Finding comparable sales

Comparable sales are the backbone of a sales-comparison approach. The goal is to find sales that genuinely inform the subject’s value and bring them in cleanly.

With your MLS connected, listing and sales data flows in directly, and public records fill in alongside it. Pulling comps from connected sources reduces the hand-copying where small errors creep in.

Pick comps because they are genuinely comparable, not because they are convenient. When a choice needs explaining — an unusual comp, a thin market — a short note on why you relied on it is far more defensible than leaving the reasoning unstated. From here, see “Making adjustments.”