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CAR - Miller Chicago Real Estate
CR Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine Volume 25 | S p r i n g 2 016 ALSO INSIDE: • 2016 Chicago Market Outlook • Personalize Emails with Video • Building A Culture That Works The Official Publication of the Chicago Association of REALTORS ® www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 3 40. Building A Culture That Works ChicagoREALTOR Spring 2016 ® e nt rc e . us pe n 7 7 pt io H oda t , in xce re n o e M yo Risiing. uy, versicuasgo oismne Flnts areprer to b, and Cnhing a h IN EVERY ISSUE 28 30 32 33 34 42 48 50 Re ch e a u nt r y d ow cially It ’s h e co te a n esp e a t of l es t a in – p le. g a Re o ol a p e o g is c yo u n fo r President’s Perspective From the CEO Editor’s Note Digital Extras Photo Album Sound Off Calendar The Buzz re la . r e a c cationl, H elessicationh,alot spefinciadinghaood MAGAZINE d t u n an r o leph th in A w E ss he ear? ago, groo if s h ic is y ly, M eage t y t h In C su p p t bu nd! g ar C nningetoss arotustrippinome, sut nd. 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FEATURES 5 26 36 38 40 2015 Sales Awards 2015 RPAC Honor Roll 2016 Chicago Market Outlook Video Emails: Get Face to Face More Often Building A Culture That Works UPDATES 31 44 45 46 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Partnership Government Affairs Association News Industry Partners 38. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 3 View the short Top Producer & Industry Advocate video used in this year’s program. 2015 Sales Awards CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE Congratulations to the winners of C.A.R.’s 2015 Sales Awards. These awards recognize the hard work, superior market knowledge, mastery of technology and tools, and cooperation with other REALTORS® that have helped build your success. C.A.R.'s Sales Awards honor the achievements of our top producers, and our members’ collective efforts to bring the highest level of professionalism, ethics, commitment and service to buyers and sellers in the Chicagoland area. Data was pulled and compiled on Jan. 11, 2016 for the 2015 year. Agents or offices which changed during this time may not necessarily reflect where a respective agent is today, or a new office’s name. Residential transactions are solely based on data from Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED). Teams have been recognized from the agents’ own declaration in MRED as a “team” and by using the team lead’s ID when entering listings. We wish you every success in 2016 as you continue to do excellent work on behalf of your clients and our industry. A special thank you to the Sales Awards Advisory Group CHAIR VICE CHAIR SONIA ANAYA JORGE FLORES JOSHUA WEINBERG KELLY PRICE SAM POWELL America Real Estate Neighborhood Loans Wintrust Mortgage Dream Town Realty DON FELTON SARA HULSEBUS Weinberg Choi Realty Inc. Chicago's Real Estate Agency Greater Illinois Title Company THANK YOU SPONSORS! After Party and Palm Court Dessert Sponsor Silver Sponsors Top Producers’, V.I.P. and Major Investors’ Reception Sponsor Bronze Sponsor Supporting Sponsor Media Sponsors www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 5 2015 Platinum Level — Volume Individuals with Residential Sales Volume between $102+ -$50 Million CHEZI RAFAELI Coldwell Banker Residential ROBERT PICCIARIELLO Prello Realty, Inc. MILLIE ROSENBLOOM