Bryan & College Station, Texas
New name.
Thirty years
behind it.
I'm a student at Texas A&M and I rent near campus myself. I usually hear about a place before it gets listed, and I know which leasing offices actually answer the phone. If you're trying to find somewhere to rent, or you're weighing whether to buy a place for your student, I can probably help.
Why me
Close enough to actually help.
I live in these neighborhoods and I'm on campus every day, so I usually know about a place before it shows up anywhere. I also know the buildings — which ones flood when it rains hard, which ones are gone by February, which management companies you'll spend the year fighting with.
There's no team here and no call center. You call, you get me. I won't promise you a two-hour response window or anything like that. I'll just pick up, and if I don't have the answer yet I'll tell you and go get it.
I'll also be honest with you about the numbers. Buying near campus right now is mostly about the rent you're no longer paying, not the place going up in value. If it doesn't add up, I'll say so before you sign anything.
See how the buy-vs-rent math works →
What I help with
Mostly leasing, some buying.
Finding a place to rent near campus
This is most of my work. Send me the area you want, a budget, a move-in date and how many bedrooms, and I'll put together a list that fits — including places that never hit a public search — and go tour them with you. Usually there's no cost to you for that. Ask me about a specific complex and I'll tell you how it works there.
Parents buying a place for a student
Four years of rent is a lot of money, so it's a fair thing to look at. I'll show you what owning actually costs — taxes, upkeep, the months it sits empty, what you give up selling it — and I'll tell you when renting is still the better move. The full breakdown →
Local landlords & small investors
I watch this market closely — when leases turn, which streets fill first, which ones sat half-empty last fall. I'll bring you deals that pencil out, not a pile of forwarded listings. What I check before I bring you a deal →
Who you're working with
It's just me, and that's the point.
Charlie Shears
SALES AGENT · TREC #845188
I do all of it myself — the showings, the calls, the paperwork, the follow-up, and the part where I tell you a place isn't worth it. I'm a student at Texas A&M with a couple of years left, and that's the advantage: I'm in the group chats and the buildings where this stuff actually starts, not catching up to it on a listing site a week later.
Before this I worked service jobs and played ball. Same rules carried over — show up on time, tell people the truth, finish what you started.
Charles Warren Shears
BROKER · TREC #331899
My father — and the "thirty years" up top. He's been in Texas real estate for about three decades, most of it commercial, and he signs off on every contract this firm writes. The name on the door is new. His experience isn't. Day to day, though, you're still working with me.
Listings
There aren't any listings here yet.
I started this year. I'd rather leave the page empty than fill it with other brokerages' listings to look busy — when I have my own, they'll go here. Until then, tell me what you're after and I'll find it. A lot of what rents near campus is gone by text before it's ever advertised.
Looking for a place?
Tell me roughly where you want to be, what you can spend, when you need to move and how many bedrooms. I'll start looking. You don't have to be ready to sign anything — most of these conversations happen weeks before a lease does.
Text me what you're looking for