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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’s Your Home Worth? Well, See For Yourself
For the past five years, Redfin has sought to build the perfect site for folks to preview, visit and ultimately buy homes for sale. But
Growing, Fast and Slow
“Greed,” Gordon Gekko once declared, “is good.” Oliver Stone’s private-equity titan was referring to the process of creative destruction, in which ravenous corporate raiders strip
Now Available on Redfin: Filter by HOA Dues!
Our website wizards at Redfin are always on the prowl for new features that can wow and amaze our customers. Even more so when it’s
Philly, We Have Arrived!
Bust out the cheese-steaks—Redfin has arrived in Philly! The Philadelphia real estate market is our 19th market overall and our first in more than a
How Stupid Can You Be?
Catherine Rampell at the New York Times today reports that “state colleges in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Colorado, Michigan, Florida and Texas have eliminated entire engineering
The Mood Among 2012 Home-Buyers: Feisty
Of the people planning to buy within the next 12 months, more than half are either already under contract on a purchase or planning to be under contract within three months.