Trulia Real Estate & Rentals Reviews

by Nabeards

About 10 months ago, I was using Trulia to search for houses in two areas, let's call them A and B. Eight months ago, I stopped looking for houses in area B. However, I continued to receive notifications in TruliaRealEstateRentals for new listings in area B. This continued for months, so I finally contacted support and asked how I could disable notifications for area B when I was no longer interested in it. After two months of back-and-forth with their 'support' person along with mutliple pinkie-promises that it would be fixed as well as lots of "just wait seven more days!!!!", I was finally told it was my own fault and to wait another 30 days for it to clear. (Nevermind the insults!)

I've wasted an incredible amount of time on an app that basically shows pretty pics and lots of inaccurate listing information. I am now using the MLS directly with my realtor, the information is 1000% more accurate, and I don't get unending empty promises from a company with useless customer support.

by Lauren |-/

I love TruliaRealEstateRentals and I’ve been using it for about a year to look for a new apartment. it started out great and TruliaRealEstateRentals was really helpful in my fiancé and I’s search. however, since the last update, TruliaRealEstateRentals just isn’t working at all. it’s been about two weeks now that I can’t get TruliaRealEstateRentals to even open. I’ve tried redownloading TruliaRealEstateRentals a few times but it’s still won’t open. it’s just a blank white screen with a red alert at the bottom that says “cannot open app, please try again later.” I’m not sure if it’s a bug with the new update or if it’s something wrong with my phone, but I’m really disappointed. I’m still getting notifications multiple times a day for new listings and it’s very annoying that I can’t look at them. please fix it so it can be one of my favorite apps again!

by Toomanyads321

A lot of changes were made to TruliaRealEstateRentals in the most recent update that weren’t that great. I regret applying the update to the point I don’t even want to use TruliaRealEstateRentals anymore.

When I search for a specific address now I get a map boundary of the area the house could be. It’s like a game which green oval on the map is the house I was looking for. Before I could search an address and it would pull up the exact listing.

The history of what you have viewed is gone. Previously you could click on a house it would turn grey and remain grey even after closing TruliaRealEstateRentals and reopening it. Now TruliaRealEstateRentals only maintains that history until it’s closed. I used this feature every time I used TruliaRealEstateRentals . It was helpful in knowing that anything green was new. Now I have to click through everything looking at 100 houses I’ve already looked at.

The amount of detail for each listing is gone. Before you could tell the exact type of heat and air conditioning a house had, central, forced air, radiant, etc. now I get a yes or a no whether the house has heat or ac. Along with this you have two categories cooling system and air conditioning, what’s the difference? Cooling system is always yes whether a house has central air or not from what I’ve seen. Cooling system can be yes and air conditioning can be no, it doesn’t make sense.

by Raezup

I used to really enjoy using Trulia. The interface was cleaner and more user friendly than some of the other apps (layout, ability to swipe through pictures). However, I’m assuming to some changes, searching for properties that fit my specifications has become annoying and cumbersome: 1) Lot size is very important to me but I can’t sort my search results by lot size. 2) I’m not interested in condos, apartments, lots/land, or auctions but those properties frequently show up in my results, no matter what filters I apply to my search. This wouldn’t have been a problem in the past, however 3) there is no longer an option to hide properties that I don’t care for. This was always a great option to have because I know that there are some properties that I won’t change my mind on, however I have to see them and scroll past a ton of them without the option to hide.

I used to love what Trulia does, now I just get so frustrated with the fact that it’s not allowing a personalized search that I’m going to have to delete it.

by Kgintovt

When TruliaRealEstateRentals sends you updates and recommendations for areas you are interested in buying in, it’s great. I’m searching for homes exclusively in the NH seacoast region and no where else. But somehow it started sending me recommendations for San Diego, CA claiming it’s based on my search history. I never searched for homes in San Diego, there is no way that I can find to disable that search location in TruliaRealEstateRentals , and I’ve sent two email requests to disable that search and both have gone unanswered. Now I’m getting emails and recommendations almost exclusively for homes in San Diego, which I could care less about, and my desired search area is virtually ignored. TruliaRealEstateRentals is now useless to me. Why can’t the developers allow you to disable search areas? How hard can that be? So be careful if you do a search for a friend or out of curiosity search in a location you’re only mildly interested in because then you’ll be inundated with results from those areas and not be able to turn it off!

by Like742

On TruliaRealEstateRentals , I can’t find my ‘searches’ like I could the last time I used TruliaRealEstateRentals . Nor only see the homes that have piqued my interest.
I can’t swipe away homes I’m not interested in.
I get recommendations for locations I’m nowhere near and at prices way beyond my interest.
I should be able to have defined parameters to a search, with only notifications for homes fitting those parameters, with ability to ‘deny’ properties and not see them within my search again, and should be able to open my searches each with its own criterion and see only the properties I haven’t ‘refused’ and that fit those criterion...
if you want a list of homes available that may or may not be what interest you, TruliaRealEstateRentals is super. If you’d like to use TruliaRealEstateRentals to narrow your selection and monitor places of interest, go for a different one!!!

by Bmooter

I like TruliaRealEstateRentals because it has a lot of options, especially viewing neighborhood data like schools and crime etc...

