About Sharon

Hi, I'm Sharon.

My love for real estate began during Sunday drives through Cincinnati with my father, when I would look at beautiful homes and imagine the lives being built inside them. Today I help buyers, sellers, downsizers, and real estate investors across Greater Cincinnati navigate their transitions with clear guidance, honest advice, and a plan designed around what comes next.

Sharon Shackelford, REALTOR® with Ken Perry Realty

Sharon Shackelford

REALTOR® · Ken Perry Realty

  • Lifelong Cincinnatian
  • REALTOR® serving Greater Cincinnati
  • Experienced real estate investor
  • Agent Success Manager
  • Coaches and supports real estate agents
  • 20+ years in human resources and recruiting

Cincinnati has always been home

I grew up here, and those Sunday drives with my father stuck with me. We'd wind through neighborhoods looking at architecture and porches and the way a street felt, and I'd wonder about the families inside. Decades later I still notice the same things — which is useful when you're helping someone figure out where they want to spend the next chapter of their life, on either side of the river.

Twenty years of asking better questions

Before real estate, I spent more than 20 years in human resources and recruiting. That work was almost entirely about people: what they say they want, what they actually need, and how to keep a complicated process moving when several parties all have a stake in it. It turns out that's most of what a real estate transaction requires, too. It also made me a calmer negotiator — I'd rather understand the other side than posture at them.

An investor's read on the numbers

I invest in real estate myself, so I look at property with a spreadsheet open in my head: repair scope, realistic value, what the exit looks like, what happens if something goes sideways. Clients get that same read whether they're buying a rental or selling the home they raised their kids in. It's the difference between hoping a decision works out and knowing why it should.

Coaching agents, serving clients

As an Agent Success Manager I coach and support other real estate agents — which keeps me sharp on process, contracts, and the parts of a transaction where deals usually get stuck. My clients benefit from that directly: fewer surprises, clearer explanations, and a plan that accounts for what tends to go wrong before it does.

What you can expect

Straight answers, organized next steps, and someone who picks up the phone. Real estate tends to arrive alongside a life change — a retirement, a growing family, a loss, a new goal. My job is to make the property part of that feel manageable.

No guessing. No disappearing act. No unnecessary drama.

Sharon Shackelford, REALTOR® · Ken Perry Realty
Serving Greater Cincinnati, Ohio

Let's Start With a Conversation.

Tell me where you are and what you're weighing. We'll figure out the smartest next step together.

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