Baird & Warner TIMOTHY SHEAHAN Conlon: A Real Estate Company NICHOLAS COLAGIOVANNI Baird & Warner TIMOTHY SALM Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty JENA RADNAY @properties Teams with Residential Sales Volume between $250+ -$50 Million THE LOWE GROUP EMILY SACHS THE MG GROUP Jeffrey Lowe WONG, INC. Mario Greco Berkshire Hathaway Emily Sachs Wong Berkshire Hathaway HomeService @properties HomeService O’CONNOR/ HEBSON GROUP Colin Hebson Dream Town Realty 6 THE BIAZAR GROUP Karen Biazar North Clybourn Group, Inc. Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine LEIGH MARCUS Leigh Marcus @properties JENNIFER AMES CHICAGO, INC. Jennifer Ames Coldwell Banker Residential MATT LARICY GROUP Matt Laricy Americorp, Ltd. HOME MKT PROPERTIES DISCOVERY TEAM Mary Haight Jennifer Mills Keller Williams Berkshire Hathaway Chicago-O’Hare HomeService NEWMAN-MITRICK KLOPAS STRATTON BRAD LIPPITZ THE WEINBERG REAL ESTATE GROUP Sophia Klopas GROUP CHOI TEAM Scott Newman Berkshire Hathaway Brad Lippitz Joshua Weinberg Newman Realty HomeService Berkshire Hathaway Weinberg Choi HomeService Realty Inc. 2015 Platinum Level — Units Individuals with Residential Sales Units between 404 - 200 ARTHUR CIRIGNANI Chicago Realty Partners, Ltd. JOHN MURRAY Key Realty, Inc. ROBERT PICCIARIELLO Prello Realty, Inc. BARBARA THOUVENELL P.R.S. Associates, Inc. GARY WEGLARZ Applebrook Realty, Inc. ANTHONY DISANO Parkvue Realty Corporation FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty JASON SHAPIRO Rising Realty, LLC Teams with Residential Sales Units between 404 - 200 THE MG GROUP Mario Greco Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MATT LARICY GROUP Matt Laricy Americorp, Ltd. NEWMANMITRICK REAL ESTATE GROUP Scott Newman Newman Realty THE LOWE GROUP Jeffrey Lowe Berkshire Hathaway HomeService www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 7 E DI T OR’S NO T E 2015 Gold Level — Volume Individuals with Residential Sales Volume between $49.9 -$40 Million No Photo Available MICHAEL BERG Berg Properties JANET OWEN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MELISSA GOVEDARICA Sergio & Banks Real Estate SAM SHAFFER Chicago Properties, Inc. ELIZABETH BROOKS Belgravia Realty Group, LLC DANIEL CLOSE Redfin Corporation MELANIE GIGLIO Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty MATTHEW LISS Mark Allen Realty SCOTT BERG Berg Properties FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty JOANNE NEMEROVSKI Berkshire Hathaway HomeService SUSAN MINER Premier Relocation, Inc. Teams with Residential Sales Volume between $49.9 -$40 Million THE WEXLER/ GAULT GROUP Beth Wexler @properties 8 THE IAN KH SCHWARTZ RESIDENTIAL GROUP Robert Kohler Ian Schwartz Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker Residential Residential Chicago REALTOR® Magazine TARARA – TORTORELLO Sam Tarara Berkshire Hathaway HomeService AMANDA MCMILLAN @properties 2015 Gold Level — Units Individuals with Residential Sales Units between 199 - 115 JOHN GUTMAN Christopher Keen Realty MICHAEL BERG Berg Properties TIMOTHY GRAY The Chicagoland RE Auction Co. JOE CASTILLO ERA Mi Casa Real Estate LUIS ORTIZ RE/MAX Partners COYA SMITH Smith Partners & Associates ANGEL AGUILAR RE/MAX Fidelity MAURICIO GONZALEZ Citywide Realty LLC MAGDALENA LYBOLT Prime Real Estate ABHIJIT LEEKHA Property Economics, Inc. No Photo Available STRATOS ROUNIS SR Realty Group Inc. BRENT JOSEPH WILK PAV Wilk Real Estate Pav