{"id":1415,"date":"2007-05-11T14:30:34","date_gmt":"2007-05-11T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2007-05-13T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2007-05-13T18:01:03","slug":"trulia-voices-can-bigoted-bastards-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1415\/trulia-voices-can-bigoted-bastards-flourish\/","title":{"rendered":"Trulia Voices: Can Bigoted Bastards Flourish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re covering the launch of Trulia Voices with great interest on Bloodhound Blog. Greg took the lead this morning<\/a> with his initial analysis and I lauded Trulia<\/a> for appearing to be the more Realtor-friendly choice over Zillow.com.<\/p>\n

I started tinkering in the Trulia Voices section. This is where people can ask questions about real estate issues on a national, regional, local, and hyper-local level. I am particularly interested in the Financing section and the cities of San Diego, Phoenix, and Long Beach, CA.<\/p>\n

I’m no expert on the Fair Housing Act. However, like Justice Potter Stewart commented on pornography, “I don’t know how to define it but I know it when I see it.”. These questions seemed particularly disconcerting to me on Trulia Voices:<\/p>\n

Any red flags I should know about?<\/a>
\nThere are a lot of listings in Maryvale on Trulia and the prices seem great. What are the downsides to living in this area?<\/em><\/p>\n

What areas in Phoenix are best for raising kids?<\/a>
\nYou’ll notice that Jay Thompson, the Phoenix Real Estate Guy, does an excellent job at answering this question.<\/em><\/p>\n

Where are the best places to buy in Phoenix for a young family?<\/a>
\nWould love to learn about an affordable area with great parks and entertainment options for a 30-something couple with young kids. Nothing too suburban, but obviously safety
\ncounts!<\/em><\/p>\n

Is Orlando good for families with children?<\/a>
\nWhy or why not? <\/em><\/p>\n

San Francisco? I think we have a problem.<\/strong> My interpretation of the Fair Housing Act<\/a> leads me to believe that a professional could get themselves into VERY hot water by answering those questions. I think the Trulians would explain that the questions are REAL and indicative of how REAL people (read: consumers) talk. The questions seem to have been posted by employees of Trulia This leads me to wonder if the Trulians are bigoted bastards or just ignorant of how real estate brokerage really works.<\/p>\n

Harsh Criticism?<\/strong> Perhaps…I think if you create a site which relies upon participation from real estate brokerages and you host potential traps for employees of those brokerages, you are culpable. The organizations that sue for damages for violations of the Fair Housing Act Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re covering the launch of Trulia Voices with great interest on Bloodhound Blog. Greg took the lead this morning with his initial analysis and I lauded Trulia for appearing to be the more Realtor-friendly choice over Zillow.com. I started tinkering in the Trulia Voices section. This is where people can ask questions about real estate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1474,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1474\/myspace-should-buy-trulia-zillow-and-active-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":1415,"position":0},"title":"MySpace Should Buy Trulia, Zillow and Active Rain","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"MySpace, Active Rain, Trulia, and Zillow. 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