From comments at Rain City Guide. I didn’t address this weblog entry from Redfin.com CEO and broker Glenn Kelman because I wasn’t sure how to strike a balance. But today, Dustin Luther offered this:
For those that haven’t seen Glenn’s comments on his blog, I highly recommend heading over to this post.
In case it wasn’t clear, Glenn is clearly not worried about making friends with real estate agents, and even compares listing agents (who don’t want to show their properties to Redfin buyers) to praying mantises who eat their pray: “a grisly illustration of realtors’ hopeful but incorrect argument that showing their own listing can procure cause for garnishing the buyer agent’s commission.”
P.S. Greg: he has a special treat over there for you as well…
This was my reply to him:
> Greg: he has a special treat over there for you as well
I saw it last night. I concluded that the man is a jackass and a fool. In rank order the fools would seem to be 3. Kelman’s clients, 2. Kelman himself, and 1. Kelman’s investors.
Debunking Zillow.com gets dozens of unique hits every day. Let’s go get sued, a blueprint for bringing litigation against cowbird brokers scores fourth when you search for Redfin.com. I think the people at Zillow.com have been very deft in the way they have dealt with criticism. I think Kelman is drunk on his own publicity. The route to fame can be long and uncertain. But it’s just a short hop from there to infamy…
Hustling uninformed newspaper reporters is one thing, but I’ll bet the man doesn’t have the guts to defend his business model in public against an informed questioner.
Further notice: Kelman adds a comment at RCG.
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