Ken Griswold is a successful real estate agent, too?

HeretoBeatmyChest · March 2014

No offense to anyone who is a real estate agent but its a profession I have little respect for because the qualifications for entry are so low. Kim is perfect evidence. He probably has a high school education but his verbal skills are barely at a high school level. Its similar to the financial world where there is a ton of dead weight at the bottom that are basically aggressive salesman. At least the educational requirements for that are usually more stringent.

His bio lists no credible accomplishments, skills or anything that can be verified. It's vague on purpose. He may have been a top 20 producer for 1 year in the past or there may be only 25 producers in his jurisdiction. Fact is, if he really was what his bio said then he'd be making enough money where that would be his focus and not a recruiting website. And if he was really good he would be working in the Seattle area and not south King County.

allpurpleallgold · March 2014

Swaye said:
I'm sure Faux Lawyers threats are incoming.

If you talk to that Indian broad feel free to pass along my email. I'm trying to hit those.

Swaye · March 2014

HeretoBeatmyChest said:
No offense to anyone who is a real estate agent but its a profession I have little respect for because the qualifications for entry are so low. Kim is perfect evidence. He probably has a high school education but his verbal skills are barely at a high school level. Its similar to the financial world where there is a ton of dead weight at the bottom that are basically aggressive salesman. At least the educational requirements for that are usually more stringent.

His bio lists no credible accomplishments, skills or anything that can be verified. It's vague on purpose. He may have been a top 20 producer for 1 year in the past or there may be only 25 producers in his jurisdiction. Fact is, if he really was what his bio said then he'd be making enough money where that would be his focus and not a recruiting website. And if he was really good he would be working in the Seattle area and not south King County.

Agree with your basic premise, but there are some incredibly sharp real estate folks out there. The really, really good ones usually end up in commercial, or high end residential, at least in my admittedly semi-limited experience.

Point...lots of real estate folks are slack jawed mouth breathers (see Kim), but there are some really sharp ones. The sharp ones don't end up with Fatters as a life partner/sidekick. They drive six figure cars and bang 10's.

Tequilla · March 2014

this thread delivers

dnc · March 2014

Swaye said:
First review is in! Funny as fuck! What a great week for this bored!

I moved here from California in 2007 and was looking for a nice 3 BD, 2 BA house in Renton. After hearing about Mr. Grinolds from some co-workers, I called him up. We met at Starbucks over a banana, and I knew after about 5 minutes of talking with Mr. Grinolds that he lived up to his reputation as being very knowledge-able and experienced.

After a few showings, I found the house of my dreams in Renton, near my job. I had a few doubts before offering, mostly regarding my unease the market. I was wary, but Mr. Grinolds assured me that the housing market is only going to continue going up and in about 5 years I should be able to see a 50% increase in value on my house. Awesome, a real estate agent who has the market dialed in!

A few months later after a successful purchase, the bubble burst and I lost everything. I was angry at first, but Mr. Grinolds calmed me down and I now know that his assurance that the market going up was only what he was hearing. Clearly I needed to learn the difference. Despite living on the streets of Kent and using Starbucks wifi to write this review, I learned a valuable lesson thanks to Mr. Grinolds. I would recommend him to anyone.

- Alex Ossai (Bought a home with Kim Grinolds in 2007 in Seattle, WA)

http://www.movoto.com/realestateagent/kim-grinolds

Shit. Classics Bored. Belongs.

unfrozencaveman · March 2014

SteveInShelton said:

Swaye said:

unfrozencaveman said:
Top agents have a steady supply of listings and recent transaction history, he has zilch

Anybody here used Ken to buy or sell a house?

Good question. For those who have, feel free to offer feedback here:

http://www.movoto.com/realestateagent/kim-grinolds
It would be wrong for HH members to post reviews of his service on that site.
Challenge accepted.

El oh fucking el