When Zillow hit the net with mortgage quotes I was all over it. Wow! A free source of leads where professional mortgage bankers can strut their goods and issue rate quotes based on market prices...... NOT - all I saw was quotes that could never be delivered upon by slimy mortgage people. They ratings were bogus as anyone could just rate themselves. I kept quoting for a few weeks. My loan proposals were very competitive with slim margins on every quote. The only phone calls I got from zillow were people who couldn't even qualify in the first place. And the bogus rate quotes just continue to amaze me in the fact these slick sales people are even still allowed to quote. Zillow has an awesome concept but without some serious policing I am no longer playing the game.
Trulia peaked my interest after my frustration with Zillow. What a smoking idea of offering up quality advice and hoping your answers get noticed in the form of sales opportunities. I have closed one deal from trulia and have had several selling opportunities, all from simply offering up high quality advice to questions posted on their site by consumers. Not to toot my own horn, but I do feel I supplied solid answers to the questions posted and received a lot of thumbs up and a few best answers. However, in the last few weeks I have noticed a few thumbs down. I don't get this. I responded to cut and dry questions and regardless of my responses being best answers or even a thumbs up, they certainly were not thumbs down quality. So now I assume Trulia is being poisoned by the same people that post bogus quotes on Zillow.
These are two outlets that are easy to navigate, completely free of charge to consumers and professionals and have one thing in common. Unpoliced, these sites are pushing the true professionals who have quality advice to offer up to consumers at no charge away. I am taking a break from trulia and Zillow and I am not certain I will return. I have had it. This industry as a whole carries a stigma about it and to allow quotes that can never be met in a hundred years and bogus ratings obviously handed out by competitors is complete BS and I refuse to participate.
Anyone else have similar stories? Let's hear them. I know Ziillow and Trulia people read Active Rain posts. let's get them to listen up loud on this one!
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