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Redfin agents telling me NOT to buy yet
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2011 May 12, 2:36am 23,440 views 52 comments
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FF says
To David Losh and anybody else saying that Redfin tries to target you with a "hot deal" after earning your trust: that has not happened to me in my 9+ months of dealing with Redfin. The only homes I have ever seen with Redfin have been homes that I specifically requested to see. The only marketing materials I receive from them are emails that I opted to receive (that are customized to show me only the homes and areas that I have favorited). So really, I think that you have no idea what you are talking about.
realtors are starting to advertise on patrick.net now.
wtf are you talking about? I have had the exact same experience, which is why I started this thread. The Redfin agent we work with has been incredible, a big reason we have not bought is because of his guidance. He even knows we are approved for 200k more than what we want to spend and he has advised against bidding up on properties.
I have dealt with dozens of horrible Realtors, but all the Redfin agents have been awesome.
FortWayne
2011 Jul 17, 4:54am
Tude maybe that one agent is great. Telling someone that all of them are ethical because of a single experience is very naive. When ethics becomes a trend this topic can be revisited.
Everyones experience with realtors or people in real estate industry has been hurt with insane realtor conflict of interest. Maybe Redfin agents are better, but I'll only agree with that when enough evidence over time there to support that.
TMAC54
2011 Jul 17, 10:20am
1973 banks doubled the amount a family could borrow for home purchases.
1983 the computer was introduced.
Drop all the complicated mythological and intentional confusing formulae.
The more we make the more we spend !!! We don't make as much as we did during the information age infancy.
Come-on people, Redfin makes money from selling houses (and your browsing history). They are not the federal government. They can't print money to pay their "field agents." At the end of the day, they have to compete with other "realtors" and try to sell YOU a house.
Matt from Redfin here. Redfin does not sell your browsing history. Redfin only makes money when you buy or sell a home with our agents or partner agents.
Its not about price...it's not about interest rate...it's about affordabilty...no other time in history have we had low prices and low interest rates. Stop trying to time the market..no one can. The one thing you can count on is inflation so you'd better own something other than cash.
Read my blog here: http://www.reoavenue.com/crystal-ball/
Robber Baron Elite Scum
2011 Jul 25, 10:16pm
no other time in history have we had low prices and low interest rates.
When interest rates are low the marked is rigged to be inflated above it's real market value. You can not have low prices with low interest rates.
Learn about things before you give advice on them and stop spamming.
PS. If you're not incompetent - you are probably a shill.
you are probably a shill.
Yeah, it's a shill directing us to his/her site. The comment is mostly nonsensical.
bubblesitter
2011 Jul 26, 2:57am
Its not about price...it's not about interest rate...it's about affordabilty...no other time in history have we had low prices and low interest rates. Stop trying to time the market..no one can. The one thing you can count on is inflation so you'd better own something other than cash.
Read my blog here: http://www.reoavenue.com/crystal-ball/
Nice first post. LOL.
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Well all these threads about how things are going up and how hot the market is...I have taken two tours with Redfin agents in the past couple weeks, one in the Pleasant Hill/Walnut Creek area, and one in the Hercules/Pinole/El Sob area. When I was disgusted by the condition and prices, both agents told me that they would not buy now. Word on the street is the market IS rigged, the banks are playing games, and Bank of America is getting ready to start listing their tens of thousands of foreclosures from BAC/Countrywide after a nearly 1.5 year moratorium.
The agents have seen what is in the pipeline and it's a Hoover Dam that is about to break.
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