Lake front Oakland County home buyer tips – Zillow estimates

 

One of the best tips I can give lake front Oakland County home buyers is do not rely on Zillow estimates.  Zillow is good in some instances in cookie cutter subs but not in all cases.  Remember Zillow relies on public records.

It draws from the immediate area around the house.  So sometimes an Oakland County lake front homecan be surrounded by non lake access homes, or even dumpy homes.  So Zillow may pick up a recently soldhome that is not comparable to the lakefront home.

So many Oakland County lakes have mixed neighborhoods of old & new homes, large homes & old cottages.  So it is hard for a Zillow computer to pick up those differences.    That can skew an Oakland County Lakefront homes value a lot.

So when you look at lake front homes use only recent lake front sold homes as your comparables.  It will make your decision process easier.

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