The number of houses an agents has sold does not equate to good service, good market knowledge or good negotiating skills. Many high volume agents pass the buyer off to another team member once an offer is accepted or even right up front. Good luck talking to that agent again, you will only get the transaction coordinator. The more buyer's they have, the less time they have to actually work with each buyer and get to know them.

There is something to be said for agent's that work on a smaller scale and individually with each buyer. I personally think this metric in rating agents as being a good agent is terrible and very one sided. It only helps the company that provides the information, not agents as a whole.

This is part of change, I suppose, the old days of breathing on a mirror, passing the State Exam and hanging your license at a company to process buyers may be over. Redfin wants to water down the value a Realtor has with a customer and put a cap on what they can and cannot make. Reminds me of all the fixed value companies that were out there during the runup of 2004-2006. One thing this may eventually eliminate will be the Floor Desk, when people don't call in for an agent, how they can drive traffic to their site to the same extent Zillow or Trulia do will be another thing...

I controlled 3% of the gulf front condo sales and fell into over 250 REO transactions. Should I have given them up to protect my condo status, no but would this outfit recommend me at the end of the year no. Services like this are harmful to the industry and especially new agents trying to move up.

Is they co-list, what does their E&O coverage look like?

"If you want to be connected to one of our users, sell more houses." NOW THAT IS ATTITUDE!!!