Remote work, some roles have a sense of work life balance.
Toxic management with no one who will do anything about. Extremely team dependent. Way too many layers of middle management. Extreme micro management to the point where it's impossible to get work done, which the managers will then blame their employees for.
First time buyer and looking for an agent. I found a few online from different brokerages that seem good based on reviews and number of sales this year via Zillow. Does it matter if they are with Keller Williams, Berkshire, Compass, etc,? Do fancy brokerages cost more, or anything I should consid...Read more
Dear Product Managers from the Blind community, What would you say is the Northstar metric for Zillow and Redfin? While Redfin is a discount brokerage, Zillow is a marketplace and hence the NSM for these two apps would be different. Any suggestions? ##productmanager #pm ##product #productmanager...Read more
Can anyone tell how to buy a house in Cali? I don't like places like zillow where pricing is overrated. Also they take brokerage from both the buyer and seller. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks TC:250K YOE:3
Word on the street is that Compass is on the cusp of closing on the purchase of several of the remaining independent brokerage firms in the East Coast wealth corridor β NY, NJ, CT, FL. They are also reportedly getting into the property management business in Manhattan through the purchase of at lea...Read more
Went to a party and a Google guy was bragging that he had 24 million dollars in his stock brokerage account. He is looking to buy a bigger house in silicon valley. Another friend of mine said his neighbor had 80 million in Apple stock due to the buyout of his small company that he worked at 20 ye...Read more
I heard of Blind only recently and it is a great learning experience for me knowing the wlb, TC, company culture etc. I am curious to know what other apps are used by Tech/SV people so that I(and other newbies) can use and learn. My go to apps 1. Fb 2. Instagram/cart 3. Twitter 4. LinkedIn 5. Stan...Read more
Did anyone go through OneTrust Home loans for pre-approval? With a 710+ credit score and 171K annual income and over 223K in brokerage+401K and 60 cash, I only got pre-approved for 410K condo. He asked how much I want to pay monthly and I said upto 3K. The numbers donβt match what I see in Zillow or...Read more
Hi team, We are in the initial process of finalizing our realtor and I came across shopprop (thanks to blind community). With fixed rate and great refund on commission, they seem like an excellent option. I found mostly positive feedback on Zillow and Google, but I know how realtors control those r...Read more
My house is valued at around $1.24M in Zillow. To sell, the closing cost includes a 6% commission for real estate agent which comes to around 75k. My problem with that, given a market like bay area where the house literally sells itself this seems too steep a price. I bought the house in peak marke...Read more
I recently bought a sfh in bay area and wanted to share my learnings. - redfin vs. traditional agent: I was going to hire redfin agent to get that sweat commission refund, but ended up going with a traditional agent who knows the area very well and came with high recommendation from friends. He has...Read more