Shay Shepherd
AssociateBroker, Compass
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Seasoned professional proficient in Commercial residential listing and sales. Designated Luxury Home Marketing
Phone (214) 484-3950
Seasoned professional proficient in Commercial residential listing and sales. Designated Luxury Home Marketing
Property Types
Industrial, Office, Retail, Specialty
Markets
Dallas/Ft Worth, San Antonio
Bio
Shay Shepherd is a graduate of Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX where she received a B.S. in Family and Consumer Science. Shay was a consumer lender in Denton where she gained sixteen years’ experience assisting her clients with their financial needs as a Consumer Loan Officer, Mortgage Originator and Marketing Director of a publicly held bank corporation.Shay earned her Real Estate Agent License in 1997 and joined Prudential Texas Properties, Park Cities, prior to gaining her position as VP of Marketing for a residential homebuilder. During the next several years Shay achieved valuable experience in the housing industry as she worked with Realtors and Homebuilders and became involved in governmental affairs and legislative issues at the local, state and national level regarding homebuilding, ownership, purchase and finance. Shay served as Legislative Contact in Washington, D.C. with the Dallas Homebuilders Association. Concurrently she intermittently served three years with The Department of Homeland Security (FEMA) as a Public Information Officer to disseminate federal information to the news media in order to create awareness for individuals, businesses and public entities in obtaining federal funding for loss of assets, home and belongings resulting from disasters throughout the United States.
Shay entered commercial real estate as a Retail Expansion Site Selector for Royal Seal Companies and traveled a territory of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and South Texas to locate suitable sites for the expansion and development of national clients such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Ruby Tuesday, Advanced Autoparts, OReilly's, Family Dollar, RaceTrac and QuicTrip. Research, evaluation, site assessment and demographics became the tools of her expertise for determining suitability of real estate properties for both business and consumer needs in residential as well as commercial real estate.During the 2009 mortgage crisis Shepherd was an Asset Manager for First Tennessee Bank/ First Horizon Construction Lending. While responsible for a portfolio of distressed loan assets she assisted homeowners with completion of homes and achieving permanent mortgages. She was also responsible to the bank for regaining and disposing of distressed assets in the West Coast Region of the United States. Subsequently Shay joined Carlisle and Gallagher Consultants in the Office of the President for a major bank client to address and resolve escalated consumer concerns as a research and communication liaison between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as well as legislators and attorney general offices nationwide. As a consultant for Newbold Advisors she was responsible for researching and reviewing files for a national bank client to determine quality assurance compliance as required by the policies and procedures of Housing Urban Development (HUD) /Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Making Home Affordable loan modification.Always a dedicated consumer advocate, Shay earned her Broker's License in 2006 and created a niche market of turf farms, horse ranches, agricultural business properties and entrepreneurial real estate clients with innovative desires in land acquisition. Shay was President of Tierra Commercial, Inc. prior to her affiliation as Associate Broker with Prudential Lou Hillman REALTORS, now Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Lou Hillman REALTORS where she daily employs all of her career experience in assisting both commercial and residential clients with their real estate needs.Shay is active with businesses and family in the DFW Metroplex, the I35 Corridor of North and South Texas and participates in community development activities with Grapevine and Southlake Chambers of Commerce.
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