Comments on: Love and War in the Modern Age http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html Redfin San Diego Sweet Digs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Molly Hadley http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html/comment-page-1#comment-3571 Molly Hadley Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:14:20 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html#comment-3571 eventually both of us will be obsolete ;) eventually both of us will be obsolete ;)

]]> By: Carol http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html/comment-page-1#comment-3533 Carol Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:50:55 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html#comment-3533 Hi Molly. I really like what you have to say and the way you said it. Ah, yes...old school vs. new school. I know people who still use hard wired phones and don't have computers in their homes (some are even good friends), but they are missing out on some really fantastic advances our society has made intellectually and practically. So hats off to the traditionalists. Keep doing it that way, we'll do it ours. Advances take time. Eventually one of us will be obsolete. Hi Molly. I really like what you have to say and the way you said it.
Ah, yes…old school vs. new school. I know people who still use hard wired phones and don’t have computers in their homes (some are even good friends), but they are missing out on some really fantastic advances our society has made intellectually and practically. So hats off to the traditionalists. Keep doing it that way, we’ll do it ours. Advances take time. Eventually one of us will be obsolete.

]]> By: Molly Hadley http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html/comment-page-1#comment-3521 Molly Hadley Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:58:10 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sandiego/2008/02/love_and_war_in_the_modern_age.html#comment-3521 Hi Carol, My first take on Redfin was cool "freakish depth." Then I purused more of your site and got a little defensive due to the anti realtor tone. I engaged in a conversation with Mr. Kelman via his corporate blog and he was gracious enough to admit there may have been some wording on you "What makes us different" page that could be construed as offensive to old school real estate professionals. Then I went back and pulled up some of the listings on your site. One problem I encountered immediately was the mapping just shows the immediate neighborhood. Not being from around here I couldn't tell exactly where they were until I pulled the entire neighborhood listings. It may be just a matter of getting used to the format but I couldn't help wishing there was a one click method of getting a larger area map. I still like all the info on one site idea but I am not sure you are there yet. I found the comparable listings not really comparable in my subjective view and wonder how you pull those. I sincerely, think you guys have a bit of an under fire mentality going on because you are under fire. If you truely would like to know why you are I can tell you. You are disparaging real estate professionals without truely understanding how hard they work to do their job, and not totally understanding their job. You are slightly naive about what drives the market and are assuming the high moral ground for yourselves and the lowest moral ground for others. That's not nice. Why can't you just offer discounted commission rates without realtor bashing? Your model would still work. Again, as I keep asking-what happens when your buyers turn into sellers? Or what if your buyers decide to totally go on their own using a real estate lawyer to present offers after using your site for their info? Sinc. Hi Carol,

My first take on Redfin was cool “freakish depth.” Then I purused more of your site and got a little defensive due to the anti realtor tone. I engaged in a conversation with Mr. Kelman via his corporate blog and he was gracious enough to admit there may have been some wording on you “What makes us different” page that could be construed as offensive to old school real estate professionals.
Then I went back and pulled up some of the listings on your site. One problem I encountered immediately was the mapping just shows the immediate neighborhood. Not being from around here I couldn’t tell exactly where they were until I pulled the entire neighborhood listings.
It may be just a matter of getting used to the format but I couldn’t help wishing there was a one click method of getting a larger area map.
I still like all the info on one site idea but I am not sure you are there yet. I found the comparable listings not really comparable in my subjective view and wonder how you pull those.
I sincerely, think you guys have a bit of an under fire mentality going on because you are under fire. If you truely would like to know why you are I can tell you.
You are disparaging real estate professionals without truely understanding how hard they work to do their job, and not totally understanding their job. You are slightly naive about what drives the market and are assuming the high moral ground for yourselves and the lowest moral ground for others. That’s not nice.
Why can’t you just offer discounted commission rates without realtor bashing? Your model would still work.
Again, as I keep asking-what happens when your buyers turn into sellers? Or what if your buyers decide to totally go on their own using a real estate lawyer to present offers after using your site for their info?

Sinc.

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