Since this is the first capitalAI personal finance site of the day, I figured I should attach some sort of explanation. I’ve been critical of internet companies because of their inability to create some sort of breakout hit that revolves around finance. As the blogging community very often acts as a marketing conduit for many new internet companies, it’s partially responsible for the lack of a breakout success.

So… I’m going to try to chronicle a new site, not necessarily in depth, but with enough information so you may just want to take a look!

Zillow is now officially initiated as the first capitalAI Personal Finance Site of the Day. Zillow is a great site for any sort of research around real estate. For instance, I now know that the value of my house is $506,511 (don’t ask what the outstanding balance on the mortgage is). Is that accurate? Maybe a bit overstated, but it does a great job of graphically integrating street level maps and analysis of all other houses in the area. This was certainly not available a while ago.

Critique: It should show more detailed information about the houses, like zoning, surveys, tax rates, etc…

Even so, it’s still worth a look!