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Spencer Rascoff is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Zillow Group, as well as one of the co-founders of Hotwire.com. Rascoff was on the board of directors of Palantir. He's also the Co-author of Zillow Talk and a Host of Office Hours podcast. He was interviewed by David Cogan at the Eliances Heroes Show. getrecon.app

Looking for insights on real estate technology, navigating a demanding career, and achieving work-life balance? In this milestone 2000th episode of the Real Estate Syndication Show, we were honored to host real estate tech icon Spencer Rascoff.  Rascoff, the co-founder and former CEO of Zillow, shared invaluable knowledge from his entrepreneurial journey, offering insights for anyone looking to build a successful business and a fulfilling life..Spencer reflects on his journey with Zillow, discussing the company's expansion to more than 4,500 employees and its notable market capitalization. He emphasizes the importance of balancing his professional accomplishments with his family life, even amidst a demanding career. Additionally, Spencer highlights his commitment to continuous learning, especially with emerging technologies like AI, stressing the value of surrounding oneself with experts and embracing experimentation with new tools.Here are 3 key takeaways from this episode:The Power of a "Career Mirror":  Find someone who will challenge you and help you reassess your professional path.Found Your Passion? Build a Culture Around It: Align your company mission with your values and prioritize servant leadership to cultivate a thriving work environment.Continuous Learning is Key: Stay ahead of the curve by embracing new technologies like AI and surrounding yourself with knowledgeable people.This episode is a must-listen for anyone in real estate, tech, or anyone seeking to achieve a fulfilling and successful life. Don't miss Spencer's insights and inspiration!P.S. We've moved from daily to weekly episodes to deliver higher-quality content with prominent guests like Spencer. Stay tuned for more!VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow

Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff joins us this week to talk about housing and the state of tech and investing in private markets. Although mortgage rates have fallen from their peak in 2023, there may not be enough inventory to bring in potential homebuyers. Rascoff tells us about what he sees as potential obstacles and successes for the housing market. And, as an entrepreneur and a venture capital investor who has co-founded some of the most well-known companies in the U.S., including Hotwire.com, Rascoff also tells us how he's reading the markets as we get into 2024. Plus, the World Economic Forum begins this week. The annual meeting, held in Davos, Switzerland, brings together cultural, policy and business leaders "to shape global, regional and industry agendas." From AI to unexpected economic optimism, WSJ deputy editor in chief Charles Forelle will discuss what he'll be looking for from the conference.  Further Reading Investors' Hope for 2024: A Return to Long-Lost Normalcy  The Hidden Force Pushing Mortgage Rates Down  Facing Housing Shortages, Cities Try Cramming More Units on Lots Misinformation Seen as Top Global Risk in Year of Pivotal Elections  For more coverage of the markets and your investments, head to WSJ.com .

Spencer Rascoff co-founded and ran Zillow for a decade as its CEO. Spencer is also the co-founder at Pacaso and, through his startup studio and VC firm, 75 & Sunny, is an active angel investor in more than 100 companies and is incubating several more. Rascoff is a NYT's best selling author based in LA who focuses on Proptech, the future of work and the creator economy. Spencer is Visiting Professor at Harvard University where he teaches the StudioLab on Creativity and Entrepreneurship as well.(0:34) - From Zillow, AirBnB & WeWork to Proptech 2.0: What's next(3:20) - Mission-oriented founders(4:53) - Niche & simple vs. full stack solutions(7:00) - Too much capital: bug or feature(7:45) - Housing innovation & democratizing access(9:27) - LA Tech ecosystem: media, entertainment, defense & creator economy(11:56) - Discomfort Zone: Elon Musk

