Speakers
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Lori Sharpsteen
Out of the Box Properties
Lori Sharpsteen epitomizes integrity, energy, hard work and creative service in every detail of your real estate transaction. Lori tailors her service to meet each client's specific needs, ensuring a smooth and stress-free transaction. She knows each person, each property, each transaction is unique-and deserves a plan that is custom tailored for success.
Lori is able to take advantage of decades of experience in marketing, contract negotiation, financial options problem-solving, vendor relations, appraisals and so much more to bring your dreams of home ownership to life. She takes advantage of cutting edge technology and ongoing training to stay at the forefront of the industry, to be able to best serve her clients.
To aid in her mission to create smooth closings while saving her client's time, trouble and stress, she has developed a network of lenders, attorneys, inspectors, contractors and others who can be relied upon to serve her clients well!
When you're seeking an agent who will put your goals first, call Lori Sharpsteen.
Joanne Worobec
Homestead Financial Mortgage
With experience in the industry, I’m excited to provide you with an unmatched
home purchase experience, providing you guidance and transparency throughout
the process!
Whether you are looking for a friendly chat regarding a purchase down the road, or
you are ready to get pre-approved right now, I’m here to assist you!
No question is too small! Please call anytime!
https://www.homesteadfinancial.com/loan-officers/joanne-worobec/
Jayson Hardie
CEO Homestead Financial Mortgage
The basis of every relationship is trust. This is especially important when this comes to real estate. It is the largest asset most of us will ever own, and you are trusting me to manage its financing. Maintaining high levels of knowledge, training, and accountability ensures well-planned, smooth transactions.
I am a lifelong St. Louis resident, having grown up in Dellwood and now living in St. Charles. Because of this, many customers of mine are referrals from friends and family. Instead of 6 degrees, it’s more like 1 degree of St. Louis separation. Each transaction is personal, and the emotional investment to see that everything goes smoothly is something my organization and I embrace. If we’ve done our job, your home buying process will be a truly empowering one!
Heidi Goff
Home Warrenty
Heidi’s mission is to ensure that both sellers and buyers are confident that their home is secure and protected in the event of an unexpected failure with their systems and appliances. After 21 years of working in the title industry and seeing how appliance and system failures can alter closings, Heidi’s move into the warranty world came rather naturally. One feature she really appreciates about her business is that Home Warranty of America offers a unique 13 months of protection, instead of the usual 12. Beyond a great product, Heidi truly values the relationships she’s created within her business.
This happy, God-fearing, Alabama native has settled in to make St. Louis her home with husband Marc and daughter Grace. In her spare time, Heidi enjoys watching her daughter play soccer, and in the fall, Saturday’s are reserved for SEC football. Her friends often say she’s extremely loyal and honest, hard-working, and most often smiling. Heidi is always looking for like-minded Realtors to partner with so if you’re in the market for a new home warranty advisor (and friend), give her a call – you’ll be happy you did.
Lori Darrah
The Insurance Store Inc.
If you want an insurance agent that loves her job – I mean really loves her job – then Lori is for you! She is passionate about finding creative solutions for unique circumstances and ensuring that her clients are properly protected. She enjoys talking through the coverage options with her clients so they are informed about their coverage. Whether its life, home, auto or something unique, Lori is ready for your call 24/7…and with several insurance companies to work with…she is well equipped.
Be sure to give Lori a call at 636-293-2478 for a free policy review or with any insurance questions. She loves to help!
https://www.insurancestoreinc.com/staff-directory/LoriDarrah
Marsha Russo
Old Republic Home Warrenty
As a happily married mother of two grown boys, my passion has always been around helping others grow. I’m a health, fitness and nutrition enthusiast and love sharing with others to help them on their journey to healthy habits.
I’ve been serving the Real Estate community for over 20 years in various capacities, beginning in Mortgage Lending operations in 1995, as a Mortgage Loan Originator in 1998, transitioning to a Wholesale Lending Account Executive from 2000 to 2019 and now as your Home Warranty Account Executive since 2019. I’m excited to bring over 2 decades of knowledge and service to help my REALTOR partners achieve their real estate goals and attract clients who give repeat and referral business by delivering exceptional home warranty coverage and win-win solutions.
Meredith McVehil
Ramsey Preferred Money Coach
Meredith is one of a few select Ramsey Preferred Money Coaches in the St. Louis area. She is passionate about coaching individuals and families by coming alongside of them in their money overwhelm, stress and anxiety and coaches them to a life of financial peace and freedom using Dave Ramsey's proven and effective methods. Originally from St. Louis, Meredith spend four years in Chicago beginning her career in Public Relations. She returned here in the early nineties and served as the Marketing Director for McBride and Son Homes, and was also an Award Winning New Home Sales Professional for one of the area's largest home builders. Additionally, she co-owned a business for several years and spear-headed the growth of a local title company's West County office for five years. After eliminating here family's debt, Meredith discovered her new found love of coaching other son how to win with money. TO date she has helped others crush ONE MILLION in debt and counting!
Michelle Walsh
STL Bookkeeping & Tax
Michelle Walsh is the owner of STL Bookkeeping & Tax in Creve Coeur. She is a St. Louis native and attended Truman State University to get her undergraduate degree in accounting. After graduating, she ended up in retail management, thinking accounting really wasn't for her. She found her way back to accounting in 2014 and realized a way to merge her love of interacting with people and accounting. She works with small to medium sized businesses around the country providing QuickBooks management and financial statement preparation. In addition, she works with individuals, families, and businesses on tax preparation. She explains complex topics in simple terms to help her clients feel empowered in their financial and tax decisions.
https://www.stlbookkeeping.com/stlbookkeeping-stltax-stlpayrollexpert-michelle-walsh.html
Kevin Pannebecker
Mister Fix It
Kevin Pannebecker is the team’s business development manager. With a background in senior sales management and developing partnerships and alliances with other businesses, he has a history of leading highly-successful sales teams from start-ups to established organizations.
