Still, as the recent Techcrunch post pointed out, Trulia does not have complete LOCAL MLS coverage in all areas (most national sites don’t— except the local brokers have the best coverage). Consumers may not (will not) know they are missing out on properties that a visit to the local broker would cure. I have suggested that nat’l sites like trulia and zillow disclose their local MLS coverage on the website– in the name of transparency and consumer benefit. http://tinyurl.com/5uqvjv (Roost, once they get their marketing eggs in a row, has the best chance of satisfying the customer need to see (at least) all the listings the brokers see)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....ate-sites/

But Ines makes a good point– you can have all the bells and whistles you want but you can’t neglect the basics and customer support. Luckily, Trulia has Rudy to quickly take care of your problems. (hey, buddy)

We’ll see how our new functionality and features are embraced by both consumers and agents. Very exciting!

This far, the consumers and regular folks on the street that we have shown the Trulia iPhone app to have been overwhelmingly excited about it. It gives those with the mobile devices the ability to see what homes are for sale within an immediate radius of where they are physically standing – that’s mobile power baby! Or, they can enter criteria for a search on Trulia anywhere in the US just like on their computer.

The iPhone gives the savvy home buyer who is walking the streets or driving in their car the flexibility unlike ever before to find a home or open house on the fly. This flexibility also gives the agent a new tool to showcase to their current home sellers, prospective home seller clients and current home buyers ad prospective home buyers.

I think sellers will be impressed when their agent shows them an additional way they will showcase their home – via mobile. It may even win them some listings. If anyone want’s to talk to their buyers and sellers on this and give us feedback, it would be appreciated.

Trulia community blog platform gives agents and consumers an additional way to connect. Keep in mind, a future enhancement will allow you to send us your blog RSS feed and populate your Trulia blog. Give us a try to see if it works for you.

The personalized RSS home page really gives you a quick glimpse into what happening in the areas you care about. search the most. Great for both consumers and agents. The info and data comes to you rather than you having to search for it.

@Jay – Yeah, we get it I hope that everyone does use us to their advantage.

@Laura – The real estate space is moving fast and slow at the same time. Test and find what works for you. The only way way to know is first hand experience – you have to see if it adds value and works for you or not. Good luck….

@Ines – Thanks Ines. I will create a ticket for you re: vFlyer and keep you in the loop.

Rudy
Social Media Guru at Trulia

Before they go on to bigger and better things, they have to go back to the basic agent relations and make sure they have those listings. (that’s MHO of course). I find it a total waste of time to have to police those listings over there…..there are too many platforms to police.