May 13, 2007
Unleash the Hounds
Pandemonium here at Redfin as 60 Minutes aired first on the East Coast and now, in a few minutes, out here in the West. When the show aired in the East, our site became very slow. Chris Neitzert scrambled to keep every server online. Michael Arrington blogged about us on TechCrunch. The hate-mail began pouring in. My mother called to ask why I didn’t get a better haircut? Everyone is answering telephones. To help handle the load, we’ve recruited some agents who haven’t quite hit their 20-deal minimum.
Rob McGarty and Cynthia Pang rolled in some burritos y beer for all the families who turned out for the Red Carpet premiere. The stars of the show are meanwhile relaxing in a special green room for screening the action:
Bonus link from a friend of Redfin: The Black Shark (registration required, but it’s worth it).
kristi said:
congrats!
May 13, 2007 8:06 PM
Eric said:
Congratulations Redfin Team! You guys worked your butts off for the last year and a half and deserve every bit of the glory.
May 13, 2007 8:24 PM
Jean said:
I don’t want to pay a 6 percent commission when I sell my house. It would be over $36,000. A photograph would sell it!
I wish you luck in your fight with the greedy, self-serving, monopolistic . . . National Association of Realtors.
May 13, 2007 8:51 PM
Ciaran said:
Publish the hate mail! Some of it’s got to be good for a laugh.
May 14, 2007 9:06 AM
Nick Davis said:
How did you score a 60 minutes interview? Talk about hitting the jackpot!
May 14, 2007 9:52 AM
Dora said:
Congratulations! This kind of reform is incredibly overdue.
It’s going to be hard to turn this large ship around, but like many other industries it is inevitable. Might as well lead. Great work!
May 14, 2007 12:57 PM
James Hsu said:
curious..
how come the minimum number of deals for new redfin agents went down to 20?
May 14, 2007 5:34 PM
Glenn Kelman said:
To answer James’s question: there was an agent we really wanted to hire who only had 20 deals and we thought she was worth the stretch.
May 14, 2007 7:07 PM