Ken Griswold is a successful real estate agent, too?

"If you need it sold, call Kim."

LOL 20 years in Marketing and Sales, I love when people brag about being in sales (I personally am a salesman) and try to make it sound so complicated by adding titles like "marketing" and "account executive". Christ you call people up and tell them to give you money, anyone can do it.

People who brag about being in sales or marketing pretty much are not successful at all. So to answer your question no it isn't as good as it sounds, much much worse.

Gladstone

its not it's

Kim sells em, Race takes em away.

LOL 20 years in Marketing and Sales, I love when people brag about being in sales (I personally am a salesman) and try to make it sound so complicated by adding titles like "marketing" and "account executive". Christ you call people up and tell them to give you money, anyone can do it.

People who brag about being in sales or marketing pretty much are not successful at all. So to answer your question no it isn't as good as it sounds, much much worse.

Give yourself some more credit. Some people suck at selling.

HuskyJW

Apparently. a lot of people quote him and link to him everyday.

Web site bio reads, "He is a top producer with a 20 year background in marketing and sales. Born and raised in this area, Ken is knowledgeable about the market and the conditions that affect the Puget Sound area and it's property values."

Anbody here used Ken to buy or sell a house?

Is he as good as it sounds?

LOL 20 years in Marketing and Sales, I love when people brag about being in sales (I personally am a salesman) and try to make it sound so complicated by adding titles like "marketing" and "account executive". Christ you call people up and tell them to give you money, anyone can do it.

People who brag about being in sales or marketing pretty much are not successful at all. So to answer your question no it isn't as good as it sounds, much much worse.
Give yourself some more credit. Some people suck at selling.

Honestly if you can hold a conversation well with strangers then you will be fine, it really isn't a skill. Still can make decent money doing it though.

Dawgfan406

Here is his 20 years in Marketing and Sales:

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

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.

SteveInShelton

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.

Vegasdawg

I had a house in Tucson that I waited too long to sell, I was sitting on it during the real estate hayday and watching the value go up. And then...the market crashed. I drove down and met with a woman who was recommended. She had 25 years experience and knew what the hell she was talking about. She had contractors lined up for any repair or remodel work needed done, she had buyers who were referred to her. The whole ball of wax. With half a dozen foreclosed homes I was competing against, she sold my house and it was closed and put to bed in three weeks. There are salesmen and then there are professional salesmen, and there is a difference.

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

Time to drop a citrus bomb.......hope they like lemons.

Dardanus

Steps to becoming a successful real estate agent:

1. Learn your wine. Cabs that drink like merlot sound fancy and make you look smart.

2. Tips and tricks. For example, pretend to accidentally leave your jacket at someone's house or office. Gives you an excuse to go back there.

3. Profile photo. Hold a football and wear a tie.

4. ????

5. Profit.

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

Sarkingham

Looks like someone already accepted the challenge...

Great learning experience for me
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)

Awesome work with the Ossai reference. Kimberly needs more reviews!

per movoto.com/realestateagent/kim-grinolds

I'm sure Faux Lawyers threats are incoming.

RaccoonHarry

Wonder if Ben knows Mike Hunt?

GrundleStiltzkin

Wonder if Ben knows Mike Hunt?

No, you're thinking of Harry Seaward.

HeretoBeatmyChest

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.

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.

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

this thread delivers

dnc

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.

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

puppylove_sugarsteel

If you're new, bring something other than Kim's Windermere real estate profile. This was hammered to death 20 fucking years ago New fish

LoneStarDawg

Yet nobody acted on the contact info, there could be some prank calls to be had. Maybe the podcast could do an adhoc interview?

fauxdawgman

We've contacted the Fox lawyers.

"Jenn Dub Pub" has just posted.

Comments

"If you need it sold, call Kim."

Gladstone

its not it's

Kim sells em, Race takes em away.

LOL 20 years in Marketing and Sales, I love when people brag about being in sales (I personally am a salesman) and try to make it sound so complicated by adding titles like "marketing" and "account executive". Christ you call people up and tell them to give you money, anyone can do it.

People who brag about being in sales or marketing pretty much are not successful at all. So to answer your question no it isn't as good as it sounds, much much worse.

Give yourself some more credit. Some people suck at selling.

HuskyJW

Apparently. a lot of people quote him and link to him everyday.

Web site bio reads, "He is a top producer with a 20 year background in marketing and sales. Born and raised in this area, Ken is knowledgeable about the market and the conditions that affect the Puget Sound area and it's property values."

Anbody here used Ken to buy or sell a house?

Is he as good as it sounds?

LOL 20 years in Marketing and Sales, I love when people brag about being in sales (I personally am a salesman) and try to make it sound so complicated by adding titles like "marketing" and "account executive". Christ you call people up and tell them to give you money, anyone can do it.

People who brag about being in sales or marketing pretty much are not successful at all. So to answer your question no it isn't as good as it sounds, much much worse.
Give yourself some more credit. Some people suck at selling.

Honestly if you can hold a conversation well with strangers then you will be fine, it really isn't a skill. Still can make decent money doing it though.

Dawgfan406

Here is his 20 years in Marketing and Sales:

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.

SteveInShelton

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.

Vegasdawg

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

Time to drop a citrus bomb.......hope they like lemons.

I'm sure Faux Lawyers threats are incoming.

RaccoonHarry

Wonder if Ben knows Mike Hunt?

GrundleStiltzkin

Wonder if Ben knows Mike Hunt?

No, you're thinking of Harry Seaward.

HeretoBeatmyChest

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.

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.

Tequilla

this thread delivers

dnc

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.

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

puppylove_sugarsteel

If you're new, bring something other than Kim's Windermere real estate profile. This was hammered to death 20 fucking years ago New fish

LoneStarDawg

Yet nobody acted on the contact info, there could be some prank calls to be had. Maybe the podcast could do an adhoc interview?

fauxdawgman

We've contacted the Fox lawyers.