However there is a huge problem of moron jerk faces posting “lot” or “land” that “would be great to build on” and crap like that on home listings. Additionally when builders list “not yet built” but list “plans and a lot”. This is so frustrating and these listings should be pulled. They should have their own section for people who actually are interested in that.

TruliaRealEstateRentals would be 5 miles ahead of all other platforms if they would add the ability to “report” those listings, to be pulled so that everyone doesn’t have their time wasted by lying manipulative jerks. Perhaps if a certain user gets 3 or more flags in a given time they should have their account suspended. This is an ongoing problem lately and I’m sure I’m not the only prospective buyer getting mad about this.

by Doobiedeedoo

Like I'm sure others have said, you c ant clear recommended, and sometimes the recommendations are no where near what you're interested in, or can even afford (as much as I'd like to be able to afford a quarter million dollar home, throwing it in my face doesn't help :)). Another issue I have is the FEED. It started out being a good thing. But now, houses I've no interest in (maybe saved them at one point but are no longer) pop on and off the market DAILY, and fill the entire feed. There has to be away to report listings that are constantly on and off the market (possible fake listings) or at least remove them permanently. I don't want to see the same two houses 24 times on my feed jumping on and off he market.
However, the positives are that typically I find more houses on TruliaRealEstateRentals than I do others. I call them "Hidden" listings, because living in a woodsy and farmsy Midwestern state, a lot of listings in these areas don't get listed on other apps, from what I can tell at least. With the last update I thought it was easier to "unsave" listings, but with them popping up a hundred times in my feed, I'm not so sure it worked haha. I still use TruliaRealEstateRentals , just think it could be better. N

by Pet Policy

Looking for a home is always a struggle and it only gets harder when you have pets. Being able to specify more on what your looking for would be really helpful. I am constantly waisting time on homes that wont accept my pet due to size or breed. Im unsure why the renters are able to specify small or large dogs but as someone looking for a home i only get the dog or cat option.

We should be able to filter more options or maybe a more advanced profile where i can put in who would live in the household, what breed and size pets i have as well as the types of homes and areas im looking for...

Theres alot of areas in our city i would t want to live and it would be nice to be able to highlight areas your interest in or uninterested in. That way you only see properties that match what your looking for.

by RCJinMichigan

I have several apps for searching for houses that I refer to. Trulia was not my favorite for this reason - you have to actually click on a house to see the pics instead of being able to quickly scan across the pics from the main page. This seems like a little thing, but when you're looking at so many houses, and looking at many of the same houses again and again, these things make a difference. That having been said, Trulia had something that none of the others had - maps of the crime in the area of the house. This was invaluable, and I would get all my addresses and plug them in here to see those crime maps. And now it seems that they've taken that off. On my mom's phone and mine, we can't find it there anymore. That's a shame. Not much reason for me to keep using this now.

by Ssaaddiieethedog

I get email alerts of properties that may interest me, and downloaded TruliaRealEstateRentals thinking it would be easier to view them on my iPhone than opening in my browser. It’s not really. The email links now open only in TruliaRealEstateRentals , no choice. When I go through an email I may click on several properties so I can then delete the email. The properties stack up in TruliaRealEstateRentals , and there appears to be no choice but to see them in that order. To see the next property I must close the one I’m looking at, and can’t go back unless I favorite it. I don’t want all those favorites, just an ability to move between three or four properties. There also seems to be no way to get a link to send without starting a false text and then copying the link. Even starting a false email does not give a copyable link. Yes, I can send a direct email to someone through TruliaRealEstateRentals , but that is usually not what I want to do. I want a link I can paste into an email or text I am writing outside TruliaRealEstateRentals . If there are solutions to these issues they are ones I have not been able to find in way too much time spent looking, which reflects on the usability of TruliaRealEstateRentals . These issues are annoying enough that I am going back to using my browser, and since there’s no choice where things open that means deleting TruliaRealEstateRentals entirely.

by Mike To The V

I’m thankful for the flexibility in TruliaRealEstateRentals. It can easily transition categories, from ‘rental’, to ‘for sale’, to ‘sold’. My partner and I used TruliaRealEstateRentals to successfully find our current rental and are now using it for house hunting; sort of.

