Glenn Kelman on Market Trends, Home-Buying Hacks and Redfin Insights | E1871

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today’s show:

Redfin’s CEO Glenn Kelman joins Jason to discuss essential tips for entering the market (4:55), hacking the system with concepts like “developer homes” and “accessory dwelling units” (22:55), finding happiness and success within simpler goals (28:40), and more!

Timestamps:

(0:00) Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, joins host Jason.

(2:13) Residential Real Estate Market: Current Trends and Analysis.

(4:55) First-Time Home Buyers: Essential Tips for Entering the Market.

(8:28) The dire need for building homes and other creative solutions to the housing crisis.

(10:21) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://www.Lemon.io/twist

(11:46) Looking at solutions for loans for builders and embracing the novel idea of taxing unused land.

(17:06) The second home phenomenon and it’s impact on the overall market.

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(22:55) Hacking the system with concepts like “developer homes” and “accessory dwelling units”

(25:31) Redfin’s success and Glenn learning about what really matters to their customers.

(28:40) Simplifying your business and getting rid of side quests.

(32:27) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://www.openphone.com/twist

(33:55) Remote Work Dynamics: Measuring Productivity and Sustaining Company Culture.

Check out Redfin: https://www.redfin.com/

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Articles and Links from this episode:

Glenn’s Past Episodes on TWiST:

Check out Episode E1616: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIqjrbbllQ
Check out Episode E1405: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqkrAX4thIY
Check out Episode E1261: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJX1lFphY58

Follow Glenn:

X: https://twitter.com/glennkelman

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennkelman

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Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland

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0:00.0	People are age, own house and have seen it appreciate like crazy, but there's another group where the
0:06.0	latter got pulled up at just the wrong time and it's creating all sorts of discontent.
0:10.8	People wonder why this Tik-Tok generation has bad vibes about the economy.
0:14.4	Well you would too if you were sleeping on your parents couch, if you couldn't even have
0:19.3	anyone over, how are you ever going to get married? So it's a real problem for American society that we don't have enough houses. We're about five million short.
0:29.0	This weekend startups is brought to you by Lemon.io.
0:33.5	Need to speed up your product development without draining your budget.
0:36.5	hire vetted engineers from Europe at lemon dot I.
0:40.0	Go to Lemon.io slash Twist to get 15% off for the first four weeks.
0:45.0	Squarespace turn your idea into a new website.
0:48.0	Go to Squarespace.com slash twist for a free trial.
0:52.0	When you're ready to launch, use offer code Twist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.
0:58.0	And open phone brings your team's business calls, texts, and contacts into one delightful app that works anywhere.
1:05.8	Get 20% off your first six months at openphone.com slash twist.
1:11.0	It's time for another appearance of my guy, Glenn Kelman. He is the president CEO of Redfin since 2005.
1:18.0	We've been friends for decades. And this is his fifth appearance here on this week in startups.
1:23.4	He gets the five timer jacket.
1:25.3	That's in the mail, Glen.
1:26.2	Welcome back to the program.
1:28.1	I can't wait to wear my jacket.
1:30.1	It's a pretty gray jacket.
1:31.0	Yeah, it's, you know, D'Rani, Zanya Fabric, it's pretty nice.
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