Summary: Welcome to another great episode of Startup Junkies! On this episode, hosts Caleb Talley, Jeff Amerine, and Victoria Dickerson sit down with Sofia Rascoff, the co-founder of Recon Food, a social media app that allows users to research, recommend, and reconnect with friends through a common love of food. Sofia explains how Recon Food was designed to be a space where individuals can share photos, recipes, and experiences with their social network without all the stressors that come with a more mainstream media platform. Throughout the episode, Caleb, Jeff, Victoria, and Sofia discuss the rise of vertical social platforms and how Recon Food aims to combat the toxicity of social media.    Show Notes: (1:12) Introduction to Sofia (1:21) About Recon Food (7:00) Navigating the Toxicity of Social Media (9:59) Being a Young Entrepreneur (12:44) Three-year Forecast (17:04) Monetizing Recon Food (18:57) Product Placement Opportunities (21:29 Advice to Younger Self (25:19) Closing Thoughts   Links: Caleb Talley Jeff Amerine Victoria Dickerson Sofia Rascoff Recon Food   Quotes: “Social media as an entire concept has become very stressful as of late due to the bad news you encounter on it. It's not really a fun place anymore. So the goal of this was to be a space where people could talk without having to be bombarded with everything else.” - Sofia Rascoff, (1:29) “On the receiving content side of Instagram, it's a highlight reel where you're left comparing the best of what you see to your entire life, which isn't accurate and is not a great reflection, but it's what happens.” - Sofia Rascoff, (8:50)  “...everyone says just get off social media, but I don't think for my generation that's really a viable solution. It's such a powerful tool I know we can do so much with. It's just about optimizing it and making sure it's used in the best way.” - Sofia Rascoff, (15:58) “My favorite piece of advice, which I would give someone else and also which I wished I had discovered sooner, is that in this day and age, if you have the ability to just go do it, why not start?” - Sofia Rascoff, (21:29)

Real estate is changing faster than ever before, so what do you need to know now to prepare for the pitfalls ahead? Enter Spencer Rascoff, co-founder of Zillow and Pacaso and considered by many to be the next Gary Keller of real estate. A PropTech guru, Rascoff discusses the past, present, and future of property technology, what to watch out for, and how to find success in the ever-changing world of real estate. More with Spencer Rascoff! Industry Relations is sponsored by NoteRouter Industry Relations welcomes our new sponsor Earnnest Listen to the Industry Relations Podcast across all podcast platforms! Listen to the podcast on Apple Listen to the podcast on Stitcher Connect with Rob and Greg:  Rob's Website Greg's Website Our Sponsors:  NoteRouter Cloud MLX Notorious VIP This podcast is produced by Two Brothers Creative 2022

Today's RealTrending podcast features Spencer Rascoff, founder of Pacaso, Hotwire and Zillow among other companies. Rascoff is also the CEO of 75 & Sunny, an investment company. Rascoff discusses the next wave of real estate technology as well as the challenges ahead for the traditional brokerage model.

Today's RealTrending podcast features Spencer Rascoff, founder of Pacaso, Hotwire and Zillow among other companies. Rascoff is also the CEO of 75 & Sunny, an investment company. Rascoff discusses the next wave of real estate technology as well as the challenges ahead for the traditional brokerage model.

Sophia Rascoff is the co-founder of Recon Food, a social media food app where people connect through a shared love of food. She co-founded this app while cooking at home during the pandemic with her dad, Spencer Rascoff. In this episode, we talk to Sophia about the future evolution of social media and why it's unbundling into verticals, entrepreneurship, the value of intrapreneurship, and how a post-heroic leadership style can optimize team performance. Oh, and we also talk a lot about food.

Online education is experiencing a revival, but pitfalls remain. Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education at Stanford, explains what's ahead.

Online education is experiencing a revival but pitfalls remain. Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education at Stanford, explains what's ahead. Originally aired on SiriusXM on November 6, 2021.

From 9/11 to the Paris Attacks in 2015, from the Patriot Act to the state of emergency in France and in light Macron's racist policies, a transatlantic look at Muslims in the West. This podcast is independent thanks to our donors, please be one of them and help us sustain this project, from 1€ without commitment: www.cjl.ong/en/donation Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000 and his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2006. Dr. Brown has studied and conducted research in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, South Africa, India, Indonesia and Iran. His book publications include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Brill, 2007); Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009; expanded edition 2017); Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011), which was selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf; Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy (Oneworld, 2014), which was named one of the top books on religion in 2014 by the Independent; and Slavery and Islam (Oneworld, 2019). He has published articles in the fields of Hadith, Islamic law, Salafism, Sufism, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry and is the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law. Dr. Brown's current research interests include Islamic legal reform and a translation of Sahih al-Bukhari. He is also the Director of Research at the Yaqeen Institute. Sources quoted: ESTABLISHING OFFICIAL ISLAM? THE LAW AND STRATEGY OF COUNTER- RADICALIZATION by Samuel J. Rascoff http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/02/Rascoff-64-Stan-L-Rev-125-1.pdf Banning of the hijab: understanding france's ongoing war: https://anchor.fm/lebreakdown/episodes/Banning-of-the-hijab-understanding-frances-ongoing-war-eu6suq --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lebreakdown/message

