How listings are ranked

Exactly, so you can judge it yourself.

Order on city, area, and state pages

1. Featured listings first, always labeled with a Featured mark. Featured is paid placement; it never changes a company's rating or review data.

2. Companies with Google reviews, ordered by a weighted score: the average rating pulled toward 4.2 by ten phantom reviews. A 4.9 with 200 reviews outranks a 5.0 with 3 reviews. The exact formula: (rating × reviews + 42) / (reviews + 10).

3. Companies without review data, rotated daily so no company permanently benefits from its alphabetical position.

The Trust Score

Company profiles, the API, and embeddable badges show a Trust Score out of 100. It is computed from three checkable inputs and nothing else. First, the Google rating, adjusted so a handful of reviews cannot beat hundreds: (rating × reviews + state average × 25) / (reviews + 25), worth up to 60 points. Second, review volume on a logarithmic scale, worth up to 15 points. Third, years licensed per the state's own records, worth up to 25 points, maxing out at 20 years. A company with no Google reviews has no score; we never invent one. Featured placement and claiming a listing do not change the score.

Where the data comes from

Listings are compiled from each state's official real estate licensing records (Florida DBPR, for example) and industry association member data. Ratings and review counts come from each company's public Google listing and refresh periodically. We never write, edit, or accept payment to change reviews.

Corrections

Companies can claim their listing to fix details. Errors: use the claim link or the contact on the about page.