Since 2002, Michael Shields has sold hundreds of multifamily properties in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. He focuses on apartment buildings of 4 to 100 units, from a fourplex in San Jose to multi-building portfolios across the South Bay and Peninsula.

Michael is known for taking on the properties other brokers pass over. When a building has problem tenants, deferred maintenance, legal issues or no property manager, he and his team stabilize it first and then sell it. Trustees, heirs, attorneys and long-time owners rely on him for sales that need more than a listing.

Michael also assists owners with 1031 exchanges into larger properties, triple-net leased investments, and DSTs or reinvestment into non-management intensive investments through affiliations with reputable financial partners. Michael holds the CCIM designation from the CCIM Institute and the CCRM designation. He also is an apartment building owner and investor, with a focus on refurbishing properties and development projects. He also provides operational consulting to owners interested in increasing value, revenue, and decreasing operational problems. Michael has worked extensively with real estate and estate planning attorneys in the resolution and disposition of problem or distressed multifamily assets.