For nearly three decades, Greg has helped family, friends, and colleagues navigate one of the most important financial decisions of their lives. He earned his real estate license not as a career path but as a commitment. He wanted to give the people he cared about the same professional guidance they'd otherwise have to pay a stranger for.
Over 28 years he's closed more than 2,000 transactions and earned annual recognition as one of Cincinnati's top-producing agents, a distinction he's held consistently, not once. His reputation in the Greater Cincinnati market runs entirely on referrals. Not one deal came from a cold door knock or a direct-mail campaign. Every client came through someone who'd already worked with him.
But those same decades gave Greg a clear view of the traditional market's limits. A standard listing is built for properties that are move-in ready and sellers who have time: 60 to 90 days on market, showings, inspections, contingencies, and a closing date that suits the buyer's lender, not the seller's life. For a homeowner facing foreclosure, an unwanted inheritance, or a property that needs $40,000 in repairs before it can list, that process isn't just slow. It's a wall.
So Greg built Deforest Solutions alongside his licensed practice. Not as a replacement for traditional real estate, but as the answer for the cases it can't serve. When a homeowner calls, Greg brings both: the full-market knowledge of a 28-year licensed agent and the ability to buy the house himself, on the owner's timeline, without repairs, commissions, or uncertainty.
Today he works directly with every single homeowner who reaches out. There's no call center, no acquisitions team, no one who "works for" Greg. When you call Deforest Solutions, you reach Greg. He conducts the walkthrough, makes the offer, coordinates the closing, and follows up personally after. That's been true since the first transaction and it won't change.