If you select ‘single family home’ there shouldn’t be any townehomes, row houses, or attached living spaces. Furthermore, when we type ‘garage’ as an added feature I’d rather the list not include options with ‘garage parking’. Lastly, and probably the feature trulia has the most control over, is I wish there was a ‘remove option’. I understand that the houses viewed are ‘grayed out’ but I think it’d be especially helpful in deselecting houses/units which are undesirable.

TruliaRealEstateRentals is otherwise easy to use, intuitive, and I’m grateful that turning off notifications/emails is easily achieved. I’d give it a 3.5 if possible.

by Vldmrjcb

The option of circling the area you want covered to narrow your search is one of the best options granted on the trulia app. That gives you exactly how far where your search is from where you currently are. The mortgage and tax history is laid out for you and most of the properties has a good amount of pictures to help narrow your search. After you circle your scrub area you can choose from map by clicking the green price tag on the map or what I like to do is switch to the map view and scroll through the listings that way. All in all for house hunting and I’m sure for apartment hunting just the same Trulia helps you get the job done. Now idk if Trulia excludes certain listings or provides some that other apps don’t have, that might be based on bank and realtor agreements with TruliaRealEstateRentals itself but like I said TruliaRealEstateRentals to me is a wave. Easy and convenient. Helpful app so go and cop that you heard! Happy hunting.

by LPNelson

I use TruliaRealEstateRentals on the daily to look at houses and have used TruliaRealEstateRentals to move into a home before. I like that it asks residents their opinions on the area they live in as well as information on parking, how festive the neighborhood is, etc., and that it shows the crime rate in the area of a particular house. It answers most of the questions you have for a realtor before your actual appointment with them! Well thought out and easy to navigate!

The only problem I have with TruliaRealEstateRentals is with the houses I have saved that are no longer available or off market. I can’t remove them from my saved list. I have tried over and over but I can’t get the houses to fall off of my saved list which is irritating because then my saved houses that are currently available get buried under houses that haven’t been available for months.

Other than that, I love TruliaRealEstateRentals !

by Vampire Fanatic #1

Since I’ve downloaded TruliaRealEstateRentals, initially looking for coastal retirement home in an area of the country I’m not terribly familiar with, I’ve lost days and days of my time. I open TruliaRealEstateRentals , I begin searching, and the next thing I know 10 hours have gone by and I want to keep looking! Searching for a home, naturally, takes a lot of time. But TruliaRealEstateRentals has allowed me to become so familiar with home trends in places I never thought to look that I’ve expanded my search to pretty much the entire country. I’ve tried other real estate listing searches and none of them compare to the information TruliaRealEstateRentals brings to my searching finger tips, on a whim.

The only reason why I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 is because it does not allow my search to expand outside the USA. I mean if I’m looking for a coastal home, why wouldn’t I also consider the Caribbean, Mexico, South America? Why doesn’t Trulia provide those listings? Get to work folks!

by Lexington Park

Trulia is fun to use on travel: however, it assumes you are actively looking for real estate and starts to send you house recommendations. I have had to ask realtors to stop solicitations, which they are happy to do. It would be nice to indicate to TruliaRealEstateRentals whether you were SERIOUSLY looking, or just looking. Also, when you choose a house to look at from the list, it does NOT indicate where the house is on the MAP like Zillow. I really like that feature on Zillow. Trulia allows you to REMOVE BOUNDARY and look where ever you want. This is handy when looking for, example, lakefront and are flexible with location.

It doesn’t leave much room for privacy, since anyone can look up how much anyone else just spent for a house or how much anyone’s house is worth, indicating how much wealth someone has. I also wonder if less honorable people case a neighborhood. I, in general, like to see the cost of living by looking up houses while on the road. I also enjoy looking at gorgeous houses in my favorite vacation neighborhoods.

by Bela93754

Love TruliaRealEstateRentals and its functionality, the option to remove boundaries when searching, the filters, the mapping, etc. all fantastic. I just have one problem: some of us who are retired are interested in low-cost housing which means looking at mobile homes in nice areas. TruliaRealEstateRentals never lists the space rent. All mobile home parks have space rent. So when a mobile home only costs maybe $150,000,Or $80,000, but the space rent is $1800 a month, that makes it prohibitive. Under HOA they list “none”When that is where the space rent should be listed because it’s the equivalent of paying an HOA fee in a condo complex. If they changed this feature and made it more honest, I would give TruliaRealEstateRentals five stars for sure.

