{"id":8,"date":"2009-12-20T23:57:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T04:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graves.d-two.net\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-05-08T00:56:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:56:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About Matthew Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-520\" title=\"profilepic (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/profilepic-21.jpg\" alt=\"profilepic (2)\" width=\"87\" height=\"160\" \/>In the past tweleve years as a full-time, licensed Realtor I have worked with Keller Williams, Jacobsmeyer Realty, and, since 2009, my own firm &#8211; Graves Realty.\u00a0 My experience with Keller Williams helped mold me into the Top Producer that I have become.\u00a0 \u00a0I was their Rookie of the Year in 2006; ranked in the Top 10 Agents in my office all three years while there;\u00a0 achieved multi-million dollars in sales, Rising Star Awards, Excellence Awards, and served on the Agent Leadership Committee.\u00a0 In 2008, I earned St. Louis Post-Dispatch\u2019s Readers Choice Top Agent, and have been a ten time winner of St. Louis Magazine\u2019s Best in Client Satisfaction Award.\u00a0 Toward the latter part of 2009, I joined Jacobsmeyer Realty while they helped aid in my transition to owning my own brokerage.\u00a0 However, none of those accolades are what sets me apart from the rest of the professionals in my industry.\u00a0 As a graduate of the University of Missouri\u2013Columbia and a lifelong resident of St. Louis, my knowledge of the local markets are much deeper than my professional achievements.\u00a0 My true appreciation for St. Louis is evident in my active background in remodeling, home building, lending, gut rehabbing, and as a private real estate investor.\u00a0 I have an intimate knowledge of what it takes to find the perfect home for my buyers and have an extensive professional marketing plan that I implement for each of my sellers to achieve top dollar in the quickest amount of time possible.\u00a0 My strongest area of expertise lies with those clients expecting the highest standard of professionalism in their real estate transaction, allowing them to have the ultimate real estate experience.\u00a0 My clients enjoy my commitment to communication, punctuality, professionalism, intimate insight to the evolving market, candid advice, strong negotiating skills, and true interest in each individual transaction.\u00a0\u00a0I pride myself on the ability exceed your expectations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past tweleve years as a full-time, licensed Realtor I have worked with Keller Williams, Jacobsmeyer Realty, and, since 2009, my own firm &#8211; Graves Realty.\u00a0 My experience with Keller Williams helped mold me into the Top Producer that I have become.\u00a0 \u00a0I was their Rookie of the Year in 2006; ranked in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3781,"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/3781"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gravesrealtystl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}