless they are looking at the home value as well to help determine market “rent”, can only take the estimates from scraping. We all know the owner of the million dollar home won’t lease it for the same rate as the other home and even though the owner of the $250,000 home would like to have the same rate as the million dollar home, no one is going to pay it.
With RentalHomePros, at least they would get data from the property managers of what it actually sold for. Some listing sites already ask that information when you close out a home from being listed. Maybe that information is going to Zilpy as well.

]]> By: www.superhomerentals.com http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-32023 www.superhomerentals.com Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:17:17 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-32023 i use www.rentomatic.com a lot and love their service but found them to be wrong on the mark too i live in orange park area Robbie and i look at both zilpy and rentomatic and never found any of them to be real close to what the numbers are really for rental's in this area i truly believe it will never be on the dot i use http://www.rentomatic.com a lot and love their service but found them to be wrong on the mark too i live in orange park area Robbie and i look at both zilpy and rentomatic and never found any of them to be real close to what the numbers are really for rental’s in this area i truly believe it will never be on the dot

]]> By: Dave Dugdale http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-31970 Dave Dugdale Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:40:45 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-31970 Zilpy is using the Zillow API - that is how they are getting the info. Zilpy is using the Zillow API – that is how they are getting the info.

]]> By: Robbie http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-31953 Robbie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-31953 That is very true....You hear people talking about it all the time. That is very true….You hear people talking about it all the time.

]]> By: Dave Dugdale http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-31938 Dave Dugdale Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:07:36 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-31938 That is what I was guessing - not that accurate like Zillow. But you can't say Zillow is not a household name - even my parents know about it. That is what I was guessing – not that accurate like Zillow.

But you can’t say Zillow is not a household name – even my parents know about it.

]]> By: Robbie http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/comment-page-1/#comment-31936 Robbie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:01:13 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/zilpycom-could-hurt-rentalhomeproscom/#comment-31936 I wonder how they get the info they use? I looked up my address and they show rental houses around $1,150 a month. I know that's not right. In my area I have never seen a house for rent below $1,500 - $1,800 per month. Show me a house in my area for that and I will rent it myself and sell my house :) I wonder how they get the info they use? I looked up my address and they show rental houses around $1,150 a month. I know that’s not right.

In my area I have never seen a house for rent below $1,500 – $1,800 per month. Show me a house in my area for that and I will rent it myself and sell my house :)

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