Got Real Estate Questions? TruliaVoices Answers.
By NikNik · July 14, 2007
Trulia launches answers to your questions with “Trulia Voices”. The Trulia community provides a place where anyone can ask real estate questions and get real answers from homeowners, real estate pros or anyone with an opinion on your local market.
To get started, visit Trulia online. Click on the “Trulia Voices” tab up top, then type your real estate question in the provided field. Update with your area info and submit. You will be prompted to register, if you haven’t already. Within seconds, your question is submitted to their online question/answer forum. You can view questions/answers that may be similar to your inquiries. If there are no like answers found, then just sit back, relax, and soon other community members from your area will begin commenting and answering your specific real estate question.
I asked the question, “Where do you find the school scores for your area?” Now, I already have a few favorite resources when it comes to that question (see past article: School Scores & More), but I wanted to test the Trulia forum to see if I would really get some quality answers. And within 10 minutes of submitting my question, I had some fabulous results. The first real estate pro who answered my question provided me with list a great list of websites. Two of which, I use and recommend frequently (GreatSchools.net & NeighborhoodScout.com). And the following 3 real estate pros also recommended GreatSchools.net, among others.
Trulia Voices makes it easy for anyone with almost any kind of real estate question get knowledgeable answers quickly. It’s quite a helpful forum, really. And, it was nice to see some familiar Trulia Voices: Pat Kitano, Kevin Boer, Brian Brady, Tyler Moxley, Maureen Francis, Trang Nguyen.
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Looking forward to meeting the iconic NikNik in person at Inman later this month!
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Founder
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Movoto Real Estate
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Great post! I am gonna share it with my own blog readers at jason.landbrokr.com ! Thanks.
Cool! Pat and NikNik at Inman. I can’t wait!
Hey, thanks for all the feedback! It’s great that options for real estate talk and transparency keep coming our way. I look forward to meeting and discussing these forums more with you guys at Inman. See you there!
Thanks for the heads up Nik. I had been relying on yahoo answers until now.
Great info NikNik… I actually have been on and off of Trulia Voices and one of my answers got me featured in a Marketwatch article… while it might seem like nothing to people who get interviewed often, it helped me get my new blogsite to a googlerank of 2/10 over one weekend! I’m still getting hits from it as the article rides through syndication.
btw… new blog is http://www.themortgagegotoguy.com
Thanks for explaining this for new people like myself. I am old school and am just getting used to finding and using all of these online resources.
Ron
Cape Cod Real Estate
Hey Ron…it’s never too late to jump in!
And if you’re interested in interacting with potential clients, Trulia is a great place to start. Besides already providing helpful search tools for consumers, Trulia Answers provides a forum for agent/consumer interaction via question/answer. So create a profile and start helping consumers by answering their real estate related questions. You’re the local expert, and Trulia connects you with the locals.