REALTORS® Teams with Residential Sales Units between 199 - 115 MKT PROPERTIES Mary Haight Keller Williams Chicago-O’Hare O’CONNOR/ HEBSON GROUP Colin Hebson Dream Town Realty THE BIAZAR GROUP Karen Biazar North Clybourn Group, Inc. PEARSON REALTY GROUP TEAM Kirby Pearson Pearson Realty Group HOME DISCOVERY TEAM Jennifer Mills Berkshire Hathaway HomeService EMILY SACHS WONG, INC. Emily Sachs Wong @properties LEIGH MARCUS Leigh Marcus @properties www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 9 2015 Silver Level — Volume Individuals with Residential Sales Volume between $39.9 -$26 Million LEILA PHILIP NAOMI ARTHUR ZAMMATTA SKOWRON WILKINSON CIRIGNANI Magellan Realty LLC @properties Magellan Realty LLC Chicago Realty Partners, Ltd. ABHIJIT LEEKHA Property Economics, Inc. CHAZ WALTERS Coldwell Banker Residential MELISSA D.WAVELAND JASON KENDT SIEGAL O’BEIRNE @properties @properties NANCY TASSONE Jameson Jameson Sotheby’s Sotheby’s International International Realty Realty SCOTT HOSKINS CMK Realty ANTHONY KATHARINE DISANO WADDELL Parkvue Realty Corporation Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DEBRA DOBBS JEFFREY PROCTOR No Photo Available TERE HEATHER ROBERT PROCTOR GUSTAFSON SULLIVAN Baird & Warner @properties RICHARD WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSARIO SUZANNE IVONA JASON KASPER FLEMMING ROSENBLUM TERRACCIANO GIGNILLIAT KUTERMANKIEWICZ SHAPIRO Berkshire Conlon: A Hathaway Real Estate HomeService Company Homesmart Connect LLC Berkshire Resurrecting Hathaway Real Estate HomeService Corp. Coldwell Banker Residential Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Rising Realty, LLC PAMELA RUEVE Coldwell Banker Residential @properties No Photo Available IZABELA SLOMA Sergio & Banks Real Estate DENNIS HUYCK @properties HASANI STEELE RE/MAX Premier Properties EUDICE FOGEL LINDA LEVIN Berkshire Jameson Hathaway Sotheby's HomeService International Realty RACHEL MICHAEL NICHOLAS KATHLEEN MARY KRUEGER SHENFELD FARNSWORTH MALONE SUMMERVILLE Coldwell Banker Residential Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Related Realty @properties Dream Town Realty DANIEL GLICK @properties Teams with Residential Sales Volume between $39.9 -$26 Million C&C ballisgroup THE MIKE Elizabeth SELLING VESOLE Ballis GROUP CHICAGO Carrie McCormick @properties 10 Coldwell Banker Residential Michael Vesole @properties LUCID REALTY Gary Lucido Lucid Realty, Inc. Chicago REALTOR® Magazine THE LISA THE TOPP SANDERS CHICAGO GROUP REAL ESTATE Lisa TEAM Sanders Dream Town Realty Laura Topp Berkshire Hathaway HomeService @properties 2015 Silver Level — Units Individuals with Residential Sales Units between 114 - 80 KANDICE ROBINS Robins Realty, LLC ROBERT FINDLAY Smith Partners & Associates GRAZYNA PRZYBYSZ Chicago Area Realty Inc. JOHN AMANDA ANDRE FEDERICI MCMILLAN BENNETT Krain @properties EDUARDO ROSARIO FRANKIE TIMOTHY SAM GARCIA TERRACCIANO SCIBIOR BLOMQUIST SHAFFER Realty of Resurrecting Chicago LLC Real Estate Corp VICTORIA SILVANO Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. Illinois Real Estate Partners Key Realty, Inc. JAMES GREGORIO ALICE BELLAVIA CIRONE JENNETT @properties Interdome Realty Inc. Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Royal Crest Realty, Inc. RYAN SMITH Smith Partners & Associates SALVADOR GONZALEZ HASANI STEELE GASPAR FLORES LONNY MILLER Chicago Properties, Inc. RE/MAX Premier Properties Su Familia Real Estate MATTHEW LISS SCOTT BERG SCOTT HOSKINS Mark Allen Realty Berg Properties ERA Mi Casa Real Estate Charles Rutenberg Realty BRANT BOOKER EMELIN BROWN ADAM WAVRUNEK JULIAN TAYLOR MEHMED VULIC DANIEL CLOSE TIMOTHY SHEAHAN ALBERTO DIAZ EDWARD FLYNN CHEZI RAFAELI Jameson Roman Realty Sotheby’s Group International Realty Redfin Corporation Conlon: A Real Estate Company Domain Realty NuVision Real Estate Goldtree Realty Kensington Properties RE, LLC Cagan Realty Coldwell Banker Residential CMK Realty Teams with Residential Sales Units between 114 - 80 THE JENNIFER KLOPAS DAPPER WEINBERG AMES STRATTON CROWN Sophia Philip CHOI TEAM CHICAGO, Klopas DeFrancesco Joshua INC. Weinberg Weinberg Choi Realty Inc. Jennifer Ames Coldwell Banker Residential Berkshire Parkvue Hathaway Realty HomeService Corporation BRAD LIPPITZ GROUP Brad Lippitz Berkshire Hathaway HomeService www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 11 2015 Bronze Level — Volume Individuals with Residential Sales Volume between $25.9 -$20 Million No Photo Available MAGDALENA BARI LYBOLT LEVINE Prime Real @properties Estate No Photo Available JOHN GUTMAN Christopher Keen Realty CARA EDWARD BUFFA JELINEK Berkshire @properties Hathaway HomeService DEBORAH HESS Conlon: A Real Estate Company ELENA THEODOROS @properties TINA CULVER Sergio & Banks Real Estate STEVEN POWERS Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. COYA SMITH Smith Partners & Associates JOHN WYMAN @properties KAREN RANQUIST Berkshire Hathaway HomeService EMILY SMART LEMIRE Coldwell Banker Residential STEPHANIE CUTTER Coldwell Banker Residential KIMBERLY JONES Baird & Warner JOHN MURRAY Key Realty, Inc. RITA NERI RE/MAX Premier Properties HELAINE HOLLY COHEN CONNORS Berkshire @properties Hathaway HomeService CINDY WEINREB Redfin Corporation AMY PRITCHARD Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty JANICE SMITH @properties GREG WHELAN Redfin Corporation EUGENE FU @properties No Photo Available HAROLD KEN BLUM SNEDEGAR Berkshire Redfin Hathaway Corporation HomeService ARMANDO CHACON Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. LYNN WEEKLEY @properties No Photo Available JANELLE DENNIS @properties SUSIE PEARSON @properties DANIEL OTTO Conlon: A Real Estate Company GREGORIO CIRONE Interdome Realty Inc JULIE BUSBY Belgravia Realty Group, LLC JAMES KINNEY Baird & Warner MATTHEW SHRAKE Coldwell Banker Residential ERIN WARD Related Realty PAUL RICHARD GORNEY SZEKELY Berkshire Redfin Hathaway Corporation HomeService CONNIE ENGEL @properties RANDY MCGHEE @properties MEGAN TIRPAK Coldwell Banker Residential BRIAN GROSSMAN @properties ANDREW GLATZ Crown Heights Realty ALEXANDER HARIED Redfin Corporation JOFFRE COLBERT @properties AMI BUMIA Related Realty STRATOS ROUNIS SR Realty Group Inc. MARTI BARBARA CORCORAN THOUVENELL Century 21 P.R.S. McMullen Associates, Inc. Teams with Residential Sales Volume between $25.9 -$20 Million No Photo Available MCEWEN SAM JENKINS THE JEANINE NL FERRATA SOHAIL THE THE YEAGER MARKETING GROUP WHEELER TEAM REAL ESTATE PINNACLE TEAM CHICAGO Sam Jenkins GROUP Nadine GROUP TEAM Juliana Steve Conlon: A Jeanine Ferrata Sohail Ryan Gossett Yeager McEwen Real Estate Wheeler Coldwell Salahuddin @properties @properties @properties Company @properties Banker @properties Residential 12 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine CHRISTIE THE LAVELLE THE DORGER & LYNN GROUP MCCARTHY DELGRECO Stefanie GROUP Christina Lavelle Julie Dorger DelGreco