John J. Grunert

John Grunert was recommended through my agent whom I now know are friends and they are mutually beneficial to each other. I used him as my purchase attorney. He was rude, never returned my emails or calls. He never informed me about anything and didn't care to help. At times it seemed as if he was on... the seller's side. I almost fired him and hired another attorney but the other attorney I wanted to hire told me I was too far in the process to change and would only cause problems. I should have just changed and dealt with the problems because I've never felt so cheated in my entire life. Don't believe the only positive review on this site because that is written by an extremely shady mortgage lender. They are mutually beneficial to each other, same as with my agent. The lender uses John as their closing agent to represent the lender and he gets paid for doing a 2nd job while also sitting in as my attorney....ridiculous. Agents and shady lenders recommend him while he helps them with their businesses but harm his clients. Stay away. I never write reviews online but my experience was so terrible that I had must share to warn others not to fall into the same fate as I did. If I can help at least one person not to use him, I will feel that I have done a Godly duty. He made my closing more difficult and worse than it should have been.

While friendly and informative during the initial meetings, once the closing took place he was illusive and unresponsive. He delayed processes and ultimately did not follow through. In my opinion once he is paid he no longer cares, obviously the potential for repeat business with a real estate clos...ing is minimal so follow through is not a concern. Real Estate agent relationships are more valuable than client relationships.