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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Representing homebuyers in Orange County, California, Alipour generally completed 2-3 escrows a month while many colleagues did 4-5. “It But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. I started at Redfin 12 years ago,” she said.

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California has a radical homebuying plan

Housing Wire

From the policing of an automobile’s tailpipe emissions to workplace rights for independent contractors, California has a track record of putting once marginal ideas into the American mainstream. Last week, the Democratic-dominated California state legislature unveiled a $267 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.

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