When we reached out to entrepreneur and angel investor Spencer Rascoff on Tuesday with notes about appearing on the GeekWire podcast — an appearance that was scheduled several weeks ago — we mentioned possible discussion topics around SPACs, real estate trends and any other big tech news events of the week. And then we made the age-old journalistic error, pointing out that it had been a "pretty slow news week so far, but I am sure something will pop in the next day or two that might make life interesting." Indeed it did. But we had no idea that this week's big news would actually involve the former Zillow CEO. On Thursday, Rascoff — operating through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) known as Supernova — announced the acquisition of Offerpad, a 6-year-old real estate company that, like Zillow, is moving fast to transform the way people buy and sell homes. The deal, which values Offerpad at $3 billion, is fascinating on so many levels with interesting subplots. Obviously, we had a lot to talk about with Rascoff when he joined the show Thursday afternoon, discussing the inner workings of the Offerpad deal, dissecting SPAC mania and learning why the longtime entrepreneur took issue with parts of our original story. We also heard about a number of Rascoff's side hustle entrepreneurial projects, including a stealthy new social network he's building with his 15-year-old daughter and a fast-growing startup called Pacaso that's bringing a fractional ownership model to vacation homes.   Known for an intense working pace, Rascoff also provides hacks on how to better manage your day-to-day work life — hint, he swears by 15-minute meetings and heavy use of Slack. And he offers a few tips for home buyers in this red-hot real estate market. The Los Angeles resident even shares why he calls his venture capital groups 75 & Sunny — yes it harkens back to the many dark and rainy days he spent in Seattle.  Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff leads SPAC deal to acquire Offerpad, a rival to his former employer Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff jumps back into real estate, launches startup with former colleagues to help people buy second homes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every day, Inman founder Brad Inman texts and talks with many of the most important people in the real estate industry. Now, in these unprecedented times, he's making some of those conversations public to share with you, the Inman community. Welcome to Brad Inman's Daily Dispatch. In this Daily Dispatch, Brad is joined bySpencer Rascoff, co-founder and chairman of With multiple successful startups under his belt, Rascoff speaks to his more than 50 angel investments in startups and how it's a great time to be doing the same thing.

  To this point, we assumed that the iBuyer model would target homeowners willing to pay for convenience and that the average consumer would continue to employ a real estate agent—and earn more money for their patience. But Zillow’s Q4 numbers reflect that homeowners can actually make MORE selling to the platform than they would with a realtor. So, how does this information impact the potential market share of iBuyers moving forward? And how will it affect the way agents do business? Today, Rob and Greg are discussing the change in leadership at Zillow, debating the company’s performance under Spencer Rascoff and Richard Barton’s motivation to return as CEO. They explore the possibility of a merger between Opendoor and Zillow, uniting the former’s mastery of workflow with the latter’s proficiency at lead flow. Rob and Greg also speak to Redfin’s potential to adopt the iBuyer model and the way of thinking shared by Redfin and Opendoor. Listen in to understand the full implications of Zillow’s Q4 iBuyer unit economics learn how the iBuyer market may impact the industry in light of this new information.    What’s Discussed:    Barton’s motivation to return to Zillow as CEO Zillow’s performance under Rascoff’s leadership Opendoor’s complementary mastery of workflow Zillow’s hiring of Arik Prawer to run iBuyer operations The shared philosophy between Redfin and Opendoor The implications of Zillow’s Q4 iBuyer unit economics   How iBuyer unit economics may impact realtors   Connect with Rob and Greg:  Rob’s Website Greg’s Website   Resources: Zillow’s 2018 Q4 Results ‘Homeowners Net More Selling to Zillow Than with a REALTOR’ in Notorious ROB ‘Spencer Rascoff Out as CEO of Zillow’ in Vendor Alley Mike DelPrete’s Presentation at Inman Connect   Our Sponsors: Cloud MLX The Red Dot

Matthew Rascoff, Associate Vice Provost at Duke University discusses why higher ed shouldn’t feel threatened by the bootcamp education model, but rather work to integrate these hands-on hard skills within our existing degree programs.

Spencer Rascoff knows a lot about running a company during a crisis. He’s the CEO of Zillow, which he ran through the housing crash. That was after he ran Hotwire, which survived the dot com crash only to learn it sold plane tickets to the 9/11 hijackers. Through personal and professional tragedies, Rascoff and his companies bounced back. Zillow’s now worth $5 billion. On this episode, Rascoff tells how he did it. Plus, he tells us about working with Uber’s new CEO, and what it was like touring with rock bands as a kid. On this episode of "Success! How I Did It," Rascoff describes how he navigated personal and professional blows. Plus, he tells us about working with Uber’s new CEO, and what it was like touring with rock bands as a kid.

