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Careers: What Does It Take to Become a Real Estate Agent?
Now that the real estate market is on the upswing, there’s a huge opportunity for people to get back into the industry as a real estate agent, or to enter it for the first time. But what is it really like to be an agent, and what does it take to become one? We spoke with six Redfin Agents from very different backgrounds to get an inside look at real estate as a career option.

Wild, Wild Horses
Silicon Valley has always showered so much money on the deserving and undeserving that it would be hard for any one of us to say which group we ourselves belonged to. But one crucial difference between this boom and the last is that the folks in the last boom had to ship or starve. Today, not shipping pays pretty well.

Redfin's Tedx Talk: Take the Red Pill
A few weeks ago, I flew to Chicago for a Tedx presentation on my favorite subject, how software entrepreneurs can build real-world companies. If you’re

Redfin’s Tedx Talk: Take the Red Pill
A few weeks ago, I flew to Chicago for a Tedx presentation on my favorite subject, how software entrepreneurs can build real-world companies. If you’re
You Deserve to See it All
Against a backdrop of severe shortages of homes for sale, the topic of real estate website data accuracy is back in the news. By data

Houston, We Don’t Have a Problem. Redfin has arrived!
Today Redfin launches its business in Houston, Texas, the third major market we’ve opened this year. Houstonians, you should know that Redfin likes a good party, and we’re hosting one on Wednesday, March 20 at Hearsay Gastro Lounge to get to know our new friends and neighbors.

What We Learned from the ARA Women in Business & Tech Event Last Night
Last night around 200 women convened at Redfin’s headquarters to learn from three great leaders in technology and business. Here’s what they discussed!

Redfin Arrives in Buffalo, NY!
People in the greater Buffalo area, and those who dream of living here, can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes and can use the Redfin online and mobile tools to search for every home for sale in their market.

Women in Technology: Q&A with Redfin CTO Bridget Frey
Redfin Chief Technology Officer Bridget Frey answers some common questions she receives regarding women in technology.

The Digital Diaspora
The company where I work, Redfin, understands the impulse to build a platform-technology company outside of Silicon Valley. We are real estate brokers, with technology used by 10+ million people each month looking to move. And the simplest trend we see in American life is that Silicon Valley is no longer just the place talented people move to; it’s the place those people are moving from.

Why I Work at Redfin: Making a Real Estate Career Possible for Anyone
Three years ago, I helped form our Redfin Agent Development Program, which we call the RAD Program. It’s an apprenticeship program for those coming to real estate out of college or from a different industry.

Why I Work at Redfin: Nikki Kilmer, Redfin Agent
Los Angeles real estate agent Nikki Kilmer describes how she got into the business and what it’s like to work at Redfin.