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

[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]

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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]

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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.

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

[Anonymous]

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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.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, I use Redfin.

Redfin is not accurate.

Neither is Zillow

[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. 😺

When I was in my mid-20s, I did side work as a pet sitter in northern VA. The people who haggled over my prices the most ALWAYS had the biggest houses. I remember a woman gave me a sob story about how money was tight so I gave her a massive discount.

I show up and she’s in a multi-million dollar house in McLean. Not only that, as soon as I showed up for the first visit, she said “so you’ll be staying at the house 24 hours a day, right?” I was like…no, you’re paying for 2 visits a day at an extremely discounted rate, and I have a job to go to. She gave me a terrible review because “we once hired a college girl who stayed there 24/7 at half the price!”

I was so satisfied a few months later when she called me with another sob story about how her husband was in the hospital and they needed a pet sitter….but with his medical bills couldn’t afford to pay. Had a LOT of fun hanging up on her.

[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.

I'm the opposite, I avoid building friendships with people who are too wealthy. I don't like the, "you must come with us to Vail this winter" types of people. I hate trying to keep up. And through experience, have learned that I much prefer our DCs to hang out with "regular" UMC kids, who are grounded, have jobs etc. The ones with $200 weekly allowances, who get a new car for their birthday, and parent's pay for the teens booze and a beach week beach house are not a good fit. I know not all wealthy families are like that. And we have $$, but are more millionaire next door types, so you wouldn't know.

What would be the house value for “too wealthy” for you?

[Anonymous]

That’s creepy. But I do like r/zillowgonewild

[Anonymous]

Yes and I practically have the Fairfax co tax assessor website bookmarked. I was surprised a SAHM friend wasn't listed as a co-owner on her house.