Comments on: Our Shot at the Mass Market

By: We’re No Sell-Outs | Redfin Corporate Blog

We’re No Sell-Outs | Redfin Corporate Blog — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:22:05 +0000

[...] the reverse of the truth. Redfin has always been quick to admit its many mistakes: hiring too fast, charging too little for representing buyers, charging too much for tours, taking on more clients than we could handle, adopting an overly [...]

By: Long’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Redfin: A Software Company Becomes a Consumer Company

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:59:41 +0000

[...] Kelman wrote in Redfin Corporate Blog: We’re still using technology to change the game, but technology is just a means to an end, not [...]

By: Redfin Creates a Marketplace for Agents | Redfin Corporate Blog

Redfin Creates a Marketplace for Agents | Redfin Corporate Blog — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:44 +0000

[...] does this mean? Well, when we upgraded our own service last November to offer unlimited home tours and a choice of agents, everyone said we were becoming less virtual. And now that we’re connecting consumers with [...]

By: David Losh

David Losh — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:59:03 +0000

thanks for the link back. yes glen you can afford it. pay the guy.

yes i did leave out the part about the glen guy trying to insinuate a relationship with expedia, along with my personal belief that it was an exuberant remark. in my opinion any one who promotes the idea expedia is good for the consumer is a spokes person. i just shortened that rant into calling glen a spokes person.

i came here by way of http://www.seattlebubble.com you owe the tim guy a whole bunch of money for getting people here.
if it weren’t for him i would have never looked.

Oh yea, as an aside, you most certainly did delete my original comment. Lies no matter how loudly they are shouted will never be a truth.

Pay the Tim guy.

By: BloodhoundBlog.com | A Call to Arms | National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgage and investment news

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:49:29 +0000

[...] month – but how we have had to improve as a company: speeding up the website, hosting more tours and offering more agent [...]

By: jim young

jim young — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:29:09 +0000

Have eagerly followed your company and would suggest you integrate an old guys’ thinking into your etherial web based world. The preponderance of the active clients in any market, particularily given the dismal economic malaise that appears to be pandemic, are in a word… mature.

You might consider a devolutionary drft slightly to the center.

While the certitude you bring to the table is admirable, unless results are forthcoming being right doesn’t mean a great deal.

My position is: well done is better than well said. A bit adamantine perhaps but sound if profit is the motive.

I can help.

Jim Young

By: Craig Davidenko

Craig Davidenko — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:18:29 +0000

Glenn, I would like to talk to you about your approach of branding and marketing. The best domain name is a name that explain what you do. I feel that with the right name and approach Redfin can redefine real estate for EVERYONE! Please feel free to e-mail me. I have thoughts of contacting a BLUECHIP real estate company about this platform but would like to talk to you first!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:31:26 +0000

Good post on a company that is willing to keep the tranformational process going. Companies need to be more like organisms and less like traditional organizations.

By: raul

raul — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:19:57 +0000

i agree with the comment regarding the faulty “birdseye” view… a very important feature, so, FIX IT QUICK.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:37:03 +0000

Service; you got it. Honesty, transparency, and lots of good information. That is what I feel I have been getting with Redfin and Trevor. We started working with him about a month ago and I have been really pleased. He has shared information I NEVER EVER got from real estate agents from the past 3 houses I bought.
I don’t mind that the fee is 50% and I will gladly pay it. My chief complaint with past houses I purchased is that my so-called “buyer’s agents” were’t much of a buyer’s agent because they didn’t do anything to help me get the lowest price (yet fair and resonable) for the house. Yet I still paid those agents a 3% commission. And for what? Filling out a buy-sell aggreement; big deal.
When I buy a house, I want to know what the real, fair market value is on it. I don’t care about the so-called comps the seller’s agent put together to justify the asking price (give me a break). With Redfin I feel like I have access to real information (not just data) and that my agent (Trevor) is working with me to find the right house at the right price. I don’t mind paying for something if I feel like I’m actually getting something. I feel that with Redfin and Trevor I get the excellent customer service Glenn mentions. Those of you that are whining that Redfin’s changes somehow make them the same as everything else out there, well…I am not sure what it is you are looking for. To me they are very, very different to anything I’ve seen or experienced; honest, transparent, and forthcoming with loads of information.