Do you look up the value of people's houses on Zillow?

[Anonymous]

All the time.

I've looked up the ownership data of pretty much every house in my neighborhood too. How much they paid, who is actually the owner, if it's in a trust, etc, is very interesting to me. I'm super nosy.

[Anonymous]

I’ll do you one better. As room parent, I have access to the class directory with home addresses. I’ve looked up the home of every single person in my kid’s class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll do you one better. As room parent, I have access to the class directory with home addresses. I’ve looked up the home of every single person in my kid’s class.

Psycho vibes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never done this. I've also never looked someone up on Linkedin to find out more info on them.

I’d never look someone up on LinkedIn because LinkedIn shows them that you looked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's one of the first things I do after finding out where someone lives. Sometimes I do things just to get the address. "Tell Sarah's mom we can bring her home from practice!"

Wow that’s… something. What do you use this information for? Do you try to build friendships with wealthier families?

Kind of the inverse. I try to avoid friendships with people without means. 1.1-1.2 million is a fine floor IMHO. Below that, things can get dicey and weird.

That’s funny. My house is worth less than that but I have means.

I always thought my inexpensive home was a good filtering system for people, and it turns out I’m right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zillow will tell you how much they owe on the mortgage too. Only time I’ve been impressed was when I looked up an acquaintance and they bought the house for cash. I never would’ve known. Very under the radar.

I’ve never seen that info provided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zillow will tell you how much they owe on the mortgage too. Only time I’ve been impressed was when I looked up an acquaintance and they bought the house for cash. I never would’ve known. Very under the radar.

I’ve never seen that info provided.

It’s just an estimate, I think.

[Anonymous]

Homes.com has mortgage info. I’m not sure how accurate it is though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's one of the first things I do after finding out where someone lives. Sometimes I do things just to get the address. "Tell Sarah's mom we can bring her home from practice!"

Wow that’s… something. What do you use this information for? Do you try to build friendships with wealthier families?

Kind of the inverse. I try to avoid friendships with people without means. 1.1-1.2 million is a fine floor IMHO. Below that, things can get dicey and weird.

That’s funny. My house is worth less than that but I have means.

I always thought my inexpensive home was a good filtering system for people, and it turns out I’m right.

Same here. We know who our real friends are. We're millionaires many times over, but live in a tiny house and drive ancient Japanese cars. We've supported our friends through difficult times, cancer included, and they've supported us through our difficult times. I don't have room in my life for shallow people like OP.

[Anonymous]

Yes.
Sometimes.

For instance, I work as a Nanny for a family who claims that they cannot afford to pay me the going rate.
They say that money is “tight,” yet they just bought a new house.
Their new house was very large + in an upscale area so out of curiosity I checked online to see how much they paid for the house.

Turns out - they paid $1M+ for it.

So I realize now that they are just cheap and an already looking for a new job. 😺

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.
Sometimes.

For instance, I work as a Nanny for a family who claims that they cannot afford to pay me the going rate.
They say that money is “tight,” yet they just bought a new house.
Their new house was very large + in an upscale area so out of curiosity I checked online to see how much they paid for the house.

Turns out - they paid $1M+ for it.

So I realize now that they are just cheap and an already looking for a new job. 😺

It's tight because they can't afford the life they've chosen and their kid's care is not a priority. I agree...get out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do. Regularly.

Sometimes. Redfin or block shopper, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the first things I do after finding out where someone lives. Sometimes I do things just to get the address. "Tell Sarah's mom we can bring her home from practice!"

Wow that’s… something. What do you use this information for? Do you try to build friendships with wealthier families?

Kind of the inverse. I try to avoid friendships with people without means. 1.1-1.2 million is a fine floor IMHO. Below that, things can get dicey and weird.

That’s funny. My house is worth less than that but I have means.

I always thought my inexpensive home was a good filtering system for people, and it turns out I’m right.

+1. PP also doesn’t know what “inverse” means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do. Regularly.

Weirdo

+5

[Anonymous]

All the time but I’m more interested in what they paid than what it’s worth now.