Redfin is to Realtors as iTunes is to RIAA

[The Tim]

[laxtosnoco]

[mike2]

[Lake Hills Renter]

[brettro]

[fatsteak]

[redmondjp]

[jld]

[uwp]

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[explorer]

[thelongwait]

[B]

Seriously, these jackass realtors have done more to turn me off from using a REAL-TOR(R) (is that a character from an 80's cartoon series?) than anything Redfin could ever do.

I pledge to totally avoid using a full-service realtor for a real estate transaction. There's nothing they can do to save their reputation or the large numbers of newly minted realtors that were created in the last few years. It's swirling the bowl, it can't be stopped.

I will never use a Realtor from the buy-side, and if a seller uses one for our transaction, my lawyer and I will do everything I can to minimize the realtor's involvement and commission. It's just common sense and good business.

The world needs fewer pointless middlemen.

D-I-S-I-N-T-E-R-M-E-D-I-A-T-I-O-N. Learn to spell it, realtors.

[brettro]

[jon]