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How "fixing" the Zestimate isn't just math

Chip Ahlswede
May 30, 2017
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I recently amused myself – and a few others – when I Facebook trolled the CEO of Zillow, Spencer Rascoff for offering a million dollars to anyone who could fix their “Zestimate” algorithm.  My solution was simple –

“Hire a REALTOR®”

Then I suggested he send the million dollars to the Beverly Hills/ Greater Los Angeles Association of REALTORS® - where yes,…

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