Publications

• IREM 2020 Best Practices - Robert Griswold, Ann Reisch Journal of Property Management January 2021

Real estate/property management standard of care

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Robert Griswold specializes in: * Currently active as a day-to-day hands-on practitioner, consultant and expert in all aspects of real estate (except valuation). Serves as a consultant or expert witness in standards of care, standards of practice, best practices, and custom and practice for real estate transactions, property management/ownership and fiduciary duty issues for all types of residential and commercial real estate – management, operations, maintenance, health & safety, habitability, mold, water intrusion, personal injury, trip & fall, premises liability, property inspection, broker or agent failure to disclose; misrepresentation; negligence/fraud & association board duties, & real estate receivership. * Certified Property Manager (CPM(®), Counselor of Real Estate (CRE®), Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM®), Real Property Administrator (RPA®) * Accredited Residential Manager (ARM®), Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM®) Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM®), * Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) and Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI®) * On-Air real estate expert for NBC News This Weekend (NBC 7/39 San Diego) for 15 years * Author - Property Management Kit for Dummies® and Property Management for Dummies® * Co-Author - Real Estate Investing for Dummies®; Landlord's Legal Kit for Dummies®, Mortgage Management for Dummies®; Home Buying for Dummies® * Featured columnist - SF Chronicle/San Diego Union-Tribune * REM National Faculty Instructor; lecturer * Court-appointed receiver & bankruptcy custodian A 3-time graduate Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a BS ('81), MBA ('86) and MSBA (2nd Masters) ('88) in real estate and related disciplines. Also holds the top professional designations in the real estate industry, including Counselor of Real Estate (CRE®), Certified Property Manager (CPM®), Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM®), Accredited Residential Manager (ARM®), Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM®), Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM®), Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) and Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI®). In the last 30+ years, Mr. Griswold has consulted on over 4,000 litigation matters, has been deposed over 700 times and provided sworn testimony in trial or arbitration on over 200 occasions in both state and federal litigation matters.