Having two posts about [Trulia](/www.trulia.com) this week is almost as bad as the [Zillow launch](http://www.zillow.com) when every blog on the planet (including Matrix) posted about them until everyone became physically ill.

With that riveting insight out of the way, [I was asked to participate on a “Power Panel”](http://www.truliablog.com/?p=39) _where a diverse group of industry experts, insiders and watchers will periodically come together to share their perspective on real estate issues facing consumers._

The premise of the panel is to predict the results (or make a wild guess) of a pending data release (in this case, [NAR’s existing home sales](http://www.realtor.org/research.nsf/pages/ehspage)) and give some quick thoughts about it. The comments about the stats were of most interest me.

This exercise reminds me of the Wall Street Journal’s “Darts versus Pros” where a group of experts picked the direction of a portfolio of stocks and were are up against a journalist, who simply threw darts at a stock index table hung on a wall. It usually went about 50/50 but it could get ugly.

I hope I don’t embarrass myself on Monday when the results are posted, but then again, you should see me play darts.