In july of 2014, i called a few real estate salespeople in the hawaii area to find a rental for the upcoming holiday season. I told the agents that i wanted to rent a home for december and spend no more than $2300 for the month. I decided to go with one agent on securing a house in the manoa area after i fell in love with it and got it for a steal at $2100 for the month. The agent who i did not use but showed me around that summer to a few vacation rentals that would be available in december of that year was very angry with me that i did not use him for the rental of the properties he showed me and decided to go along with the manoa agents rental for my next upcoming vacation.
KIMO SMIGIELSKI was that other agent. He called me a salesperson loving punjabi and a f***ing f*****. FIRST, i am not a punjab nor even indian. I am syrian. SECOND, i am not a "f***ing f*****". I was with my uncle on the trip and he might have thought that was my older boyfriend. THIRD, if i decide to go along with another agent for a small rental for a vacation, why get unprofessional over a small ordeal. I might have used him for my next summer or winter vacation to the islands. NEXT TIME GET WITH THE TIMES ITS 2016 WELL 2014 then BUT STILL. DONT DISCRIMATE. Its a shame to see someone so bigoted and homophobic. And the sad thing is, im not even gay! I have lots of gay friends and i am sure they would cause a riot of KIMO SMIGIELSKI s behavior and harsh words that were said to me.
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Kimo
Honolulu,Hawaii,
United States
Complete and Utter Nonsense
#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Wed, April 25, 2018
As the Principal Broker of Sandwich Isles Realty and a Realtor since 2000, I have never been more appalled at what I am reading. This is clearly some angry, internet troll looking to tarnish my stellar reputation.
A simple search of my name will pull up a much more realstic and reputable review site (i.e. Yelp) with currently 12 five-star reviews: yelp.com/biz/kimo-smigielski-sandwich-isles-realty-honolulu
I would also dare to say, where is the proof in this statement? There is no evidence and I would be happy to give anyone full access to my email, phone log and text chat which date back to 2005 (thank you Gmail and Apple) to show I have nothing to hide.
I am NOT a racist, we live in Hawaii, how the hell can you be racist here? I am not even WHITE, I am a mix of Thai and Polish. Queue up the Polak jokes. I myself am a minority being Asian American in the United States. So let's start with that. Let's start with the fact that I have friends of every background, social status, sexual orientation (my marketing director is a gay male) and work with clients from around the globe.
Second, let's look at some facts. I DO NOT handle vacation rentals in the price range that was mentioned. I only handle vacation rentals in Kahala Beach (starting at $5,000 plus taxes/fees per month), the Canterbury Place in Waikiki (starting at $5,000 plus taxes/fees per month) and two residential homes starting at $14,000 plus taxes/fees per month.
Nothing in my inventory even comes close to what this person/troll is talking about.
Third, I repeatedly refer inquiries off to OTHER brokerages that handle a larger pool of vacation rental properties than I do. I'm happy to refer them to Elite Vacation Rentals, Trinity Properties, Captain Cook Resorts, Ali'i Beach Rentals or Gold Coast Real Estate. Vacation rentals is a small portion of my business. In 2017 my residential sales volume was $18 million in sales, that is my true passion and focus.
Lastly, just look at how this "report" was written, the sheer syntax of this shows that it was generated by a bot that simply cut/paste my name into a script. I quote, "KIMO SMIGIELSKI was that other agent. He called me a salesperson loving punjabi and a f***ing f*****. " Let's look at why just my name is CAPITALIZED when in a sentence, almost as if it was inserted into a troll-generated script? Second, what sort of insult is a "salesperson loving..."? Why would I call someone a salesperson? That is a generic keyword used to identify a Realtor in most cases, again, showing that this was generated by a troll into a script to post online.
In summary, this website is a fraud as is this post. It allows anyone to publicly lie and pass that off as a "review" and doesn't allow the truth to come out nor allow me to get this clearly fake post removed.
That's fine though, it's amusing to me. See, this is what a real review would be written like by a non-robot troll. Real sentences that make sense.