Next up: citizen surgeons
Techdirt:The Real Estate Dot Com Bubble? (emphasis mine):
The article suggests that their business model is to sell ads, but it seems like they'd need to sell an awful lot of advertising to make this worthwhile -- and seeing the reaction of some real estate agents in the article (who seem to think only they can accurately determine a home's value), this may be an uphill battle.
Finally citizen appraisers will be able to make estimation transparent and a conversation, instead of leaving it in the hands of the real estate priesthood. MSREA (mainstream real estate appraisal) as we know it is doomed, a dinosaur.
Update: Well as usual, Jarvis buys into this hook, line and sinker and comes pretty close to seriously saying what I've snarked here. You'll notice, though, that he didn't go to a "citizen doctor" for his ablation - oh, content to leave the doctoring in the hands of the medical priesthood, eh?