Meet Zack Shields
I am a second generation real estate agent and have been in the business for over 10 years from Orlando to Silicon Valley and then returning back to Central Florida. My experience in my career in multiple markets has given me incredible insight into the needs for buyers and sellers and how to best serve them.
Anybody can open a door for you. Anybody can search Redfin, Zillow, or Realtor.com. That takes no expertise and is unfortunately what many agents have to offer home buyers and sellers. What I enjoy most about working for buyers is uncovering hidden inventory that they wouldn't find without a committed agent playing matchmaker and working hard for them to find opportunities that are not public. To me, the treasure hunt of finding the right home is what is most exciting! For sellers, I pride myself in unparalleled marketing utilizing all of the latest technology such as 3D virtual tours, pay per click and retargeting ads, high definition online marketing and much more!
Prior to returning to Orlando I spent 7+ years in Silicon Valley, one of the toughest real estate markets in the country, where I sold over $200 million worth of homes. I bring a unique perspective on how to sell a home for the most money in the shortest amount of time. For buyers, I have learned the best ways to get an offer accepted in an extremely competitive environment, by applying the best principles I have learned in my multi-market career.
I am also a real estate investor, owning and operating several short term vacation rentals in the Smoky Mountains. In my free time I enjoy spending time with my family and friends enjoying local theme parks and all that Central Florida has to offer. I am a big sports fan of my alma mater, UCF, and frequently attend UCF sporting events. I am a musician, frequent traveler and lover of all things real estate.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
"We used Zack Shields to buy a home and he was outstanding!
Our first meeting with Zack, he explained to us his style of working and the entire home buying process to us first-time buyers. He was extremely patient as we bombarded him our questions, a quality that we have come to appreciate a lot in our experience with him. Our home buying process was not easy. It started with our uncertainties in selecting a location where we would like to settle to the number of bedrooms and such, but Zack put up with us. At the end of each home viewing, we would discuss a pro/con list about the place, Zack’s idea. This helped Zack understand us as buyers as well as what we were looking for that would refine his suggestions for next time. He worked very well with our schedule too. On the couple offers we put, his comp analysis was based on the market and how far we were willing to go. At every point of time, he made sure we were doing what we are comfortable with and like. Often he would point out things that we wouldn’t have even thought about and those were always good suggestions!
Once our dream house offer was accepted, we ran into a few problems with the loan and the property itself. Zack is amazing at communication and although these matters were new to him, he took the time and effort to learn more about it and did the best for us. I can’t stress enough that us, as buyers, are very difficult to deal with, and Zack has given the best service to us which speaks volumes about his character. He is always smiling and it shows the love he has for his work. More importantly, he never pushed us to close the deal ASAP, rather he focused on finding homes that met our needs.
In the end, we found the property that was perfect for us and we cannot thank Zack enough! Zack has found a lifelong client in us and I would like to recommend him to everyone out there looking for a home "
- Maitrik P.
"My wife and I worked with Zack to purchase our first home and we really can’t say enough good things about him. Being a first time buyer, we had little knowledge of the process for purchasing a property. The first thing Zack did was give us a crash course in real estate buying and was very thorough in answering every concern we had. More importantly, he was very reassuring that what appeared to be an overwhelming process, wasn't actually that bad at all. With every place we saw, Zack quickly gained a perspective for what we did and did not like in a property (including Vaastu). High praises from us for helping us extricate ourselves from a seller who had no negotiating skills after we’d made an offer, and in helping us find ways to make competitive offers in Bay Area market to close on our dream house. Zack has a ton of contacts(for moving/ flooring/ inspection/ bankers etc) and his contacts for the bankers really made the loan closing a smooth process for us. Zack was on top of every part of the process to make sure things were on track and towards the end of the closing always updated by 9am on how things were going and not having us ask for updates.
Now looking back, one of the things which is very commendable is that Zack never pressured us into anything, he is not pushy and has your best interest in mind for the long term. In fact,
Zack is knowledgeable, approachable, personable, endlessly patient. We would highly recommend using Zack to find your dream home. We hope we’re in our new home for a long time, but if we were to move, we wouldn’t hesitate to work with Zack again. "
- Ranjit S.