According to a recent article published in the Los Angeles Times, an assistant economics professor identified a mysterious charge that stemmed from the foreclosure listings site, RealtyTrac. UCLA Assistant Professor Maria Casanova discovered a $44.95 charge eight months after she canceled her RealtyTrac subscription.
Only through further investigation involving her bank did Casanova discover the charge stemmed from the RealtyTrac registration, where she unwittingly hit an orange “continue” button. According to a RealtyTrac representative the continue button was for an additional product for a completely separate company, Real Estate Promoter.
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While browsing foreclosure data on Zillow.com, a property came up with the following comment in the Q&A section: “Why is the same house listed for sale for $2,500.00 on RealtyTrac.”
The property on Zillow was a Foreclosure.com property listed at $39,900. See picture below.

With further investigation, the property, located at 145 Stoneybrook Road in Pacolet South Carolina 29373 was in fact listed on both Foreclosure.com and RealtyTrac.com priced at $39,900 and $2,500 respectively.
See RealtyTrac below

See Foreclosure.com below

In order to find out which service was correct, Foreclosure Research contacted …