Jason Kono

Jason Kono joined The Foundation Group after several years of experience selling multi-family properties with Cascade Partners. At Cascade Partners, Jason spent his first year on a team with the president of the company, completing over thirty transactions. The following year he became one of the company’s top producing multi-family brokers where his success quickly earned him respect among competitors and clients alike.

Currently as a Vice President at The Foundation Group, Jason leads a team comprised of two other brokers. Collectively in the last three years, they have closed close to 100 transactions and are rapidly approaching $100,000,000 in volume. Prior to entering the commercial real estate industry Jason spent four years at a national marketing company where he rose through the ranks to district manager responsible for recruiting, training and managing a sales force of nearly forty representatives.

Jason attended college at the University of Colorado and is currently pursuing further industry education through the University of Washington’s Commercial Real Estate Program and attainment of the coveted CCIM designation. Jason also manages and is part owner of a fourteen unit apartment building on Capitol Hill.

Responsibilities

• Negotiation
• Sales & Marketing
• Valuation / Appraisal
• Property Acquisition
• Consulting
• Management

• Seller & Buyer Representation
• Asset Valuation & Consulting
• Property Management
• Portfolio Disposition
• 1031 Exchanges—Forward & Reverse

• The Foundation Group – Vice President
• Cascade Partners – Associate
• Vector Marketing Corporation – District Manager

• CCIM Associate Member
• Commercial Brokers Association (CBA)
• Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS)

• University of Colorado—Leeds School of Business
• Real Estate Fundamentals
• 1031 Exchanges—The Power of Strategy
• Real Estate Principles
• Disclosure & Liability Issues in Condominium Conversions
• Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment (CI 101)