Shurtz Real Estate: About the Company

Company Information

Shurtz Real Estate on the Internet

Granville Ohio:

Shurtz Real Estate, Broker Owner, REALTORS, a division of Shurtz Management, Inc., joined the Internet through a local on line service in 1996. Earl Shurtz, Owner-Broker, announced a state of the art office remodeling was completed in July 1998, to bring independent computer operations to each associate.

Shurtz Real Estate is the only full time, direct, on line, interactive real estate agency in Licking County, and is still the most innovative. Our information system can be accessed from anywhere in the world by its Web site address, or by keywords such as Real estate, Apartment, Columbus, Newark, Granville, Licking County, Central Ohio, etc. Our full service commercial and residential sales, apartment rentals, condominium sales, self-storage, development, management and consulting are available on an around-the-clock basis.

Shurtz Real Estate's Home Page can be found under the domain name [shurtz.com] and the address www.shurtz.com in order to provide service, worldwide, to persons seeking real estate information in Licking County and surrounding counties.

With over forty years of experience and education, we believe Shurtz has the most advanced information system in Licking County. In addition to the Internet, we are a member of Licking County and Columbus Board of Realtors, and the Multiple Listing Systems. We are an on-line member of the Pacenet system to enhance our expertise in providing a competitive market analysis with up-to-date software.

There are two licensed Realtors, including Earl Shurtz, and a support staff, to provide professional real estate service to the residential market including single family homes, apartments and condominiums, and commercial activities. All associates have full computer capability and access.

Shurtz Real Estate has been building its capabilities, slowly but deliberately, over the past several years and we believe we have, and will provide, the best home sale and purchase service in the area.

Associate Cindy Conners brings several years of service in residential transactions.

Earl Shurtz, Broker, SRA, CAPS, and a graduate of Ohio State with a major in real estate, specializes in commercial real estate transactions with the resources of his professional accounting staff and independent consultants in accounting, legal, financing, and tax considerations. His development and syndication activities bring expertise to a transaction unique in Licking County.

Earl Shurtz and his staff specialize in workouts and property disposition for institutions and investors. With a full analytical investment staff, and a professional maintenance staff, Shurtz can facilitate sales by banks and others involved in fiduciary transactions.

Shurtz Management, Inc., the management company and its affiliates, based in Granville, has 45 employees and 1,100 apartment and condominium units in Ohio. With over $10,000,000 in its recent condominium sales and development portfolio, Shurtz continues to develop apartment and condominium communities. We have built over 2,200 apartments, motels, office buildings and mini-storage. Over $55,000,000 in construction, purchases and rehabilitation has gone into the Shurtz portfolio, as well as approximately $11,000,000 in syndicated equity funds from investors.

Shurtz's fully computerized information network is enhanced by 13 local and statewide apartment and condominium offices, with direct computer and FAX hookups to the main office in Granville.

Shurtz's home office in Granville, houses 9 salaried staff persons, our computer center, sales office, development office, and employee training center. Shurtz encourages continuing education in residential and commercial real estate by in-house training, and outside sources such as the National Association of Real Estate Boards, the National Apartment Association, the Columbus Apartment Association, the National Leased Housing Association, the Building Industry Association, MAHMA and others.

Finally, we believe that our network of information and associates in all locations, allow opportunities that exceed any other real estate sales organization in Licking County. Many of our full-time career sales associates are salaried with medical benefits in addition to a full commission incentive, which creates professionalism and loyalty to the company and to its clients. By eliminating franchise and national re-location fees, with our various information networks, more dollars can be spent on marketing individual properties.

A new $608,000 condominium project, Cherry Grove Condominiums in Newark, Ohio is completed with 8 units, all with two bedrooms, two baths, and one car garage. These condominiums start at $95,900.

In addition, Derby Downs and Sharon Village Condominiums in North Newark, are in the final stages of marketing. Information for each of the projects are available in their own pages on the Internet.