Real Estate Specialties
- Primary Specialty: Residential transactions for buyers and sellers--rentals and sales, including bank owned properties and short sales.
- Secondary Specialties: Commercial and multi-family/investment properties.
- Language(s): English.
- Areas: Wrigleyville, Lakeview, Uptown, Lincoln Park, Andersonville, Edgewater, Rogers Park and Gold Coast.
Superior Service & Area Knowledge
- Most agents claim to provide 'superior service' but do they? 90% of my business in any given year is from referrals of clients. Why? From the time of our initial communication to their close and beyond--- anticipate questions before they're asked, never end a day without emails/vm's answered and I study my market....seriously. Call me and ask me about the GREAT properties and then also the ones to avoid---I'll tell you. Ask me about my favorite props or others I would avoid at all costs. Plain and simple honesty---I think that is what people appreciate. Just call and ask/test me---I enjoy a challenge or like to be the knowledge expert!
Professional Qualifications
- Previous professional experience: General Electric (Finance/Accounting) & Andersen Consulting/ Marketing.
- Involved in: Buena Park Neighborhood Association, Uptown Neighborhood Council, Uptown Theatre and Center for the Arts, Uptown Chicago Commission, Disney Magnet School, Northalsted Merchants Association, East Lakeview Chamber of Commerce
- Licensed as Broker in Illinois--manage office of 20 agents (I get all the TOUGH questions....)
- Currently operating RE/MAX Edge as Broker/Owner--5+ years (first boom, then bust---looking for something in the middle..) surviving happily
Awards
- RE/MAX Career Awards:
>Presidents Club: 2003 (1st year selling)
>100% Club: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
>Hall of Fame 2010
Update Fall 2010
- Thankfully surviving/thriving the Great Recession! Seriously, my office and I are doing well. Certainly selling a decent number of bank owned and short sale properties---investors are buying because the rental market is so strong. Also helping first time buyers get properties they would have NEVER been able to afford at 'boom' prices, but can now...at recession-adjusted prices. Also selling to clients who had been priced out of neighborhoods they wanted to live in, but couldn't afford a few years ago. So there IS a silver-lining in THIS market. Glad to be in a strong urban market--recovering nicely/getting stronger every day.
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Equal Housing Opportunity.