If you’ve ever searched for homes online, you’ve probably been to Zillow. Over 73 million people visit the website each month. I think it’s important that consumers are a little more educated on what Zillow is and isn’t so they aren’t led astray. Zillow has been in the news lately, but not for a good reason. They’re currently being sued for violating consumer protection laws because of their automated home valuation tool, the Zestimate. The plaintiff in the case says that the Zestimate was so inaccurate that it ended up causing damages. In Zillow’s defense, they have been publicly clear that their Zestimate is not 100% accurate. I hear from clients all the time that, “Well, Zillow says this” or “Zillow says that.” Here’s what Zillow actually does say. Their CEO, Spencer Rascoff, has publicly stated in the past that their Zestimates have a median error rate of about 8%. Last year, it was 14%. That’s almost $50,000 on a $350,000 home! “We’d be happy to provide an accurate estimate ourselves.” Rascoff’s own home was a victim of Zestimate misinformation. His home ended up selling for 40% less than the Zestimate said it was worth. That’s like losing $700,000. If Zillow is saying themselves that their Zestimates may be hundreds of thousands of dollars off, you can imagine how accurate the valuation for your home really is. It all comes down to where Zillow is lacking. Their algorithm can’t take into account all of the things that play a role in a home’s value. At the same time, the market is moving so fast that a lot of their information is inaccurate, which can lead to many other problems. If you have any questions for us about how we keep pace with the market or if you have any interest in buying or selling a home, give us a call or send us an email. We would love to hear from you.

This week on the show, Zachary Goldman and Samuel Rascoff of the NYU Center on Law and Security came on the show to discuss their new edited volume, “Global Intelligence Oversight: Governing Security in the Twentry-First Century.” The book’s contributors take a comparative approach to examining trends in intelligence oversight. And Zach and Sam join Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes and Bobby Chesney---yes, that same Bobby Chesney, back from the Zombie Apocalypse---to tease out the book’s chapter’s on the role of transnational oversight, the changing nature of judicial oversight, and how the executive too can create intelligence accountability. *Correction: The voice at the beginning of the podcast is that of Zach Goldman and not Sam Rascoff as indicated.*

