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Company: National Tax Search LLC, Chicago, Illinois Company Description: National Tax Search, LLC (NTS) provides comprehensive commercial and residential property tax management services for mortgage companies, financial institutions, title companies, insurance companies, pension funds and real estate owners. Nomination Category: Individual Categories Nomination Sub Category: Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses - Up to 100 Employees
Nomination Title: Lori Eshoo, President & CEO, National Tax Search, LLC
Describe for the judges the activities and accomplishments of the nominated entrepreneur during the eligibility period (up to 500 words):
Ms. Eshoo began her journey and found National Tax Search, LLC (NTS) in 1996. She has worked in the real estate and mortgage industry for over 25 years with experience developing property tax programs and consulting for nationwide management of both commercial and residential real estate portfolios. Ms. Eshoo watched many of her clients struggle with fragmented technologies and manual processes, which led her to envision a web-based system that would automate tasks and create efficiency for tax administration. In a bold move, Ms. Eshoo sought an investor to finance system development, and within two years, National Tax Search, LLC was up and running.
Although the process of tracking, reporting, and paying property taxes is a challenging task, especially when real estate portfolios are geographically diverse and governed by multiple taxing bodies, National Tax Search has the expertise to handle any complex issues with ease. NTS takes on the significant burden of balancing deadlines, tracking the lowest discounts and avoiding delinquencies to save clients money and time. Thanks to Ms. Eshoo’s perseverance and hard work, National Tax Search is growing stronger each day. Ms. Eshoo began with a handful of employees, but currently employs a staff of 50 individuals.
National Tax Search is the ideal partner to simplify clients’ property tax processes. NTS provides comprehensive commercial and residential property tax management services for mortgage companies, title companies, insurance companies, pension funds and real estate owners nationwide.
Ms. Eshoo incorporates client interaction and supreme customer service in her business philosophies. She believes that the true advantage of National Tax Search is the level of service and dedication provided to each and every client. NTS works closely with clients to customize property tax solutions and offers a variety of options. Lori takes pride in her dedicated, trained staff and their ability to always put the clients’ needs first. Ms. Eshoo is confident in her company’s property tax service and technology, that if a client ever incurs a property tax penalty as a result of error incurred by NTS, she guarantees 100% payment of the entire penalty.
Ms. Eshoo has been an active volunteer with the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization™ since 2000. She is also a member of industry organizations such as the American Bankers Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, Institute of Property Taxation, Association of Assessing Officers, and the Commercial Real Estate Women Network.
Due to her dedication and entrepreneur spirit, Ms. Eshoo is a 2005 Stevie Award winner for Women Entrepreneurs for Technology Innovator of the Year. She also was awarded an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005 award in Illinois for the Realizing Business Potential category and earned her status as a member of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes and honors the most successful and innovative entrepreneurial business leaders through regional, national and global award programs in over 100 cities and 40 countries.
List the URLs (web addresses) of any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that you would like the judges to see that support your nomination. IMPORTANT: List each URL on a separate line, begin each URL with http://, and enclose each URL in square brackets. For example, [http://www.yourcompany.com/pressrelease.html]:
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Provide a brief biography of the nominated entrepreneur (up to 100 words):
Ms. Eshoo has over 25 years of commercial and residential valuation and tax compliance experience from two points of view: property tax consulting and real estate ownership. Ms. Eshoo founded National Tax Search, LLC in 1996. NTS provides comprehensive commercial and residential property tax management services for mortgage companies, financial institutions, title companies, insurance companies, pension funds and real estate owners nationwide. Ms. Eshoo's perspective placed her in a position to assist lending institutions the expertise to interact with tax authorities, culminating in the development of an online tax system, TaxQSM.
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