All the real estate flunkies are silent
by MattIt has now been a week since negotia-gate, in which the Redin CEO stated that their agents beat down other agents by .9% in negotiation skills, and the trolls are coming out:
The silence from Greg Swann, Marlow Harris, and the rest of the real estate flunkies is absolutely deafening. First they claim you guys are liars, then call into question the Seattle Times’ integrity, and now they can’t even muster a rebuttal…
source: comments from Redfin blog by an amused spectator
hmmm…Greg are you flunking? doesn’t look like it from the amount of buzz you create.
Marlow, how about you? are you going to be silent?
I was a real estate agent for 1 year…it was the hardest job I ever had, I loved marketing, but hated everything else. I now work with Realtors and help them market, and It is the most fun job I’ve ever had. Real estate negotiating is stressful, demanding, empowering, and rewarding, especially when you get your client everything they asked for…You can’t put numbers on this.
Here are some words from the flunky, silent real estate professionals
Realivent
Who’s the best negotiator? and can you base it on Real Estate Data?
Can this be true? Is this more nonsense?
3Oceans
Redfin Numbers Food Fight — Oh Goody, Let Me In
Sellsius
Redfin and Zillow: Stats of a Feather
Marlow Harris (Accused Real Estate Flunky)
Has Redfin jumped the shark?
Greg Swann (Accused Real Estate Flunky)
Thinking skeptically to rain on Redfin.com’s parade . . .
The numbers are clearly bogus, Mr. Kelman. Show us the files . . .
Does Redfin.com have tougher agents or tougher clients? A challenge in Bloodhound red . . .
Future of Real Estate Marketing
Redfin Agents More Effective?
TransparentRE
Redfin Validates its Negotiation Capabilities with MLS Statistics
Inman
Redfin: The first year
FSBO Law Center
Is Redfin really all THAT?
Northwest Real Estate Updates
Redfin Saves You Money!!! So they say…
Phoenix Arizona Real Estate
A Challenge for Rain City …
Rain City Guide
Redfin’s First Year
Popularity: 8% [?]
You ought to read the posts you reference. For the record, I asked for the data from Redfin. I haven’t seen it. And since I don’t have my own access to NWMLS (and am not going to rely on the public site since I know those numbers usually don’t have the needed data), I was looking for someone else to provide a more in-depth analysis.
For those of us who didn’t actually flunk out of real estate after a year (which is a remarkably small percentage), blogging is worked around the actual business of selling real estate. With five new listings in two weeks, there’s limits to how much time I can spend playing with Redfin data.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:13 pm[…] Matt raised my ire at RealInvent when I saw him repeat the world “flunky” - I hadn’t seen the comments, and am not sure I feel better now that I did since I officially was lumped in with other “flunky, silent real estate professionals.” […]
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:36 pmNice round-up of posts Matt. Redfin data is much ado about doo doo. The stats tell you nothing about the particular agent you are considering. I’d no sooner bid on a house based on zillow’s median error rate than I’d hire ANY agent based on a company average. It’s like buying a gaz guzzling Cadillac because GM’s cars average 30 miles per gallon.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:52 pmTell me what result you want, and I’ll find the data set and methodology to make it so.
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:01 pmThat Kevin Boer is one clever fellow.
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 pmYes, Kevin gave a classic response
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:12 pmYour conclusion makes no sense.
1- redfin posts a statement admitting the data may be incomplete.
2- Their conclusion is called to question by various real estate webloggers; they ask for the data to challenge the redfin statement
3- redfin is silent
4- Various real estate webloggers call for a validation again; state that they will “eat their words” if proven incorrect.
5- redfin is silent
6- Various real estate webloggers are silent.
ergo: redin is correct? That’s illogical!
March 4th, 2007 at 3:40 am5- redfin is silent
6- Various real estate webloggers are silent.
so I guess everything is back to normal?
March 4th, 2007 at 3:49 amAre you not publishing my reply? I left a comment this afternoon that is still unpublished on your blog. I am waiting for the NWMLS to issue a correction before I post.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:47 amMarlow,
I use Spam Karma 2, so I don’t moderate any comments that come in. If they pass SK2, they get posted. There must of of been a problem with your last comment. I’ll check my sk2 logs.
March 4th, 2007 at 5:54 am