Last updated: November 9, 2026
The short version
I am Shea Merritt, a licensed New Jersey real estate agent with eXp Realty. This site is how people find me and ask me about their house and my services, whether they are selling, buying, or just trying to find out what a place is worth. When you fill out a form here, that information comes to me so I can answer you. I do not sell it, rent it, or trade it to anyone.
What you give me
The forms on this site ask for your name, email address, and phone number. On the home valuation pages, the form also asks for the property address, your timeline for selling, and anything you want to tell me about the property.
That is it. No form on this site asks for a Social Security number, a date of birth, income, or payment information. If a form ever appears here asking for any of that, it is not mine.
By submitting, you agree Shea Merritt may contact you by phone, text, or email about your inquiry. Consent isn’t a condition of any purchase. Message and data rates may apply.
I am the one who reads these submissions and I am the one who follows up. I usually reach out by phone, text, or email, because a valuation question is faster to answer in a conversation than through a form. If you would rather I only email you, say so in the message field and that is what I will do.
What gets collected automatically
Like most websites, this one records some technical information when you visit, through three services:
- Google Analytics records which pages you looked at, roughly where you are, what browser you used, and how you arrived. It tells me which pages are useful and which ones nobody reads. It does not tell me who you are.
- Google reCAPTCHA runs on the contact forms to stop automated spam. Google’s privacy policy and terms apply to it.
- GoDaddy, who hosts this site, keeps standard server logs and its own site analytics. Some images and scripts load from GoDaddy’s content network, which means your browser contacts their servers when a page loads.
There is no Facebook or Meta tracking code on this site.
Comments
Comments are turned off across the site. There is no comment form and nothing to collect.
What I do with what you send me
One thing: I answer you.
If you ask what your house is worth, I research your property and the comparable sales in your town and I tell you. If you ask about buying, I answer the question you asked. If a conversation turns into working together, your information becomes part of that transaction and gets handled the way any real estate file is.
I do not add form submissions to a mailing list without you asking for one.
Who else sees it
- Nobody buys it from me. I do not sell, rent, or trade your information. There is no exception.
- eXp Realty does not receive your inquiry automatically. If you and I start working together, information gets shared inside that relationship as a transaction requires — with the brokerage, and later with other parties such as attorneys, lenders, title companies and inspectors.
- Service providers see it the way any business’s providers do: my email and phone providers carry the message, GoDaddy hosts the site, Google runs the analytics and spam filtering described above.
- Legal requests. If a court order, subpoena, or law requires me to produce information, I comply.
How to stop hearing from me
Tell me. Reply to an email, text back STOP, or say so on the phone, and I stop. You do not have to explain. Ask me to delete what I have about you and I will do that too.
The one thing I cannot delete on request is information required to be retained as part of a completed real estate transaction. New Jersey requires brokerages to keep transaction records, and those rules outrank my preferences.
How long I keep things
Inquiries that do not turn into a conversation I do not keep indefinitely. Transaction files are kept as long as New Jersey real estate recordkeeping rules require.
Cookies and turning tracking off
Google Analytics and reCAPTCHA set cookies in your browser. You can limit them:
- Your browser’s settings can block or delete cookies.
- Google publishes a browser add-on that opts you out of Google Analytics everywhere, not just here.
- Most browsers have a “Do Not Track” setting. Most sites ignore it, and I would rather tell you that than imply otherwise.
Blocking cookies does not break the site. The forms still work.
Age
This site is for adults. I do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you are under 18, do not submit the forms. If you believe someone under 18 submitted information to me, email me and I will delete it.
Links to other sites
I link out to county and township pages, state agencies, and news and data sources throughout the site, because I would rather you check a figure than take my word for it. Once you click one of those links you are on somebody else’s site under somebody else’s privacy policy.
Blog content
Some posts on this site arrive through a content syndication service and are then edited. That changes nothing about your information; it is mentioned only so the volume of posts makes sense.
Your choices
Email me and I will do any of these: tell you what I have about you, correct something wrong, delete it (subject to the recordkeeping exception above), or stop contacting you.
Changes to this policy
If this changes, the date at the top changes with it. I am not going to quietly rewrite it and pretend it always said that.
How to reach me
Shea Merritt
Licensed New Jersey Real Estate Salesperson, License #2293392
eXp Realty
28 Valley Rd, Suite #1, Montclair, NJ 07042
hello@sheasellsnj.com · (908) 331-6006