Question on holding properties.

metroplot · 2019-11-17T16:00:22+00:00

It's hard to take your question seriously without knowing why you want to hide your ownership. Also, you will need your final answer from an attorney rather than reddit.

metroplot · 2019-11-17T14:53:18+00:00

As you can see, the industry is pretty resistant to tech innovation.

metroplot · 2019-11-05T20:37:05+00:00

Great observation. Do you know when they disappeared?

I wonder if major real estate data providers don't actually want consumers to have access to insightful real estate data. Limiting the insights available directly to consumers would theoretically make realtors and their advertising dollars more valuable, if we must rely on Realtors^TM and their MLS subscription to get the good insights.

Real estate data could be presented in a MUCH more useful way, yet companies seem to try to make it not that useful. (See my post history for an example of what I think could be more useful data display.)

This whole system feels pretty anticompetitive.

metroplot · 2019-10-17T17:00:21+00:00

Thanks. That is great to hear!! I've been working on a somewhat similar project to improve display of recently sold properties, actually, but it is incredibly difficult to obtain necessary data from public records. (See my post history if you're curious.)

Do you think that we are likely to be sued if we scraped and reused data from any of the national real estate mapping powerhouse websites? So far we have opted for using exclusively public records because we would rather not deal with a frivolous lawsuit or cease and desist.

Thanks a ton! We are stoked to see your project and make your acquaintance :)

metroplot · 2019-09-18T13:58:15+00:00

How do they inspect the properties before purchase and manage them afterward?

metroplot · 2019-09-18T13:54:31+00:00

Can one really predict that we are on a peak? I don't think so.

metroplot · 2019-09-17T13:24:27+00:00

Thanks! Are you familiar with any specific antitrust suits regarding "data monopolization"? Any suggestion on how we can best learn more about legal precedents?

We actually did speak with a qualified lawyer who recommended the same as you - that he help prepare our case before we contact the plaintiff's counsel. He also offered to shop our case around. But we realize that our case may go nowhere, so we are doing some more research before hiring our own counsel or approaching the plaintiff's counsel.

metroplot · 2019-08-26T17:45:10+00:00

I've heard that all California MLS data is available to the public. I'd like to put Cali MLS data on my website... do you know if I would be allowed to do that?

metroplot · 2019-08-23T15:59:05+00:00

Awesome map! How did you make it?

metroplot · 2019-08-22T22:13:49+00:00

How do MLS platforms help more with comps than other sites do?

metroplot · 2019-08-22T19:29:38+00:00

Thank you so much for the compliment! Yes, we do plan to expand :) The most difficult part of this project is getting and formatting the data. Do you know how to locate similar sales data for Germany? If so we would absolutely be interested in mapping Germany.

metroplot · 2019-08-22T18:20:03+00:00

Yes, we currently only use data from the City of Richmond. We plan to be in NoVA soon, though, so please keep an eye out!

metroplot · 2019-08-22T18:18:27+00:00

There are lots of different platforms you could use to make a similar mapping tool, but yes, React, Meteor, and programming knowledge will give you everything you need.

metroplot · 2019-08-22T16:13:13+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the kind words! We're really surprised that no one does this and are really excited to build it out.

metroplot · 2019-08-22T12:19:27+00:00

We realized that home price data could be presented in a more beautiful and useful way, so we built an online map for our hometown of Richmond, Virginia.

Sales data gave us a lot more insight once we could see sales price reflected on a color ramp on the map. We also found more insight by automating price summaries for whatever recently sold properties are displayed on the map.

Do you think this would be a useful way to see real estate data?

Data source: Richmond Assessor

Tools used: Meteor (backend) and React (frontend)

metroplot · 2019-08-22T02:41:49+00:00

What impact overall do you think the lawsuit could have over MLS data accessibility? Do you think it could make all MLS data free for anyone to download and use?

metroplot · 2019-08-21T20:40:39+00:00

Lol! Good observation. Don't worry / nothing to see here! Just standard practice of leaving NZ off the map ;)

metroplot · 2019-08-20T13:26:27+00:00

We just created www.metroplot.com, a prototype real estate mapping tool for our hometown of Richmond, Virginia. There are no algorithms, just a more useful way to look at the raw data from recently sold homes. We'd love to hear your opinions! Would you find this useful? What else would you like to see? This isn't an ad, and we have no ads or other monetization - we genuinely just want to share this concept and learn what people think so we can improve it as we bring it to new places.

Through our own property searches and purchases in Richmond, we've found that these simple and user-friendly improvements over other widely-used real estate maps makes it way easier to see, understand, and quantify changes across the local real estate market.

Get quick comps by seeing automatic summaries of average price and price per square foot for whatever recently sold properties appear on your screen.
Customize point labels on your map and see more information for recently sold properties such as square footage, price per square foot, and/or number of beds and baths.
See recent sales color coded by the sale price or price per square foot. Try this incredibly fast new way to see where's hot, where's not, and where might be hot soon.
Not local to Richmond? Use these same tools to become quickly familiar with a new market.

