Redfin.com CEO Glenn Kelman is in Scottsdale today and tomorrow for the MLSCOVE Conference, a gathering of MLS executives from all over the country.
Glenn made time for Cathleen and me this morning, buying us breakfast and regaling us with stories of the not-always-smooth path Redfin is traveling.
In real life, the man has a sweet and gentle — even beatific — nature. We saw this when he spoke at the first BloodhoundBlog Unchained event, winning a hostile audience over with a quiet, unaffected honesty.
That shone through again this morning, and, allowing time for Glenn’s son and our pets, we spent most of our time talking about real estate marketing issues: REOs versus short sales, new builds versus resale, the prospects for recovery, etc.
It’s funny, actually, to talk this way, because Glenn Kelman is a star in the real estate firmament, but in person he is fun and personable and very empathetic. Whatever our past differences, I respect and admire what he has been able to achieve with Redfin in such a short time. It was an honor to be able to spend some time with him.
Tom Johnson says:
Glenn Kelman=Class Act. He won me over with his gallant defense of “Barbie”.
Since the NAR is into the RPR for $20 mill already, I wonder what the RPR stop loss “in for a penny in for a pound” hospitality suite is like?
February 1, 2010 — 10:15 pm
Glenn Kelman says:
Greg, Cathleen (and Tom) you are too kind, far too kind. The pleasure was all mine, really. I liked hearing about the scorpions and the feral cats and I didn’t know that Hercules dog had a name… suffice it to say that it was fun to talk to you, as always…
February 1, 2010 — 11:21 pm