Ever found yourself wondering where in the world Zillow’s home values ACTUALLY come from? Today, we’ll go straight to the source (Zillow itself) and explain a number that’s been a mystery to real estate investors and homeowners for years: the ZESTIMATE. I’m Carole Ellis. This is episode 27.Admit it: you love Zillow (or, you know, maybe you hate it). Either way, real estate investors have no choice but to live with and EMBRACE the online listings giant. Zillow was founded in 2005 and, in a little over a decade, managed to become the most heavily trafficked real estate website in the world with millions and millions of homes and their associated data, including the somewhat mysterious “zestimate” listed on the site.If you’ve ever made an offer to a seller only to hear “but Zillow says my house is worth…” in response, then you know the frustration and, in some cases, total disconnect with reality, that Zillow’s custom estimated value for a home can cause. Spencer Rascoff, Zillow’s CEO, has addressed the zestimate in a number of public interviews, and he tends to explain the zestimate in this way, as he did on Boston’s National Public Radio station:“It’s a very complex algorithm [that is] computer generated.” We look at the properties of the subject home and we compare it with like properties. We do it using machine learning and algorithms which are very complex. We value every home in the country, every night, and nationwide zestimates are actually quite accurate even though they’re computer generated.” Are you getting that the zestimate is complex, by the way?So Zillow generates these zestimates which, as you’ll see in a minute, they’re very adamant about calling by their proper names. And as Rascoff says and most real estate investors will agree, a zestimate is not necessarily a bad STARTING POINT for a home value because they tend to be relatively accurate, which is to say that if someone says their property is worth $400,000 and Zillow says it is worth $175,000, you can generally be sure there are some more details to uncover, good or bad.The problem that a lot of real estate professionals have with Zillow and its zestimates is that when a homeowner sees a zestimate the old “if it’s on the internet, it must be true” fallacy kicks into high gear if the homeowner likes what he or she sees. You can’t lie online, right? And, by the way, I own this bridge I’d like to sell you…Anyway, a lot of real estate professionals criticize Zillow more and less gently about their zestimates because they’re not real appraisals, and Rascoff addresses this directly and regularly as well. He has said time and again that “it’s a zestimate, not a “zappraisal” because it is not intended to take the place of the appraisal.” He routinely encourages critics to consult appraisers and real estate agents for more detailed, accurate home values. “There will always be a professional intermediary,” he has said on more than one occasion, noting that in his opinion, Zillow and zestimates have simply given consumers access to what was historically a “secret database of housing information.” That doesn’t mean, he adds, that a consumer doesn’t still need a professional’s help to interpret it.So if you’re an investor struggling with the best way to use Zillow, here are a few fast tips to make this powerful website work FOR you instead of against you when you’re working on a deal:First, don’t go in blind. I promise you, your seller looked up their zestimate. You need to know what they believe about their home so that you don’t look gobsmacked when they tell you what it’s worth, for better or for worse.Second, read the home details. They may expose the reason for a value discrepancy, if there is one. For example, I once encountered a LOVELY, HUGE home in person (five bedrooms, five bathrooms, huge porch, finished basement, the works) that was listed on Zillow as a three-bed/two-bath. Zillow’s fault? Nope! Nearly three decades earlier the homeowner had done a bunch of work to improve the home and the changes had never made it onto county property records. Because the home had never been listed on Zillow, the updates simply never got recorded. To Zillow, it looked like a starter home in the middle of a much, much posher neighborhood, and Zillow priced it accordingly. In that case, it was good news for everyone once we figured that out!Third, be pleasant. Badmouthing Zillow is just dumb, and not because they’ll call you up and ask you to stop (which they will). Zillow, like Google, has carefully aligned itself with the consumer by “exposing secret information” previously only accessible to real estate agents. That type of marketing is just one reason a lot of real estate agents don’t really like Zillow all that much. But if you bad-mouth your seller’s “teammate,” you just come off as the guy with something to hide. So be reasonable, but be nice about it as well. In most cases, your seller knows what the zestimate says and, in their heart of hearts, they know whether it’s close to accurate or not and whether their situation warrants you paying that price tag.REI Nation, Zillow is a powerful force in real estate and you can leverage that power – and the power of the zestimate – to your advantage to the good of your real estate investing business if you understand how that zestimate works. 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What if you knew a single, simple, MAGICAL WORD that could add more than 8 percent to the sales price of the most low-down, nasty, bargain-basement house? I’ll tell you right now, there IS such a word (and I’ve got one of the internet’s biggest housing databases assuring me it works), but you’ll never guess what it is. Find out right now. I’m Carole Ellis. This is episode 6.INTROSo, before we start selling what we’ll kindly refer to for now as “bottom tier” properties at top dollar, I want to take just 30 seconds to tell you about something else a little, well, “magical” in real estate today. If you’re in the market for a home with a conventional 30-year-fixed-rate mortgage at this time, then you could actually land the lowest interest rates in HISTORY according to a certain Fed analyst…IF you know the signs to watch for and are ready to move fast. Want to know what’s going on behind the scenes with our lending industry? We’ve got all the details in our News and Networking section at REI.Today.Now, let’s get back to selling that starter home for thousands over market value. Here’s the deal:According to Zillow – and say what you will about Zillow, they’ve got a lot of data to use when they want to start analyzing and doing statistical research, so we listen when they start making observations about what sells – a certain word, when included in a listing for what the real estate data giant determined a “bottom tier” home, basically a starter home or what some investors refer to as their “bread and butter homes,” not