Love this app except for 1 thing
Love this app and its functionality, the option to remove boundaries when searching, the filters, the mapping, etc. all fantastic. I just have one problem: some of us who are retired are interested in low-cost housing which means looking at mobile homes in nice areas. The app never lists the space rent. All mobile home parks have space rent. So when a mobile home only costs maybe $150,000,Or $80,000, but the space rent is $1800 a month, that makes it prohibitive. Under HOA they list “none”When that is where the space rent should be listed because it’s the equivalent of paying an HOA fee in a condo complex. If they changed this feature and made it more honest, I would give this app five stars for sure.
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Almost perfect but too difficult to see lot size
I don’t know exactly why I like this app over others for searching real estate. Something about the base functionality is more fluid or something but I can’t exactly place my finger on it. But I have to use a second app to see details more easily. I believe it’s because the website posts lot size on the photos. The app does not and I think lot size is a key feature for buying. The app doesn’t display it anywhere without expanding menus for mor info and I still have to hunt for it. I’m sure the app could have other improvements but I don’t use it as my primary right now.
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User friendly
A wealth of useful information and easy to navigate.
Like, but
Trulia is fun to use on travel: however, it assumes you are actively looking for real estate and starts to send you house recommendations. I have had to ask realtors to stop solicitations, which they are happy to do. It would be nice to indicate to the App whether you were SERIOUSLY looking, or just looking. Also, when you choose a house to look at from the list, it does NOT indicate where the house is on the MAP like Zillow. I really like that feature on Zillow. Trulia allows you to REMOVE BOUNDARY and look where ever you want. This is handy when looking for, example, lakefront and are flexible with location.
It doesn’t leave much room for privacy, since anyone can look up how much anyone else just spent for a house or how much anyone’s house is worth, indicating how much wealth someone has. I also wonder if less honorable people case a neighborhood. I, in general, like to see the cost of living by looking up houses while on the road. I also enjoy looking at gorgeous houses in my favorite vacation neighborhoods.
It doesn’t leave much room for privacy, since anyone can look up how much anyone else just spent for a house or how much anyone’s house is worth, indicating how much wealth someone has. I also wonder if less honorable people case a neighborhood. I, in general, like to see the cost of living by looking up houses while on the road. I also enjoy looking at gorgeous houses in my favorite vacation neighborhoods.
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Good luck contacting property owners
2 stars for being able to see pictures of properties and overall ease of searching for apartments using the map. I would give it no stars when it comes to attempting to contact a property owner/manager to inquire of availability. I have reached out to several managers and never receive a call or email reply. Makes me wonder how often listings are updated? What’s the point of this app if I never get a call back to attempt to get an apartment. Other websites seem to be more efficient such as cragsL. Good luck actually trying to get an apartment using this app, you’re better off driving around town and call apartments that have a vacancy sign outside with a phone #.
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More features than Redfin
I like to use Trulia because it gives you more information about the neighborhood including crime statistics which is the best feature in my opinion. You also can see demographics of single or married people in the neighborhood which is great if you’re single and I would imagine the other way around as well. Overall this app just gives you what the competitors do and add additional features that can really help you narrow down your short list.
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Flakey
I have a love hate relationship with this app. I love the fact that it doesn’t look at specific realtor house (zillow, realtor, etc).
My issue is that it is flakey showing houses. I can look at houses one day and then the next day won’t show anything at all! Not even the ones I viewed the day before! Before I would get a message saying nothing found try changing filters. Still wouldn’t show anything. But now I don’t even get that message! No houses show! The app isn’t hanging up. I can still see my favorites.
This issue really needs fixed. It happens on all 3 of my devices, but I’ve noticed that my much older tablet doesn’t have this issue as much as the newer devices!
My issue is that it is flakey showing houses. I can look at houses one day and then the next day won’t show anything at all! Not even the ones I viewed the day before! Before I would get a message saying nothing found try changing filters. Still wouldn’t show anything. But now I don’t even get that message! No houses show! The app isn’t hanging up. I can still see my favorites.
This issue really needs fixed. It happens on all 3 of my devices, but I’ve noticed that my much older tablet doesn’t have this issue as much as the newer devices!
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Acres
Needs to have a higher minimum acreage than 10
Do not request a showing - Constant Spam
I really liked this app for browsing for homes and seeing the data they provide. But seriously, DO NOT request a showing through them. I hardly ever got spam calls before I did and now they pop up every couple hours at least, even with spam blocking. I also kept receiving texts from them trying to get me to use one their agents even though I found my own right after I’d requested the showing initially - I had to block the number they were texting me from. And I still started receiving texts from multiple other agents trying to set up showings. I literally got in touch with my own agent right after sending the request through Trulia and had told them never-mind right away after the first time they texted me they, and I’m still getting constantly hounded.
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By far the best real estate search engine for a while
Trulia is accurate, easy of use, and has all the appropriate features to refine and gather most of the public information available. It has been a must for online search and I have no doubt it will be hard to beat if I rely on their ability to improve their application and website and how smartly they are built. Love it. We used it to source the house we bought in Madison and are using it to hunt for a loft / condo / townhouse in Chicago.
Way way better than Zillow... always been and thanks Zillow for not having killed it. Trulia should be your name now Zillow ;)
Way way better than Zillow... always been and thanks Zillow for not having killed it. Trulia should be your name now Zillow ;)
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