Trina Griffith is more than a real estate luminary. She is a virtuoso on the piano. She earned a membership in the National and International Music Guild. Besides being a church pianist, playing for two church services each Sunday, she sang in the choir, at weddings and events. She was a banker, membership, and program director for the Longview Chamber of Commerce among many other positions.

“A typical day in real estate is nothing typical. To be successful one has to be self-motivated, a multitasker and able to change your plans for the day at a moment’s notice. No two days are ever the same. I love that, too.”

– Trina Griffith, Trina Griffith & Company – Real Estate, LLC

Daren and Trina Griffith both hale from small-town East Texas. Daren her husband started out in Kilgore, while Trina calls Elysian Fields her hometown. Both grew up encircled by loving parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who made life a joy along with sundry friends, classmates, and parishioners. Weekends were a time for loving interaction that left blessed memories.

The Griffiths have now been married forty years, and they and sons Damen and Dax still have frequent, loving interaction along with a six-year-old grandson who basks in his family’s love and attention. Real estate makes theirs a profitable union.

After meeting at and graduating from Stephen F. Austin University, Daren and Trina spent awhile in Dallas before getting homesick for deep East Texas piney woods. Their next (and last) stop was Longview.

“My husband was very entrepreneurial, and from the beginning of our relationship in college, I recognized this and loved that about him,” she says.

Trina, however, came from a family of educators, and had majored in education, but also felt an inclination to adventurously branch out into the business world. She spent the next several years working in banking, in sales as membership director of the Court House Athletic Club, and then moved on to the Longview Chamber of Commerce where she worked as membership and programs director. A sense of total fulfillment was lacking, though. She felt a “tug at my heart” to get into real estate. Shortly after the birth of her first son she made the break.

“In real estate I would be able to enjoy all the things that make me tick,” she says. “Finally, a chance to be an entrepreneur.”

Through it all, there has also been her love of music. A past member of the National and International Music Guilds, she is a virtuoso on the piano. As a junior high and high school student she served as her church’s pianist while also singing in the church choir, weddings, and other events. She makes beautiful music as a real estate professional, too.

“A typical day in real estate is nothing typical,” she says. “To be successful one has to be self-motivated, a multitasker and able to change your plans for the day at a moment’s notice. No two days are ever the same. I love that, too.”

The ongoing momentum of the real estate industry has enabled it to barge unhindered through the COVID-19 pandemic . Recognized as running an “essential business” realtors were not closed down and left to languish at home. Something about the pandemic seemed to make East Texas even more attractive than usual to prospective buyers. She saw so many people and businesses suffer terribly from the pandemic, but never in her twenty-eight-year career had she ever experienced such a strong seller’s real estate market. From March 2020 to July of 2022 there was a veritable stampede of customers.

“I felt like I worked harder and longer than I ever have in my life,” she says. “It became a 24/7 career.”

Even though the COVID pandemic has yet to run its course, Trina Griffith and Company has expanded to almost thirty agents and opened a second office in Hallsville, which her expert eye picked out as a highly promising market.

“My personal faith told me to keep my eyes on Jesus and believe His Word, His Truths. The Word brings much comfort and it brought to mind things I remembered learning in His Word from a young age, which I didn’t exactly understand, but now makes perfect sense. Stand firm in your faith and the Word. This is the answer, for everyone to find comfort and rest in His Truths, in your own personal salvation He freely gives to all, if you just believe.”

–Trina Griffith responding to the pandemic

“It has been a fantastic opportunity, and we are loving being a part of Hallsville, where our listings and sales are flourishing,” she says.

Her spiritual priorities have been another major aspect of her business success. During her childhood she did not always fully understand the Word of God, but she certainly does now. She stands firm in her faith.

“This is the answer for everyone to find comfort and rest in His truths,” she says. “In your own personal salvation, He freely gives to all if you just believe.”

She has faith in Our Lord to bring us all through the terrible pandemic, and that seeking and following His will keeps her and her co-workers atop the real estate business community. She is not concerned by recently rising interest rates and is presently recruiting new realtors who find fulfillment in helping others have full, happy lives by working with kindness, professionalism, integrity, and diplomacy. She has definite, easy-to-understand advice for those in up-and-coming businesses.

“Surround yourself with people who add value and share your values in life that are similar as well as adding opportunity for continuing education,” she says. “I love the people and resources that so enrich Trina Griffith.”

She looks upon her agents as “family and friends” as they have stood beside her as she earned a long list of accolades in 2022 alone:

• Agent of the Year for 2022
• Top 100 Member
• Seven Star Earner
• Locals Love Us
• Best Real Estate Agent in Longview 2022

Her clients describe her as experienced, diplomatic, and trusted. She is this and much, much more.