I've looked up a few recommended Redfin agents before and at least a few had serious backgrounds in real estate, like working as a traditional agent for 10+ years prior to joining Redfin. That's probably going to be a lot better than a young post-grad agent who started their first job at …

Redfin agents are on payroll. That’s nice for new agents because they don’t have to go looking for deals. The strategy is entirely different. People go to Redfin to work with the organization & get the benefits of the organization, rather than working with a single real estate agent.

Apr 2, 2023 · Not worthless, but it indexes on what the seller lists it for because the seller knows more about the house than Redfin. For example the higher price could be because significant renovations are done. However after a house is sold I find Redfin estimate to be accurate within 1 year of sale because it uses comps to adjust the house value.

Nov 28, 2023 · Redfin is a very efficient way of buying a house, it’s easy to get in and see things, their offer system is good, and the agents are usually experienced . but like any other brokerage, some agents are great, and some agents suck. You should research the agent rather than just assuming everyone is the same there.

Redfin definitely isn’t perfect, it still has that start-up mentality and is constantly changing things and refining processes, but I respect our leadership (our CEO Glenn Kelman is one of my favorite people on this planet) and I feel like at the end of the day we’re always going in a good direction.

Jan 14, 2022 · If you're home is immaculate and objectively desirable then it's accurate otherwise it's going to be odd by a significant amount. Redfin is about 25% higher than my mortgage lender and 10% higher than Zillow. Interestingly enough my redfin initial cash now price was only about 10% more than my mortgage lenders price.

Dec 25, 2021 · Redfin is a great place to learn the ins and outs of real estate but that’s about it. In order to make $4k-$6k a month (which is close to impossible) you literally have to work everyday all day including weekends.

Redfin tells realtors "I'll give you several times the number of houses that you're getting right now, but you have to accept that the per-house commission is going to drop. You'll make a lot more in the end but you'll have to sell more houses." Often realtors work both on and off Redfin and charge 50% of their regular rate for leads from there.

Now, Redfin says their estimate in 2019 was $1.5m, and current estimate is $1.9m. Based on comps, I’d actually guess it’s closer to $1.6m. So, their estimates are way off, and I’m not sure why they retroactively replaced a piece of good data with a piece of bad.

Redfin has a lot of resources to throw at you so the process has gone smooth. Staging, photos, etc are all part of the package. You don't need to worry about one person coordinating everything, it's all part of a bigger machine and you have an online …