Zillow lists homes for sale by owner. Last time we bought a house, we almost exclusively used Zillow to search for them because all the Realtor-branded MLS acce

Zillow lists homes for sale by owner. Last time we bought a house, we almost exclusively used Zillow to search for them because all the Realtor-branded MLS access systems sucked. In the end, the house we bought was found on Zillow. Our real estate agent worked pretty hard for us buying and selling and we were glad to have him. When we found our new house, it was on Zillow for only 8 minutes and he got us in first during a peak market. It was his tip that "sellers will often stick with the first buyer who offers selling price instead of waiting for better offers" that allowed us to beat everyone else, even though our sellers had actually gotten a higher offer because it made us give them an offer immediately after our first tour. This was after we had basically lost out on three other sales for houses that we wanted (not his fault - we weren't first or highest on those).