Sheila began her real estate career in 1977 in the residential market. In 1989 she took a leasing position with Griffin Dain Real Estate in Downtown Minneapolis leasing condominium units for a TCF Bank project. It was at that time she began to direct her career exclusively in the commercial market. She focused on franchise site selections and was retained by Taco Bell Corporate Real Estate in Eden Prairie where she developed an in depth understanding of the site selection industry.
Through the years, she has worked diligently in areas of land development, industrial, retail and office sales and leasing along with business brokerage. She has a keen sense of business brokerage since purchasing and operating a locally owned retail operation for four years.