The Yolo Pro

People often want to know what they can do to their home that will net them value - in other words, what types of things can they do to their home that will add more value than their cost? This is a tough one. If I can buy a home and remodel the bath for less money than you're selling your home for with a remodeled bath, which one should I buy? Bankrate.com gives their top 5 list of remodels with a poor payback. (May differ in your market area.) Appraisers, this is also useful to you as it lists average remodel costs, and cost data is always handy to have.

5 Worst Indoor Remodels For Your Money A bathroom addition may seem like a good idea, but are you flushing your money?

The benefit of an appraisal vs. Zillow, is that a good appraisal will spend some time telling you where the opinion of value came from. Zillow on the other hand, won't tell you how it arrives at its conclusion. It simply says, "Your house is worth $X.00. Just take my word for it."

Inaccurate Zillow 'Zestimates' a source of conflict over home prices When "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell asked the chief executive of Zillow recently about the accuracy of the website's automated property value estimates — known as Zestimates — she touched on one of the most sensitive perception gaps in American real estate.