Redfin Agents Arrive in South Carolina and Nebraska

Redfin Agents Arrive in South Carolina and Nebraska

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Updated on October 5th, 2020

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Whether you are in the market for a charming golf course property in Greenville, South Carolina, a historic home in Columbia, South Carolina, or a downtown riverfront property in Omaha, Nebraska, we have some great news! People can now work with local Redfin agents to buy and sell homes in these areas and can use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for every home on the market.

Redfin has a unique approach to real estate that combines technology and top-notch customer service to create a better home-buying and selling experience for consumers. Redfin technology empowers both our agents and customers with information and tools that make buying and selling a home more efficient, less stressful and more fun.

Redfin real estate agents spend zero time looking for new business. This means we can focus all our time on delivering great service while helping clients buy or sell their homes. This efficiency enables Redfin to pass savings on to clients through refunds and lower listing fees.

Everyone who buys a home with a Redfin agent in Columbia, Greenville and Omaha will receive a refund at closing, the amount of which varies according to the home’s list price on Redfin.com. For sellers, Redfin charges a 1.5 percent fee instead of the typical 3 percent commission. Redfin agents provide a beginning-to-end home-selling service, from pricing and staging advice and professional photography through the negotiation and closing processes. On average, a person who sells a home with a Redfin agent saves about $6,800. To date, Redfin has saved its customers more than $200 million in real estate fees.

Like other Redfin real estate agents, our agents in Columbia, Greenville and Omaha earn a salary and receive health care and other benefits. Redfin agents are paid bonuses based on customer satisfaction, not commission.

To deliver this great service, we need great leaders. Here’s who we hired:

Jim Brown, Greenville
Jim grew up on the east side of Greenville and, after serving in the U.S. Army and graduating from the University of South Carolina, began his real estate career in 1994 with a local residential brokerage. He has since led the sales operation of a large regional builder, worked in lifestyle and resort communities throughout the southwestern United States, and most recently was a managing broker for ERA Wilder Realty Inc. Jim has been paying close attention to Redfin’s expansion, and jumped at the chance to grow the business in South Carolina.

Jessica Redmond, Columbia
Born and raised in Columbia, Jessica has been a real estate broker since 2005. Having worked closely with Jim at ERA Wilder Realty Inc., she shares Jim’s passion for the Redfin mission of changing real estate in consumers’ favor. She’s looking forward to bringing the people of Columbia state-of-the-art technology and superior customer service for their homebuying and home-selling needs.

Travis Thomas, Omaha
While an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska – Omaha, Travis started his real estate career spending his spare time helping people buy and sell homes. After earning a master’s degree in finance from Creighton University, he began pursuing his passion full time. He launched his own brokerage in 2008, and has long been eager to join Redfin and help bring the company’s unique offering to his home state.

Jim, Jessica and Travis are already on the ground touring homes with buyers and guiding them through the offer, negotiation and closing processes, and helping people sell their homes. If you’re thinking about buying or selling, feel free to reach out to Jim, Jessica or Travis, schedule a tour or start a conversation about your home’s value. Redfin.com and the Redfin mobile apps also offer several ways to find out about homes for sale and what the local market is like even before you’re ready to dip your toe in the water, including:

Selling with Redfin:

  • Redfin Home Dashboard: A comprehensive online resource for home sellers that provides real-time data about their home.

  • Redfin Home Value Tool: A more accurate way to find out what your home is worth using self-selected comparable homes for sale in your market.

Buying with Redfin:

  • Instant Tour Scheduling: Ability to instantly schedule a home tour with a Redfin agent with a single click from a browser, iPhone, iPad or Android app.

  • Redfin Matchmaker: Software that recommends unexpected listings to Redfin clients.

  • Instant Updates: Smartphone or email notifications when new homes are listed or when prices drop.

  • Search by School: Shows all the homes for sale served by a certain school with one easy search.

  • Tour and Offer Insights: Real-time statistics and notes from Redfin agents about thousands of homes and offers.

  • Deal Room: A real-time guide through the closing process, including milestones, deadlines and tasks.

We’re looking forward to meeting you! Stay tuned for announcements about our first free home-buying classes in Columbia, Greenville and Omaha.

We’re also hiring in Charleston! To learn more about working at Redfin and to apply for open positions in South Carolina,Nebraska and other locations, please visit redfin.com/jobs.

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Lorraine Woellert

Lorraine is enjoying her first real job after a career in journalism. She’s based in Washington, D.C., where she writes about housing and the economy. Before joining Redfin, Lorraine was at Bloomberg News reporting on politics, financial mayhem, housing and the economy. Her dream home is a top-floor loft with a pool, friendly neighbors and a terrace for throwing parties. Everyone's invited. Redfin is a full-service real estate brokerage that uses modern technology to make clients smarter and faster. For more information about working with a Redfin real estate agent to buy or sell a home, visit our "Why Redfin?," page.

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Makayla Zurn

Makayla oversees broadcast media relations at Redfin. She also has a knack for video and produces content for the Redfin blog and YouTube channel. Before working at Redfin she was a morning TV news anchor and reporter. Makayla loves living in Seattle, where she grew up, but her dream “second home” would be somewhere along the sunny SoCal coast.

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Luis Mojica

Lusic was a Redfin intern on the Test Platforms Team in San Francisco.

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