Meet the Founder  
Steve Sheppherd  
Through out the 1970's Steve
competed at rodeos in the Northwest
in calf roping, steer wrestling and
team roping.  To supplement his
income he operated heavy equipment,
logged, built houses and trained
horses.  Many lessons were learned
that would prove invaluable later on.
After graduation he was ordained a
church pastor and served in
Pittsburgh and South Bend Indiana for
a total of 11 years.  He spent a great
deal of time with the youth of the
church and became a much sought
after speaker. He later stepped
down, feeling he had given something
back, and began investing.
Starting in the South Bend area he was involved in the remodeling of over 50
homes providing a first time buying opportunity for 48 families.  He soon learned
that how you structure a deal is almost as important as the deal itself.  Many
properties were in rough shape but with hard work the changes were impressive
and profitable.
After:

3 Unit apartment
Building
Involving his Children
In 1995 Steve wanted to give his high school children an opportunity to
learn more about how business works. He patented the "Drawer-Mate", a
combination of plier, hammer and two screw drivers. He put his son,
Jordan and daughter Alisha in charge of all billing, receivables and shipping
of samples. After he secured the Wal-Mart chain as their main customer
the children took care of all the drop shipping to the 2400 stores.
Jordan, now 25, works with
Check Book IRA in client relations.  
As you can see he's always been
good at "public relations".
Other Investments
Steve was the Executive Producer of the
Y2K Video with Leonard Nimoy (Dr.Spock)
as well as two Hollywood films and one
Country music CD.
He is also involved with the
2008 Olympic Village in
Beijing China.
After being single again for several years he
by accident ran into his high school
sweetheart whom he hadn't seen in 33 years.  
They were married on October 25th, 2003.  
Steve and Starla live in the small town of
Prineville, Oregon near his two children, one
grandchild and Starla's three sons. Still roping
and playing golf when he can, at 55 years
young, he says the
"best years are yet to come"!
Check Book
IRA
Put the "I" back in your IRA
The founder of Check Book IRA, Steve Sheppherd was
raised on a large cattle ranch in Central California. His
family had a back ground in ranching, rodeo and the
Hollywood film business. At an early age he was
surrounded by "can do" people and had one goal in life, to
be a rodeo cowboy.
In 1983, now married with two children, he
decided to begin a business in the Satellite
TV industry. After borrowing $6,000 he
formed Sat-Pak Corporation and in one year
it became the largest distributor of Satellite
wire in the U.S.  
Over 10,000 dishes per month were installed nationwide using his wire.  In 1988
with sales over $2.2 million per year it was time to move on. He sold the company
to one of his employees and headed off to college at age 33.
Steve Speaking in Jamaica
Before:

$14,000
purchase
Price
Alisha is now a wonderful mother. Her
husband is in the military and will be
serving in Afghanistan beginning this
summer. Her daughter's name is
McKenna
Steve's Daughter's Wedding
The most beautiful grand
daughter in the world!
McKenna Randle
her middle name is after her
Grandpa's middle name.
PS: McKenna gets a royalty for having her
picture on this website. That gives her
"earned income" and enables her to put
into a tax FREE Roth IRA at two years old.