{"id":590,"date":"2006-10-31T14:26:25","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T21:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=590"},"modified":"2007-04-01T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T16:50:55","slug":"losing-your-zest-for-life-maybe-you-need-to-give-yourself-a-frank-eppraisal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/590\/losing-your-zest-for-life-maybe-you-need-to-give-yourself-a-frank-eppraisal\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing your Zest for life? Maybe you need to give yourself a frank eppraisal . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtythoughts.com\/?p=119\" target=\"_blank\">RealtyThoughts weblog<\/a> today launch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eppraisal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">eppraisal.com<\/a>, a Zillow-like Automated Valuation Method promising results for 70,000,000 homes. The site is wicked clean, but it wasn&#8217;t wicked fast &#8212; but I&#8217;m willing to cut &#8217;em a break on the assumption that they&#8217;re seeing a lot of first-day traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Differences from Zillow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Runs on Safari<\/li>\n<li>No ads<\/li>\n<li>Looks like the business model will be lead generation<\/li>\n<li>Produces a range of values instead of a dubious Dr. Science Zestimate<\/li>\n<li>Likes my house better than Zillow does<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The eppraisalites (sounds biblical, don&#8217;t it?) will be in New Orleans signing up Realtors for the lead generation part of the product.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eppraisal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a try<\/a>. Same elaborate promises, but without the troublesome lawsuits&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/disintermediation\" rel=\"tag\">disintermediation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks behind the RealtyThoughts weblog today launch eppraisal.com, a Zillow-like Automated Valuation Method promising results for 70,000,000 homes. The site is wicked clean, but it wasn&#8217;t wicked fast &#8212; but I&#8217;m willing to cut &#8217;em a break on the assumption that they&#8217;re seeing a lot of first-day traffic. 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