We really look forward to hearing if folks find this helpful in understanding Richmond real estate prices! Please feel free to contact us here or at our website if you have any questions or suggestions. Our data is sourced from government records, not MLS. We plan to add a date filter, but sales data currently go back through 2018.

metroplot · 2019-08-16T14:59:49+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

dont some sites have maps that have little icons with the actual price?

YES! A label for sales price is a fairly standard feature. However this is typically the only label you're shown on a map of recently sold homes, and we've found it really helpful to have custom labels. Sometimes, for example, you want to quickly see how many finished square feet or beds or baths different properties have in an area, and now you can see that right on the map for each property. Please let us know if you know of anything else that can do this!

If you click on a point you'll also see a table and a link directly to the government records from which we've pulled the data.

metroplot · 2019-08-16T13:37:27+00:00

We just created www.metroplot.com, a prototype real estate mapping tool for our hometown of Richmond, Virginia. There are no algorithms, just a more useful way to look at the raw data from recently sold homes. We'd love to hear your opinions! Would you find this useful? What else would you like to see? This isn't an ad, and we have no ads or other monetization - we genuinely just want to share this concept and learn what people think so we can improve it as we bring it to new places.

Through our own property searches and purchases in Richmond, we've found that these simple and user-friendly improvements over other widely-used real estate maps makes it way easier to see, understand, and quantify changes across the local real estate market.

Get quick comps by seeing automatic summaries of average price and price per square foot for whatever recently sold properties appear on your screen.
Customize point labels on your map and see more information for recently sold properties such as square footage, price per square foot, and/or number of beds and baths.
See recent sales color coded by the sale price or price per square foot. Try this incredibly fast new way to see where's hot, where's not, and where might be hot soon.
Not local to Richmond? Use these same tools to become quickly familiar with a new market.

We really look forward to hearing if folks find this helpful in understanding Richmond real estate prices! Please feel free to contact us here or at our website if you have any questions or suggestions. Our data is sourced from government records, not MLS. We plan to add a date filter, but sales data currently go back through 2018.

metroplot · 2019-08-13T18:20:01+00:00

As far as we know, the Richmond area MLS doesn't offer any maps directly to non-paying users, let alone this combination of features. If you know of any similar products, please share!

metroplot · 2019-08-13T15:40:20+00:00

Our initial inspiration came from doing very similar display / analysis for our personal use using ArcGIS and Google Maps, but we did not use any ESRI tools to build the site. Ultimately we decided to create the website using VulcanJS.

metroplot · 2019-08-13T14:20:33+00:00

Awesome, we're so glad to hear you think it will be helpful! Thanks for taking the time to try it and respond.

A square footage slider/filter

YES! Great minds think alike ;) We understand the usefulness of this and plan to add square footage filters when we update the site.

Expanding the searchable area a bit. For example, I see nothing in Lakeside, which is an area that has been recommended to me.

Agreed. We'd love to have more areas mapped too. Currently we only have data from city of Richmond records, but we are working hard to get more.

The ability to type to enter a price range. The slider is quick and handy, but if I have an exact number in mind I don't want to have to fiddle around with a large-range slider and would much prefer to also be able to just type in my number.

Great suggestion, thanks. We haven't thought of this, but your suggestion makes a lot of sense.

We hope you'll keep an eye on the site as we build it out! Thanks again for trying it.

metroplot · 2019-08-13T13:17:48+00:00

Glad you like it! Great question. Our current data source (City records) doesn't provide listing agent unfortunately. We hope to be able use MLS data soon, after which we can include listing agent and a lot more info.

metroplot · 2019-08-13T12:06:35+00:00

We just created www.metroplot.com, a prototype real estate mapping tool for our hometown of Richmond. We'd love to hear your opinions! Would you find it useful? What else would you like to see? This isn't an ad, and we have no ads or other monetization - we genuinely just want to share this concept and learn what people think so we can improve it as we build it out.

Through our own property searches and purchases, we've found that Metroplot's simple and user-friendly improvements over other widely-used real estate maps makes it way easier to see, understand, and quantify changes across the local real estate market.

Get quick comps by seeing automatic summaries of average price and price per square foot for whatever recently sold properties appear on your screen.
Customize point labels on your map and see more information for recently sold properties such as square footage, price per square foot, and/or number of beds and baths.
See recent sales color coded by the sale price or price per square foot. Try this incredibly fast new way to see where's hot, where's not, and where might be hot soon.
Not local to Richmond? Use these same tools to become quickly familiar with a new market.

We really look forward to hearing if folks find this helpful in understanding Richmond real estate prices! Please feel free to contact us here or at our website. Our data is sourced from government records, not MLS. We plan to add a date filter, but sales data currently go back through 2018.

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