United Country - Gryphon Realty & Auction Group 9387 S Old State Rd Lewis Center OH 43035

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	<   Office: 614-885-0020 x 17 <   Fax: 614-573-6344 <   rfk@gryphonusa.com
Rich Kruse, Partner Richard F. Kruse is the President of Columbus, Ohio based Gryphon USA, Ltd., the parent company of United Country Ohio Realty & Auction Group. Since 1996 Mr. Kruse has acted in the capacity of an asset purchaser in multiple local and nationally scoped bankruptcy cases, represented the interests of borrowers and creditors as liquidating agent, wind down advisor, broker, property manager and auctioneer as well as held engagements as court-appointed receiver in both liquidating and operating scenarios. He specializes in high value residential assets, commercial sales, distressed / troubled properties and auction transactions. Mr. Kruse has been involved in transactional business since 1989 as an investor in residential, commercial and land development projects and has been a licensed real estate sales agent in multiple states for almost 15 years. He holds auctioneer licenses in Ohio and other states and has received designations as an appraiser with focus on commercial equipment. In previous employment, he was responsible for multi location and multi state asset acquisition and resale analysis. Mr. Kruse is a member of National and Ohio Associations of Realtors, National Auctioneers Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association, where he formerly sat on the board of the Ohio Chapter. He has been a speaker at the National Auctioneers Association, Columbus Bankruptcy Bar Association and Alexandria Bankruptcy Bar Association, has been an instructor for the Lorman Education Institute and is a graduate of the 2005 - 2006 Leadership Columbus Program.