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How Much Does a Redfin Agent Earn?
To be the best brokerage, you have to hire and train the best agents. This is Redfin’s goal. In our mind, the best agent is
Home Buying on April 1 Just Became Unbelievably Easy
Redfin is testing a new website feature today only that makes home buying almost foolishly easy. It’s called 2-Click Purchase, and it gives Redfin customers
Roske Speaks: Redfin Should Be More Like Costco
Chris Roske, Redfin’s director of finance, recently sent me a letter explaining how Redfin should be more like Costco. I think the letter’s pretty good
JSON in Postgres
Since Dec 2011 we’ve been storing a small portion of our data as JSON in Postgres. This blog post gives a quick overview of why
Dang. That’s Fast.
In a real estate world suddenly frenzied with competition, Redfin just released Instant Updates, the first* major service for immediately alerting home-buyers about new listings
List with Redfin, Sell Your Home Faster and For More Money
On average, Redfin listings sell 15 days faster and for $8,700 more than the competition.
The Web Is Becoming A Gigantic Lead-Generating Contraption for Business-As-Usual
The Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Buckman published an article yesterday depicting Redfin as the oddball on an ad-crazed Sand Hill Road. Which is unfortunately true.
Will Work For Food: Why I Left Microsoft for a Startup
I’ve been asked by many of my friends and family why I decided to leave my position at Microsoft, where I was appreciated and rewarded,
Inman Conference: Online Real Estate Starts to Feel Frothy
A few Redfin folks went to last week’s Inman Conference in San Francisco; Inman is a big real estate and technology conference. Like all conferences,
Gary Robinson Died Hungry…
John Cook has always reminded me of Edna Buchanan*, the scoop-crazy crime reporter for the Miami Herald who once overheard a colleague grumble about his
The Naked Truth Goes Straight to Video…
The Naked Truth video is up, on Mixpo instead of YouTube, so we could stream the entire 56:53. This is your chance to hear five
We Had Such A Nice Time…
The Naked Truth party wasn’t the three-ring circus I had hoped it would be. No one arrived by camel. The police didn’t shut the party
