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[quote=Anonymous]We bought a house through Redfin in Silver Spring in 2010.  I wouldn't say it was a great experience, but it was a good experience and I will say it was worth it after getting that $8,500 back at closing.  We knew the area in which we wanted to buy, had purchased a house before, are very internet-savvy, and didn't need someone to suggest things and lead us around.  It was really really easy to find the houses we wanted to look at, click a button for an appointment to go see it and just show up.  I'd say that was the best part - the website is great and it was really nice to be able to get an appointment really quickly and with hardly any effort.  I've heard some sellers don't like offers from Redfin, but we had no trouble.  The sellers chose us out of at least one other offer and everything proceeding quickly and easily after that.  I will say that we pretty much had to do everything in terms of finding and scheduling an inspector, deciding what contingencies to put, deciding what to offer, deciding what to counter, deciding what to ask for after the inspection, etc.  The agents were pretty much no help on that.  So if you don't know what you're doing, you might want to look for someone that will assist you.  But I feel like we got a good deal and it all went well.  The one thing I really didn't like was that the agent at closing was pretty disrespectful.  He arrived 20 minutes late and sat on his Blackberry through the entire closing.  The listing agent actually had to help us on a few things since he was so checked out and she was clearly extremely irritated.

So all in all, it went fine, being able to schedule online was awesome, and the cash back was fantastic.  But I wouldn't suggest it unless you're ready to do a lot of work yourselves for that money.    
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