Element Real Estate Brokers LLC

Shaffer has worked in real estate since 2002, moved to St. George in late 2015 and built The Shaffer Team into a top-producing Southern Utah group at Keller Williams before opening his own brokerage. Element is an independent firm covering residential resale and land across Washington County, and Shaffer's own practice specializes in residential land.

What an independent office trades on

Without a franchise name to lean on, an independent firm in St. George lives or dies on referrals and repeat business, which tends to make the owner's reputation the product. The practical difference for a client is access: the principal broker is usually reachable, and decisions about a listing do not have to travel anywhere to be made.

Which part of the valley this is

That address sits on Riverside Drive, the commercial corridor along the north bank of the Virgin River that holds much of the city’s professional office space. The closest neighborhoods we write about are Foremaster Ridge, Stone Cliff and Middleton, which is the quickest way to picture the ground this office stands on.

Buying land and building

Land is a much larger part of the market here than in most metropolitan areas — a great deal of Washington County is open desert, and buildable acreage trades on its own terms. What separates a good lot from a cheap one is rarely visible on a drive-by: culinary water and sewer access, a power run that may be expensive, geologic hazard mapping, and slope. Cities here publish hazard maps that are worth reading before an offer, not after. If you are looking at raw land through Element Real Estate Brokers LLC, start with our guide to buying land and building custom.

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