Property Data Quality Then and Now (LA 813)

Transcript:

Steven Butala:                   Steve and Jill here.

Jill DeWit:                            Hi.

Steven Butala:                   Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill DeWit:                            And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California.

Steven Butala:                   Today Jill and I talk about property data quality, then and now. It's Data Week this week.

Jill DeWit:                            It is.

Steven Butala:                   In case you haven't noticed. Yeah.

Jill DeWit:                            Do you know what's funny? Is it just me, or do we have six Data Weeks a year? Maybe it's 10. I can't remember, but it's a pretty high number.

Steven Butala:                   I wonder ... I haven't checked our ... You know, I used to obsess-

Jill DeWit:                            It's Data Week again.

Steven Butala:                   We get feedback on how many people listen to the show daily, and a number. I haven't checked, because it keeps going up really well.

Jill DeWit:                            Yeah.

Steven Butala:                   I stopped checking, and if I wonder if it just dramatically drops during Data Week.

Jill DeWit:                            Oh, we shouldn't advertise that. Just slide it in there.

Steven Butala:                   Here's the truth, Jill and I constantly go back and forth just like should we be a teacher or should be we be an entertainer? And you decide.

Jill DeWit:                            Yeah, because we're probably good at one, and we probably stink at the other one, and you know. We'd love to know. You should-

Steven Butala:                   In fact-

Jill DeWit:                            Tell us-

Steven Butala:                   We're probably saying-

Jill DeWit:                            Please tell us.

Steven Butala:                   We're saying to people who don't listen to the show any longer.

Jill DeWit:                            No.

Steven Butala:                   They don't even know that-

Jill DeWit:                            They're not here.

Steven Butala:                   They're not hearing that sentence.

Jill DeWit:                            There we go.

Steven Butala:                   When you guys figure it out, let me know.

Jill DeWit:                            Yeah.

Steven Butala:                   Today's topic ... Well, no before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandInvestors.com online community. It's free.

Jill DeWit:                            Okay. Steven asks, "For those of you regularly using Zillow, do you put all of the normal listing information like you would on your website, or is it beneficial to leave some information off, like the cash purchase price, if you can post a low per month terms payment instead? I know some like to put minimal information in a Craigslist post, so I'm wondering if any benefit when doing Zillow ads." This is clearly a part ... I'm about to-

Steven Butala:                   Oh, an online sneeze.

Jill DeWit:                            Excuse me. I sneezed.

Steven Butala:                   How's that for reality of telling the truth? I will not edit that out.

Jill DeWit:                            Sorry about that.

Steven Butala:                   By the way, is it healthy to just not let ...