Dalton vs. Kelman: 2-ish out of 3 ain’t bad

January 8, 2007

Alan Dalton (Move.com) was in top form tonight in his panel discussion with Glenn Kelman of Redfin.  I predicted three things he would say and I got — well, sort of — 2 out of 3.

Prediction:  “I know Glenn Kelman is a decent man, an honorable man, who really really cares about Realtors, probably because most of his classmates at Berkeley became Realtors.”

Actual:  I’ll have to wait to review a full video of the panel, but he did make a few references to Glenn Kelman (and his cross-town counterpart, Lloyd Frink of Zillow) being “good, decent, honorable” people…but he didn’t mention anything about Kelman’s Berkeley classmates.

Prediction: “I think it’s appropriate that Glenn is here with us near Times Square, the world capital of frivolous neon lights and entertainment, which is really all Redfin amounts to.”

Actual:  Dalton did say something along the lines of “It’s appropriate we’re here in Manhattan…” but then launched into a long-winded analogy about how what Redfin is doing disparages Realtors, and if we did the same with all professionals — doctors, lawyers, etc. — there would be no consumers left to buy anything and we’d all be living in caves.  Very bizarre.

Prediction: “I ask you, what is the real estate public really looking for — the full service value-added model of the traditional Realtor, or a scaled-down web-based half-baked coccamamie jumbo-mumbo service that leaves the consumer to fend for himself?”

Actual: Lots of things along that vein, but not anything of the same wording. :(

Trust me, you don’t want to be in the ring with Dalton — he’s engaging, witty, entertaining, and thoroughly enjoys sparring.

Off now to some other event…will try to report more on this event later today or tomorrow.

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Written by Kevin · Filed Under Alan Dalton, Glenn Kelman, Inman Connect, Real estate, Realtor.com, Redfin 

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4 Responses to “Dalton vs. Kelman: 2-ish out of 3 ain’t bad”

  1. Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Blog by Dalton’s Arizona Homes » Blog Archive » High Touch vs. High Tech Real Estate on January 9th, 2007 10:39 am

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  2. Trulia Blog on January 9th, 2007 8:55 pm

    [...] Real Estate Connect’s official blog Inman’s coverage of the Redfin v Realtor.com debate Kevin from 3 Oceans covered the panel, complete with his predictions of what Dalton would say (and we agree, two out of three aint bad at all) Real Estate Connect Happenings at True Gotham Sellsius and condoDomain have pictures of many of your favorite real estate bloggers Seattle PI’s John Cook provides his take on the panel CruchBack shares their view here [...]

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    [...] After a several month-long “make nice” campaign — including 1) several tête-à-tête sessions with numerous bloggers, like yours truly at Inman and Kris Berg in San Diego; 2) a lively and entertaining drinks-on-Glenn event last night in San Francisco; 3) winning accolades at Inman for having the guts to take on Alan Dalton; 4) refraining from praying mantis allusions … Glenn Kelman apparently just couldn’t resist taking another potshot at the real estate industry — his peers, really. [...]

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