|
If it's an easy sell, use a flat fee broker and save the full 3%.
Otherwise try i-agent if you like your hand held but still want full service at a major discount. |
Sounds like they are busy in your area. This isn't the normal response I have seen. Once you get assigned a person it's completely different and responsive. |
| Do redfin agents leave comments (particularly negative comments) on homes listed by other redfin agents? |
| We bought and sold with Redfin. Saved us about 23k (and for those who say that's nothing if you are buying a 1 million dollar house, that's ridiculous; cash leftover to do things is very different from a monthly mortgage payment). We sold in a week with 3 offers in a Luke warm area and bought in a hot neighborhood (beat out others). Houses here sell themselves. If you have a decent house, you are fine. And if you are buying in a hot area, no agent will ignore a full or higher offer. If you have a "full service" agent who excludes another contract offer because they worked with Redfin, you are NOT getting your (wasted) money's worth. |
| We are currently buying with Redfin and have nothing but positive things to say. We had our home inspection yesterday and our agent was there the entire 3.5 hours with us. He helped us with any questions or concerns and it was great. I have bought 3 houses with traditional agents and none of them even asked if we wanted them to be at inspection. I have never felt like we were using a "discounted broker" and getting less service. We are loving our REDFIN experience! |
I don't think so, based on what I've seen. My neighbor is a Redfin agent and has her house for sale right now. She has two glowing Redfin agent comments. What bothers me is that she initially listed her house way above market value and left it there for weeks. Then she lowered the price by $15k, but still above what similar homes in our development have sold for in the last few months. It's still sitting after 3 months and still priced too high. Observing this hasn't soured me on Redfin specifically, but it sure does make me think she's a crappy real estate agent. Still, when we sell next year, I will probably use Redfin or another discount broker. The savings are just too appealing. |
|
Agent here. If I were listing a property, an offer from a redfin agent wouldn't deter me. It's all about the bottom line, and if it was the best offer, we would take it. As a profitable agent in the area, I do wonder why any agent would choose to work for redfin unless they lacked experience to hack it on their own.
Before I became an agent, I used redfin to buy a condo. The agent was useless and clueless but I was very market savvy so I filled in the gaps, took my rebate, and moved on. The agent didn't even own a home and had never gone through the buying process! But this was several years ago, and I think the quality of agents has improved. I say go for it and save some cash. There are good redfin agents and bad Redfin agents, just like there are good traditional agents and bad traditional agents. |
The key word was "recently." YES, it was asked RECENTLY. As in about a week ago. And, yes, you SHOULD search the archives before asking many questions. |
| Oh shut up. No one else minded answering OPs question. |
ALL agents will list your house for what you make them list it at. Sounds like your friend was greedy and wanted hers priced too high. I used redfin to sell and I listed mine 5k above what my realtor wanted me to. It sold two weeks later for that price. I was in Falls church. |
| I have heard that if you work with Redfin, you might see one agent initially, another at the home inspection, and yet another person at the settlement table. I.e., you don't work with one person continuously through the process. I don't know whether or not that's true or whether it once was, or what. But if it's the case, it would be a huge turnoff for me. I wouldn't want my needs handed off from agent to agent like a baton. Too much opportunity for something to fall through the cracks. |
Actually it means nothing falls through the cracks. You're no longer dependent on your agent's schedule and it revolves around yours instead. |
|
I think people get too hung up on the possibility of saving on the commission that they don't see the forest for the trees.
If a really good agent at a traditional firm can get you $25,000 more for your home than a Redfin agent, saving $10,000 on commission doesn't seem as appealing. |
So, you're saying this is how they do it? You never see the same person twice? No, thanks. |
I call poopy cock on this. |