Ready to look for a new home and don’t know where to start?  Thankfully, the Internet has the ability to bring “real-estate knowledge” to the masses in a user-friendly application.

Trulia.com — is a real estate search engine that helps you find homes for sale and provides real estate information at the local level to help you make better decisions in the process. 5 million active buyers and sellers come to Trulia.com each month to start their real estate search.

According to Trulia.com, the goal of Trulia is to be “a delightfully smart partner when you are looking to buy a home. The smart part should help you find your dream home (or at least the dream home within your budget) and arm you with data and information about local real estate (without too much work). The delightful part should make you smile and keep you coming back.”  Trulia combines a simple approach to real estate that anyone can grasp, with enough market stats to excite real-estate professionals.

The newest feature to Trulia is Comparelt. Comparelt is a tool that lets users choose five properties for sale to directly compare with one another. Newsfeed is another feature on Trulia which produces a list onto your homepage with content that’s automatically generated and personalized according to your search history everyday.  You will receive pricing stats,open houses, new listings in your area and other important content for homebuying.

Starting your home search can be a tricky process for any individual and each day there is more and more information available. With Trulia.com it is easier to wade through this information and see what you want to see.  Don’t be intimidated by the real estate world, join Trulia and feel more comfortable.