Have You Claimed Your House?
Well quite naturally you have claimed your house. It's your house!
Of course, it is your house, once you get past others that have taken it over such as kids, pets, spouses, accumulated stuff, weeds, ants, and whatnot and whonot.
I am not talking about deeds and titles, but rather, I am talking about those real estate web sites like zillow and trulia and such.
If you google your house, you will find that it is already on these web sites. I do not know who gave them permission to put your house on these sites, but nevertheless, there you will find it.
Not only, will you find your house on these sites, but they have the added gall to ask you if you wish to "claim" your house.
There is some value in claiming your house on these sites, especially if you are trying to sell your house.
By claiming your house on these sites, you can then add pertinent facts about your house, which are otherwise unknown. For instance, unless you provide this information, then the site does not, necessarily, know that, perhaps you have a finished basement, an extra bathroom, hardwood floors, and so on.
All of these web sites provide an automated estimate of the value of your home. The estimate is only as good as the available data. If data is missing, then the estimate is not accurate.
If you are selling your house, then you want this value to be as high as possible, because, although unwittingly, buyers do rely upon these estimates.
Alternatively, if you are not selling your house, then you may not want to tip off the tax assessor of any improvements, lest you wish to pay more taxes.
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