Real Estate Financial

RICHARD A. SHAFFER

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Brookline, MA 02146

617-***-****

EDUCATION:

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Boston, MA

BOSTON COLLEGE, Newton, MA

PROFESSIONAL:

Licensed Member of Massachusetts Bar

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

2007-Present: ATTORNEY, OF COUNSEL, Andrews & Updegraph, Salem/Boston

MA; Attorney, of counsel, in general practice law firm (concentration

in real estate, property and conveyancing law).

2003-2007: CONTRACT CLOSING ATTORNEY

Served as contract closing/conveyancing attorney for a number of

Boston area law firms.

1991-1998: ATTORNEY, OF COUNSEL, Parent and Godoff, Wellesley, MA

Attorney, of counsel, in general practice law firm (concentration in

real estate, property and condominium law).

1988-1993: ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Massachusetts School of Law,

Andover, MA (1990-1993); INSTRUCTOR OF REAL ESTATE FINANCE, Bentley

College, Waltham, MA (1989); Boston University, Boston, MA (1988)

Taught Property and Real Estate Finance courses. Designed Tax Law

course.

BROADCAST/JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:

1991-Present: HOST/PRODUCER, WHDH-AM/WBNW-AM/WRKO-AM/WTKK-FM,

Boston, MA. Host and producer of "The Money Experts"/"The

Money Show", a

real estate/finance/investment/law, talk/call-in radio show.

1993-2004: CONTRIBUTING FINANCIAL EXPERT, WHDH-TV/NECN/

WLVI-TV, Boston, MA. Served as contributing financial expert

on WHDH-TV's

Boston Common (1993-1996), New England Cable News' Evening

News, (1997-2001)

and WLVI-TV's Ten O'clock News (2003-2004)

2007: Published consumer/financial book: "Your Bottom Line:

Fifty Steps To Firm

Financial Footing".

2006-Present: EDITER/PRODUCER: BESTMONEYINFO.COM

Write, edit and produce the BestMoneyinfo.com website, a

finance/investment/consumer

advice oriented website.

RICHARD A. SHAFFER

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BROADCAST/JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE (continued):

2007: WROTE AND PUBLISHED: "Your Bottom Line: Fifty Steps To

Firm Financial

Footing", a book designed to give consumers a firm

understanding of both the concepts

and tools necessary to make clear, concise and wise financial

decisions in today's

financially confusing world.

2005-2006: FINANCIAL/REAL ESTATE/CONSUMER COLUMNIST,

Sunday Boston Herald, Boston, MA. Wrote weekly financial

column for

the Sunday Boston Herald.

2000-2004: CONTRIBUTING FINANCIAL WRITER, United Parenting

Publications, Boston, MA. Write financial, investment and real

estate articles for

national parent related publications.

1995-1997: EDITOR/MANAGING EDITOR, The Money Experts

Newsletter,

Boston, MA. Duties included story ideas and assignments, copy

editing, lay-out

assistance, circulation, writing, advertising, and renewals

for this monthly

finance/investment/mutual fund newsletter.

1990-1994: REAL ESTATE COLUMNIST/CONDO COLUMNIST, for the

Boston

Herald and Boston Globe, Boston, MA, and the Middlesex News,

Framingham, MA;

Wrote real estate columns for the Boston Herald, Boston Globe and

Middlesex News.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008-Present: FINANCIAL RULES OF THUMB WORKSHOPS; Present

financial

workshops on all areas of personal finance to both nonprofit

and corporate audiences

(for example, Boston College and Boston Red Sox).

1990-1992: ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, Massachusetts School of Law,

Andover, MA Taught Property and Real Estate Finance courses.

1988-1989: INSTRUCTOR OF REAL ESTATE FINANCE, Boston University,

Boston, MA (1988); Bentley College, Waltham, MA (1989).

Taught Real Estate Finance Courses.

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