what people need to realize is that brian timpone is the epitome of a sociopath. i have had many dealings with him - and he has the charisma/charm of a sociopath but absolutely no morals or ethics whatsoever. he's a classic case - and he's the son of a disbarred il attorney leonard t timpone (look it up - the behavior that led to his disbarment is unbelievable - he invades everyone else's privacy so there's some info on him! besides, it's 100% public.). so, the apple does not fall far from the tree (genetically and behaviorally). he is a disgrace to journalism with these outsourced content mills - and what he started with blockshopper was never ever journalism. it was just done with an intent to get ad revenue from people's nosy behaviors. if i google you and your home price comes up, naturally i will probably click that. that's it. timpone claims it helps people figure out if they are being "over taxed" but most of blockshopper's tax info is wrong and all of that data can be found at the assessor's office. no lawyer uses blockshopper when making property tax appeals. blockshopper does not help anything related to taxes. it just makes money by exploiting people's personal property transactions by making sure they come up in a google search. and, they write often inaccurate stories about the people who do buy homes. if you don't believe me, there are over 200 complaints all over the web about blockshopper from people who have asked timpone to remove their names / addresses that result in a simple google search (healthcare practitioners in mental health, police offers, stalker victims, you name it) and timpone does nothing. you can see many complaints on the consumer affairs website, but timpone doesn't care. he just wants the $1 in google click advertising revenue for each "news story" that he lists. when google serves up blockshopper content like "it manager buys house for 1 million" when you just type in the name of the it manager - this can be a huge problem for said manager if he doesn't want the world to know about his assets or has any other reason to keep his purchases private - but does timpone care? no. he will not take a listing down for any reason. the fact that he convinced major media companies to work with him is shocking and insane to me - but charismatic sociopaths can do anything, so i guess i should not be too shocked. i've dealt with him personally and i know that personality extremely well and he is out of a textbook. the people who contracted his work are just hitting the tip of the iceberg of what he is - but they are going to have to learn the hard way. i recommend they read the book snakes in suits to see what they are dealing with.