From 320,000 Properties to 47 Million: What I Learned From Successfully Scaling a National Commercial Real Estate Data Platform
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[{"id": "dk70dzq", "text": "tl;dr: They learned it was really inefficient to create their own property database from scratch, so they just bought other people's data.", "replies": [{"id": "dk7416g", "text": "Id be curious to know what data sources they're using. Last time I tested them or CrediFi (similar) once you got out of tier 1 metro's the data was awful.", "replies": [{"id": "dk74fcw", "text": "Bingo, only as good as the data they are buying. And as in most things, you get what you pay for. Many data sources charge more for better data, and the best datasets are very expensive.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]