About Us

Clear River Partners, LLC connects investors seeking a healthy above market return with sellers looking for a smooth sales transaction and an answer to their property problems. By developing systems built to sustain long-term growth, Clear River Partners, LLC creates and maintains the following reputations:

1. Sellers - In the commercial multi-family real estate marketplace, we're known as proven performers with an aggressively growing portfolio of performing assets acquired from sellers looking to liquidate their properties.
2. Investors - Amongst accredited investors, we'll known for providing consistent above market returns.
3. Residents - We are known for providing quality, clean, well-managed and functioning living environments on par with the area and attain this through positive relationships with property managers, contractors, attorneys, bankers, other vendors and governmental agencies.
4. Founders - Between the founders, we surprise ourselves with the better-than-expected growth of our acquisitions,
5. Buyers - When we liquidate a property, the buyers respect us as having provided a well documented, maintained, managed, and staffed asset that is a proven performer and solid investment.

To maintain the above reputations and service our five key areas, we've comprised a dynamic group of partners with diverse experience.

	After earning her MBA from Babson College, Kate Dobens worked for ten years in a commercial lending environment managing her own portfolio and originating and structuring large mergers and acquisitions transactions that topped out in the billion dollar range. In 2000, Kate struck out on her own, first as a member of a group that launched a de novo small cap venture fund, Windspeed Ventures, and later founding a business that negotiated discounts on medical claims, saving her clients over seven figures annually. During this time she was managing her family's portfolio of commercial property. Her experiences prompted her, with her husband Charles, to start building their own portfolio, which today stands at $10MM and continues to grow. Kate's strengths lie in due diligence, deal structuring, finance, investor development, property management and portfolio risk management.
	A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Sheila Farragher-Gemma moved to the states in 1989 to pursue a corporate position. Her entrepreneurial nature soon took over and she founded and profitably sold several businesses before settling into the world of real estate where she and her business partner Jeremy Shapiro launched a multi-million dollar company helping investors find out about and purchase niche properties in addition to acquiring multi-family investment properties in North American and European emerging markets. As one of the most recognized authorities on the foreclosure market, Sheila has routinely counseled professionals on the ins-and-outs of the foreclosure process and how to succeed in real estate. Her role as an industry expert has been highlighted by her appearances on CBS Nightly News, FOX 25, New England Cable News, WGBH TV and WBUR radio. Sheila brings her years of marketing experience and her established network of private investors to the team.
	Entrepreneur, market expert, industry leader and investor, Jeremy B. Shapiro has built 7 profitable businesses from scratch starting in 1996 and began his foray into real estate in 1999. Since then, he has launched a multi-million dollar real estate company helping investors find out about and purchase niche properties and, working with his business partner, Sheila Farragher-Gemma, he has acquired over 654 cash-flow positive rental units in 4 states. Jeremy has been called upon by the media for his expert advice on the housing market around the country and has been featured on New England Cable News, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, NBC, PBS, and more. Jeremy's focus is on building proven business systems, overseeing the overall organization, helping to drive the direction of the company and creating and deploying direct response marketing.
	Investor and entrepreneur, Joseph A. Roche, started out in residential and multi-family real estate investing, putting together numerous deals for himself in his first few months investing including a number of single family, condos and multi-family cash-flow positive rental properties totaling over $2MM in acquisitions and has moved another $2MM of property over the past year. He quickly moved up to apartment buildings and has since purchased 66 units in Ohio, 44 units in Michigan, and is in the process of acquiring 3 more multi-family assets around the country. Joe has been featured on the Mortgage Talk Radio Show in Providence, RI, Brazilian Talk Radio Show in Chelsea, MA and the Time to Move Up Television Show in Quincy, MA is a published author on the topic of acquiring private money, and speaks publicly on Taking Action In Real Estate Investing, How to Find the Deal, Exit Strategies, Creative Financing and Deal Making, and Private Money Lending. Joe utilizes his process management experience in working with the local market teams of brokers, property managers, contractors, and others to see that deals close and assets operate successfully.
	A graduate of Boston College and Massachusetts School of Law, Charles T. Dobens, Esq. has over twenty years of experience in marketing, sales, business management and ownership. In 1995, he followed the entrepreneurial track and founded and successfully raised private capital to start a $3MM benefits administration firm. The firm was a successful enterprise allowing Charles to later sell it and turn his attention towards his real passion, real estate. In 2006, he went into partnership with his wife Kate acquiring larger multi-family properties. In their first year, they successfully acquired and funded over $7.5MM in multi-family assets which they continue to control today. Charles' expertise is in business development, contract negotiation, legal, compliance, investor relations, and business administration.

This dynamic has allows us to grow our portfolio to where it is today. View our current portfolio.