Ben Kinney

Ben Kinney
Occupation Entrepreneur
Professional speaker
Author
Executive
Real estate agent

Ben Kinney is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, author and real estate agent with Keller Williams in Bellingham, Washington.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He is listed in The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends' top 1,000 agents for 2011-2014.[9][10][11][12] He was the top ranked agent in Washington state in transactional volume for the years 2012 and 2013.[10][11]

Kinney is the founder of NVNTD, Home4Investment and a co-founder of Brivity.[5][6][13][14] In 2013, NVNTD purchased Big Fresh Media and Tech Help.[5]

Early life

Kinney grew up in a cabin between Bellingham, Washington and Seattle, Washington with his father, who was a fly fishing guide.[3] He worked as a cable television installer while attending college.[3] He later became a cable salesman.[3]

Career

Kinney became a full-time real estate agent in 2005.[3] Kinney developed the curriculum for an online real estate course.[15] He sold the curriculum to a company acquired by Trulia, but continued to teach classes. Kinney created two real estate websites, Brivity and Blossor.[15][16] He was named the 2014 Innovator of the Year by Inman News.[17]

Publications

Kinney co-authored Soci@l, an ebook published by Rellek Publishing Partners, with Jay Papasan.[2][18] Soci@l won a bronze award at the 2011 National Association of Real Estate Editors competition.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Lawrence Cole (October 28, 2013). "Award-winning Realtor uses social media and technology to drive sales". Washington Times Communities. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lauren Beale (Jun 16, 2011). "More real estate agents turning to social media". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "30 Under 30". Realtor Magazine. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ Melinda Fulmer. "4 smarter ways to sell your home online". MSN Real Estate. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Evan Marczynski (Dec 17, 2012). "With new parent firm, Big Fresh Media expands into digital realm". Bellingham Business Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Business Pulse Magazine". Fall 2012. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Building for the Future". RISMedia. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Chris Smith (Dec 9, 2011). "Ben Kinney Shares His Secret Sauce: The Business Model Of The Future Is Already Here". inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "REAL Trends 2012 Top Sales Professionals". REAL Trends The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ "REAL Trends 2013 Top Sales Professionals". REAL Trends. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  11. ↑ "100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders: 2011". inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.
  12. ↑ Teke Wiggin (2014-06-19). "Brivity helps agents show clients what they’ve done to earn their commission". inMan News. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  13. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "In Blossor & Brivity, Ben Kinney Reinvents Home Selling in the Social Media Era". Seattle 24x7. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  14. ↑ Wiggin, Teke (2014-06-30). "‘Zillow-killer’ Blossor out to conquer natural language search". Inman News. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  15. ↑ "Announcing: 2014 Innovator Awards winners". Inman News. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  16. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Inman News writers win 5 awards". inman News. Retrieved Oct 16, 2013.

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