One other potential risk of using Redfin to tour houses and not buy them … “procuring cause.”
They know who toured the house, and they’ll know who bought the house. They have computers … lots of them. They have lawyers. It doesn’t take much skill to match up names. If times get tough I’m sure they’ll be tempted to match up the “John Doe” who toured 123 Main St. and the “John Doe” who bought it through another agent. That is, if they’re not doing it already.
I’m not saying you should buy a house just to make your agent rich and happy … but if you try to be too clever, you expose both yourself and your agent to legal risks.