by JennyA1985

It’s useful and easier to navigate compared to other apps. The listings go up a bit later but if you aren’t looking in a super hot zone where days matter, it’s a pretty good app. There needs to be a cancel for request information and the DTI meter I think is backwards too. There definitely need to be some fixes but like I said, it’s easier to navigate.
Also, foreclosures, more are listed on TruliaRealEstateRentals than the other apps I use, and they more often than not, they pan out to still be up for sale. I actually type the addresses into Zillow, as they sometimes provide pictures inside. Trulia provides a street view always so you can get a rough feeling on how the neighborhood is and if the house needs a lot of TLC on the outside or not. Trulia’s maps of disaster, crime and what not are extremely useful and accurate thus far. It has its flaws but it also provides some aspects other apps don’t.

by BR33ZY B

I find TruliaRealEstateRentals to be very helpful and for the most part it has been accurate as far as crime rates in the neighborhoods and reviews on local schools, etc. which is a plus for me and something that is very important to consider always. I found my first apartment using this trulia app and it was quick and simple and made it a pleasant and hassle free process and experience. I was able to do everything through TruliaRealEstateRentals such as viewing photos, read reviews, and schedule a visit to view the property while also having the accessibility to any other contact information I might need if I had any further questions which I was surprised and thankful I received prompt responses from the agents. Great app definitely recommended to anyone looking to make your next move!!!

by Toofriskie

I can’t speak for sellers but as a potential home purchaser I love TruliaRealEstateRentals. They include lots of information that includes crime school taxes home insurance you name it and although some sellers for one reason or another do not include photos they still tell you s much as possible but to buyers I am not going to check out a house that I have no idea what it looks inside As a single woman with only one income I cannot afford an expensive home and many lower cost homes are in crime ridden neighborhoods but being able to see the crime and names of the actual crimes committed over the passed year is a very useful tool that I have not found in any other reality app.

by Bunny Doo-Wop

I’m in the middle of a search. I’m looking at a house. Suddenly! As if on cue! TruliaRealEstateRentals whisks me out of my view screen and asks, “do you like Trulia?” Uh, no, no I don’t! And if you click YES it sends you to the iTunes Store to leave a review. If you click NO it shunts you into a feedback form to force communication with their developers.

If you take me out of my flow to demand feedback, I will give it to you. And you won’t like it. I don’t like the Trulia app. I hate it for its inappropriately-timed begging for feedback. I dislike the fact that you can’t clear or escape the Recommended properties. I think the crime view is fairly inaccurate based on downplaying crime wherever you’re searching, but I could be wrong about this aspect.

Aren’t you glad you pushed me to leave feedback, Trulia?

by Lanabanaaaa

Do not waste your time on TruliaRealEstateRentals if you are seriously looking for a home. TruliaRealEstateRentals is always late to post new listings or update existing listings. I am constantly getting notifications for new listings from other home apps and then I get them from Trulia like weeks later. My notifications are set up correctly on Trulia too so this isn’t user error. My husband and I put an offer on a home in the first week of January and it was pending several days later. I JUST got the notification from Trulia this morning saying the home was pending and we are closing on the home tomorrow. Redfin had that weeks ago. That’s almost a month late, Trulia. The only reason I still have TruliaRealEstateRentals is for the heat map that shows the crime reports. That’s super helpful and the only reason it got two stars.

by Jmsnhw

TruliaRealEstateRentals overall is of a pretty good quality. But ultimately, I had to uninstall it. It sends me too too many notifications. Trulia Prosuct team calls these “alerts”.

I even gave it a second chance, and bothered to try and reduce the notification spam by toggling settings/preferences. But, that wasn’t enough. TruliaRealEstateRentals continued to show a notification indicator with 18 new notifications the next day, even after I had adjusted settings and cleared the existing “alerts”.

I don’t know how to make that stop, and I don’t have all day to figure it out. Completely ceasing my engagement with the product and brand was a much easier option. Maybe I will engage again someday? But for now, I’m all about that Zillow and Redfin lifestyle.

by MimiMayMimiMayCoco

TruliaRealEstateRentals is amazing! Honestly, it has helped me find houses so many times it saved my time!. So if you’re looking for a house I definitely recommend Trulia! It’s an awesome app where you can choose you’re prices for houses and you’re location of course, I feel like Trulia doesn’t need anything extra, it’s even the most recent app I use although I’m addicted to snapchat😂🤫| ANYWAY, if you’re looking for a house that’s amazing, family house, fun, cheap and your choice, just make it easy and download Trulia now!!
I hope my review helped you to make a better choice on downloading Trulia!
Thank you very much!🙏💛

by Fishrlayd

TruliaRealEstateRentals had been working great, now all of a sudden I keep getting message that says, “please check your internet connection and try again,” in the Feed tab. I can still search, but that’s all.

My internet is working just fine and I’m not having problems with any of my other apps that use internet. I’ve tried swiping down to refresh as suggested, but still not working. It’s been like this for about the last 8 hours. I’ve also rebooted my iPad to see if that was the problem and same error message.
Please fix!