Sanford “Sandy” Sherman is an Attorney and CPA with over 35 years of transactional experience in business, law, finance, and real estate. He is dual licensed as a Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Loan Originator and holds several certifications from the National Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors, including the CCIM designation which is the gold standard for commercial real estate advisors. Before he joined 1st Platinum Realty, Sandy practiced with the international realty firm of Keller Williams. He has owned and operated several businesses including Desert Shore Properties, Inc., which redeveloped and leased residential properties. Prior to exclusively entering the field of real estate, Sandy served as a senior level executive and general counsel to several Orange County businesses including a FINRA licensed Broker Dealer, and practiced law with the Orange County law firm of Jeffers, Wilson, Shaff, & Falk, LLP, and the international law firm of Perkins Coie, LLP, an AmLaw 100 firm. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, where he was selected as a member of its Law Review and inducted into the legal honor society Phi Delta Phi; a Master degree from Columbia University; a Bachelor degree from Lewis and Clark College; and two degrees from Saddleback College, one in Real Estate and one in Real Estate Appraisal, both of which he graduated Cum Laude and was inducted into the honor society Phi Theta Kappa.
Sandy’s broad range of experience and mastery of real estate, contracts, negotiations, and finance, means he can better serve you and represent you at a level few Realtors can. His goal in every transaction is to assist you in achieving your objectives while negotiating the best possible outcome for you and assuring that the property is properly vetted and documentation sound. He also strives to provide you with the best customer service possible, which means being accessible to you when you need him and responding to your inquiries in a timely and efficient manner.