middle or high-end houses, but the simple, three-bed two-baths (or sometimes two and one) that first-time homebuyers tend to purchase, can make a huge difference in terms of sales price. Essentially, if the median “bottom tier” home is listed at $110,000 (that is right at the national median, by the way) then including this word in your listing could tack on just over $9,000! Hard to believe? Maybe, but who are we to argue with millions on millions of listings to analyze?So are you ready for the word yet? Here we go and I warn you, it’s not one that you’d usually think of putting in a “bottom tier” home listing. However, quite frankly, based on these numbers, I’d consider giving it a shot. Here we go…the word is: LUXURIOUS.Now, if you’re like me, you probably immediately thought, HECK NO I’m not putting that on my listing. There’s just nothing luxurious about my run-of-the-mill three-bedroom two-bathroom starter home and there’s no way that buyers are going to do anything other than laugh at me. But here’s the thing: In reality, you’re passing up the opportunity to laugh all the way to the bank. Let’s take a closer look at why Zillow analysts think that LUXURIOUS is particularly meaningful in this sector of homes. It might surprise you.Zillow analysts Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries (Mr. Humphries, by the way, is Zillow’s chief analytics officer and Mr. Rascoff is the CEO of Zillow Group) speculated that people looking for different types of properties actually interpret luxury in different ways. While most of us not actually looking for a home may think “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” when we hear the word “luxurious. Mr. Humphries and Mr. Rascoff noted that a buyer actually in the market for a bottom-tier home probably thinks “high-quality amenities” (or something to that effect) when they hear the word. As a result, even if it’s not entirely a conscious decision, they are more likely to be interested in a self-proclaimed “luxury” property and, ultimately, that property is likely to snag a higher sales price. And if you legitimately cannot in any way shape or form claim that your property itself is luxurious, if you can claim access to any arguably luxurious amenities (say, provided by an HOA), then do so! It could make that listing stand out just enough to get that price bump.Now I also found it very interesting that this magic word snagged a much higher price bump on lower-end homes than on higher-end ones. Again, it probably has a lot to do with the mindset of the buyer. For higher-end homes, the same adjective, probably more aptly applied if we want to be brutally honest, only snagged about a 6.5 percent price bump on the sales – although that’s certainly nothing to sneer at. On a $250,000 home, that would be more than $16,000. On a $500,000 home, that would be more than $32,000, and, well, I think you get the drift.Now there were several other “magical” listing words that you can use on various “tiers” of home to really make your listing pop and, I’ll be honest, I bet that a lot of you are NOT using them because you think that they’ll make you sound like everyone else or make your listing look silly. Well, here’s a very, very important lesson that we can all learn from this data: The numbers don’t lie, so go with the numbers, not your gut! Does it really matter if you don’t love the adjective luxurious if it nets you 9K more on your sales price? Seriously, is your personal opinion about an adjective worth 9K off your bottom line? Probably not. There is another “companion” word (actually three words) that can be used on a home at any level to attract serious buyers with ready money that Zillow has also documented as being worth nearly six percent on your sales tag. If you want to know that word, I’m betting you know what to do: Head on over to the REI Today Vault, our free resource library for every listener to this show. If you’re already a member, you can log right in to see that special word (It’s labeled – “Special, Price-Bumping Word” by the way so you can’t miss it) and it you’re not a member, then get your free membership RIGHT NOW by texting the word REITODAY (no spaces, no periods) to 33444 or visit REI.Today/vault and I’ll provide fast, free access to this powerful word and a lot more seriously insightful stuff that will make your real estate investing safer, faster, and more profitable. So just text the word REITODAY with no spaces or periods to 33444 or visit REI.Today/vault to get access now…When you do that, you’ll also be able to GROW YOUR NETWORK by interacting with me and your fellow listeners to REI Today… so stop by to ask questions, make comments and network with other investors across the country!  Just text the word REITODAY with no spaces or periods to 33444 or visit REI.today/vault right now for your free membership.Thanks for listening in. Be sure to listen in to Episode #7, where you’ll get direct access to one of my favorite former Green Berets (okay, I think he may be the only Green Beret I know personally, but he’s a really amazing guy and a truly innovative real estate investor) and his secret to invading TOP HOT MARKETS and turning real estate profits without having to “put in your time” first. If you want to be in the hottest areas of the country but feel like the water has always been too deep for you before, you’re going to want to listen to this one right away. So until tomorrow,REI Nation – always remember this: Your best investment is YOUR OWN EDUCATION! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week’s show, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner talks with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff about the big business of real estate. And we revisit our conversation with Think Like a Freak co-author Stephen Dubner.

  We have a week of special interviews in honor of Memorial Day. Starting today with an interview with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff. We hope you enjoy and will return to normal programing on Monday June 2nd. 

Online real estate marketplace Zillow has brought to home buying and selling what a previous generation of travel websites provided to shoppers wanting to compare the prices of hotels rental cars and airline flights -- transparency. But finding data that is reliable across the board can be difficult according to Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff. And the key is not just simply to offer the information Rascoff said during a recent conversation with Knowledge at Wharton and Wharton real estate professor Susan Wachter; it's about the level of accuracy gained from the various sub-models the company's software incorporates. (Video with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NYU law professor Samuel Rascoff discusses his new article, "Establishing Official Islam? The Law and Strategy of Counter-Radicalization."