Mister Fix-It specializes in home maintenance and repair. The team prides themselves on being a company that is safe, reliable, and on time. The company’s dedicated and well-trained staff makes it easy for you to cross off those tasks from your list that may have been put off for lack of time or expertise, or even those that came as an unwelcomed surprise. With this team of experts, you know that the job will be done well, on time, and at a fair price.
Russell Keller
Credit Law Center
Russell is currently a Credit Advisor with the Credit Law Center in St Louis, MO. He started in credit repair in 2011 and has earned the Certified FICO Pro designation as well as attended additional large training events in other cities. He has taken and passed the FDCPA training provided by Collections and Credit Risk. He has taught the credit section for Beyond housing as a volunteer for two years in 2012 to 2014. He has worked with the credit repair clients regarding collections, charge offs, late payments, bankruptcies, student loan issues, identity theft as well as utilized federal agencies to assist the consumer with accuracy and fairness in the credit reporting system.
Currently the Credit Law Center utilizes attorneys and paralegals to work on personal credit files. The attorneys provide the legal expertise and utilize the courts where necessary to remove the unverifiable items and correct the inaccurate items on the credit report. “We really need to be custodians of the credit reporting system working for accuracy and fairness.”
Sheila Vaughn
Vaughn Investments
Since 2007, Sheila has been transforming 50-75+ single family, multi family & commercial properties each year. Her favorites are the old restorations but she has also enjoyed a variety of projects such as a pop top and is highly motivated to be successful in such a male dominated industry. Currently, Sheila provides full service general contracting from sourcing units, demo & rehab through occupancy or sale.
Her personal passion is supporting rescue animal charities.
You can follow her favorite hashtag #breakshitbuildshit
https://www.facebook.com/Vaughn-Investments-360079587780784/
Scott Shipman
St. Charles County Assessor
Scott was elected Assessor for St. Charles County Missouri in 2002. His duties included completing the assessment cycle for 165,000 parcels of real estate and 170,000 personal property accounts with an assessed value in excess of $9 billion. He has implemented a direct market approach to value for residential parcels. Implemented using VIN to determine values for personal property items. He has also streamlined the data collection and review process by traversing information into portable devices.
Currently develop, manage, and implement a $4M annual budget
Plan, organize and direct a staff of 50 for annual and biannual assessment of real and personal property valued at $9.5B
Mitigate formal and informal disputes involving various real and personal property located in St. Charles County
Maintains real estate transfers, subdivides and new subdivisions
Scott has completed a many appraisal classes from the Appraisal Institute, International Association of Assessing Officers and National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and holds the State Certified General Appraisers License. He has served as president of the Missouri Appraisers Advisory Council and currently President of the St. Louis Chapter IAAO.
Julie Herzing
Adulting 101/Out of the Box Properties
Julie’s passion for supporting and coordinating has landed her the prestigious role of Adulting 101 administrator. Making connections and ensuring our members are supported and connected to resources are her primary focus. In addition to this role, Julie is a wife, mom of two boys (and two pups), licensed realtor and transformational life coach. Her passion is thinking outside of the box to find solutions and provide clarity when needed. This makes her a perfect fit as part of the Out of the Box team.
Nicki Scheerer
Out of the Box Properties
Nicki Scheerer brings a lot to the table with Out of the Box Properties. She has a natural talent for design and a vast knowledge of homes and their mechanics. With her in-depth knowledge of construction, design, and decoration she decided to become a REALTOR in 2020 to join forces with her mom, Lori Sharpsteen. Together they created Out of the Box Properties to better serve their community. She focuses on unconventional housing such as container homes, tiny homes, repurposing buildings, and restorations. In 2020, she became a GREEN Designated REALTOR because she wanted to take her knowledge of sustainable home systems and apply it towards the local housing market.
Nicki was literally born into renovations and lived through many growing up so her experience with construction is very personal. She went to college to pursue a degree in the arts but decided to change paths part of the way through and focused on landscape design. She has worked for a local landscaping company since 2016 designing small to large installations and focuses on sustainable design.
When she isn’t working, she is daydreaming about building a container Victorian home and traveling in a custom skoolie with her family. She loves spending time with her husband and two kids, enjoying nature wherever and whenever they can. She enjoys going to art and culture events and travel when she can get away.
Dawn Thurman
Consort Homes
Dawn joined the Consort Homes team as the Marketing Coordinator in late 2017. She received her Master of Management from Fontbonne University in St. Louis and received her B.A. from Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL.
Dawn brings over 16 years of real estate marketing experience. Building close and lasting relationships has been one of her greatest rewards. She has an eye for detail, can add creative flair to nearly any project. She has a way of capturing people’s ideas and bringing them to life. Dawn is a great resource for those interested in new home construction and connects management and sales teams within individual communities. She also focuses on building relationships with other builders.
Kami Kimes
Hillsboro Title
Kami Kimes is an Account Executive for Hillsboro Title Company. She is a wife and a mother to two amazing young men. In addition to enjoying time with her family, Kami loves helping non-profits and donates her time to several real estate related organizations.
In her spare time, Kami enjoys outdoor activities such as kayaking and traveling. She is always smiling and loves meeting new people. She is such a cheerful addition to our team of experts!
Hillsboro Title has over 8 locations locally and when paired with Kami's 30+ years of experience with Hillsboro Title, you can rest assured you will be well taken care of.