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TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:56 pm
by Ken
Dear TLS Members,
I am so proud to have created TLS and am honored to be part of this community. For those who do not know, I was an attorney for many years at Silicon Valley's largest firm (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) then created my own law practice that I had for several years. But I have always loved real estate and felt there was a niche for the expertise I could provide with a law degree so in my early 30's I entered real estate and now at 38 I am the top agent in the country (I have sold $210 million year to date in 2011). I only mention this because I would not be enjoying this success without my law degree from Berkeley.
Law school was a great education for me and has paved the way for my doing so well in real estate (if I sell over $275 million this year I will have sold more in a year than any other agent ever in America). I would not recommend entering law school without ever intending to practice law, but as my experience shows, you can successfully branch out into other fields as well.
I will be on a NBC Nightly News segement by Tom Brokaw about Silicon Valley's resurgence in the next 2-3 weeks that I will try to post, but for those interested in viewing my CNBC interview 10 days ago I have a low and high res version here:
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Best regards,
Ken
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:58 pm
by lbeezy
Yay Ken! We're so proud of your success!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:59 pm
by fatduck
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:00 pm
by RMstratosphere
Hail, Ken!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:02 pm
by Bildungsroman
Awesome. Thanks for still running this website despite your huge success in the real estate field.
Also, free curry?
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:03 pm
by jump_man
Thank you Ken for creating this incredible resource!
TLS has definitely saved me from making some very, very poor decisions - this site has saved me from thinking that going to a TTT with hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans is a good idea. In other words, TLS taught me the common sense I need to succeed.
Best of luck with the real estate record!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:04 pm
by Mickey Quicknumbers
This is amazing.
Father.
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:07 pm
by CGI Fridays
That's a large figure!
*cough* server *cough*
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:08 pm
by polaris769
Wow, that's great. Congrats!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:10 pm
by 071816
Flame
jk that's pretty dope
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:18 pm
by fatduck
brb going into real estate

Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by Hannibal
Off-topic bro. Should be in the lounge.
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by 98234872348
Congrats Ken! Thanks for creating an invaluable resource!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by piccolittle
lbeezy wrote:Yay Ken! We're so proud of your success!

Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:20 pm
by Jack Smirks
Ken wrote:I have sold $210 million year to date in 2011
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Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:21 pm
by loblaw
Like a bawss!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:12 am
by Ken
Thanks Everyeone! My post was not to brag but convey that law school can result in success in many different fields. I am definitely proud of my accomplishments and I woudl not have achieved these heights of success without my legal education. Young, white and famous, I got money coming out of my ...

Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:14 am
by loblaw
Ken wrote:Thanks Everyeone! My post was not to brag but convey that law school can result in success in many different fields. I am definitely proud of my accomplishments and I woudl not have achieved these heights of success without my legal education. Young, white and famous, I got money coming out of my ...

hypothalAMUS
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:18 am
by Tom Joad
lol awesome and congrats. I owe you almost as much as you sold this last year!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:18 am
by NZA
Aww yeah...postin' in a Ken Thread.
Congrats, though! And thanks for TLS!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:18 am
by fatduck
Tom Joad wrote:lol awesome and congrats. I owe you almost as much as you sold this last year!
you are 210 million dollars in debt? the ABA really does need to step in.
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:19 am
by soj
Ken, you're amazing!
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:21 am
by AreJay711
soj wrote:Ken, you're amazing!
This. Congrats and thanks for making TLS.
Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:31 am
by crumpetsandtea
Wow. I don't know what I'm more shocked about, Ken posting, or the figures in that post.

Re: TLS Founder interviewed on CNBC
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:47 am
by 3ThrowAway99
Ken wrote:Dear TLS Members,
I am so proud to have created TLS and am honored to be part of this community. For those who do not know, I was an attorney for many years at Silicon Valley's largest firm (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati) then created my own law practice that I had for several years. But I have always loved real estate and felt there was a niche for the expertise I could provide with a law degree so in my early 30's I entered real estate and now at 38 I am the top agent in the country (I have sold $210 million year to date in 2011). I only mention this because I would not be enjoying this success without my law degree from Berkeley.
Law school was a great education for me and has paved the way for my doing so well in real estate (if I sell over $275 million this year I will have sold more in a year than any other agent ever in America). I would not recommend entering law school without ever intending to practice law, but as my experience shows, you can successfully branch out into other fields as well.
I will be on a NBC Nightly News segement by Tom Brokaw about Silicon Valley's resurgence in the next 2-3 weeks that I will try to post, but for those interested in viewing my CNBC interview 10 days ago I have a low and high res version here:
--LinkRemoved--
Best regards,
Ken

Awesome- congrats!