Coldwell Coldwell Coldwell Banker Banker Banker Residential Residential Residential NATASHA CHRISTOPHER MUNDY MOTEV @properties Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 2015 Bronze Level — Units Individuals with Residential Sales Units between 79 - 55 CHAZ NICHOLAS LASHANDRIA RONALD WALTERS COLAGIOVANNI SANDERSON BRANCH Baird & Coldwell Chicago RLB Realty Warner Banker Realty & Asset Group, Inc. Residential Management ARCENIO SALINAS Crosstown Realty MELISSA SIEGAL @properties No Photo Available MILLIE ROSENBLOOM Baird & Warner JASON O’BEIRNE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty MICHAEL SCOLA RE/MAX Partners THOMAS KRALEY III REO Plus LLC WILLIAM STEPHANY IOANA FLEMMING OLIVEROS JURAVLE Homesmart CHI Properties Remar Realty Connect LLC Inc. Group Inc. RUSEN RUSEV Runway Realty Inc. IRA MIZELL Goldtree Realty ZEFERINO WILLIAM STANISLAW MARTINEZ KNAPP KROZEL Lake Shore Royal Service RE/MAX 10 Drive Realty, Realty Chicago Metro Pro Inc. No Photo Available DAMIAN CISZEK RE/MAX 10 JUAN DEL REAL Solutions Realty & Assoc LLC LEOPOLDO SAUCEDO Citywide Realty LLC SARAH HAN Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. LYDIA MEMETI RE/MAX City KATHARINE WADDELL Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DENNIS HUYCK @properties JOSEPH LEE Royal Crest Realty, Inc. ANDY SOKOL The Sokol Group DEBORAH JOHN CRISTIAN SHARON KAY RICHARD D.WAVELAND MARTI HESS MALANDRINO MERDARIU RIZZO THOMAS KENDT CORCORAN Conlon: A Redfin City Habitat Dream Town Realty Plus @properties Century 21 Real Estate Corporation Realty LLC Realty Chicago Inc. McMullen Company NORBERT MIKA Coldwell Banker Residential JAMES MORRIS JMRI Corp ELIZABETH MARIA BROOKS CASTILLO Belgravia ERA Mi Casa Realty Group, Real Estate LLC HARRIS ALI Sky High Real Estate Inc. RITA NERI RE/MAX Premier Properties R. GABRIELLA TYMARSKIS Chicago Residences BARI MARY SUMMERVILLE LEVINE Dream Town @properties Realty MARK AHMAD Century 21 Affiliated VICTOR GUTIERREZ JR. Sway Management LLC No Photo Available MARISELA AGUILAR Parkvue Realty Corporation MELANIE MELISSA JOFFRE GIGLIO GOVEDARICA COLBERT Jameson Sergio & @properties Sotheby’s Banks Real International Estate Realty No Photo Available No Photo Available JOSEPH HARRIS iBid Realty, LLC. ANDREW GLATZ Crown Heights Realty FRED HOFF Hoff, REALTORS® No Photo Available ERIKA VILLEGAS ERA Mi Casa Real Estate Teams with Residential Sales Units between 79 - 55 TEAM CASTLINE Bradley Cole Castline Properties LLC THE MIKE TARARA MCEWEN THE LISA KH THE IAN C&C SELLING LUCID VESOLE TORTORELLO MARKETING SANDERS RESIDENTIAL SCHWARTZ CHICAGO REALTY GROUP Sam Tarara CHICAGO GROUP Robert Kohler GROUP Carrie Gary Lucido Michael Berkshire Steve Lisa Sanders Coldwell Ian Schwartz McCormick Lucid Vesole Hathaway McEwen Dream Town Banker Coldwell @properties Realty, Inc. @properties HomeService @properties Realty Residential Banker Residential ELITE REO Angela Robinson Elite Properties Chicago THE PRIME THE LAVELLE SOHAIL WEXLER/ REAL ESTATE GROUP REAL ESTATE GAULT GROUP Stefanie GROUP GROUP Peter Lavelle Sohail Beth Wexler Chrysanthou Coldwell Salahuddin @properties Prime Banker @properties Real Estate Residential Group Inc. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 13 2015 Top Rental Agents & Rookies Residential Rentals by Units PLATINUM RENTAL (589 - 308 Units) No Photo Available No Photo Available AYMAN AARON HANNA GALVIN Oak Park Luxury Living Avenue Realty, Chicago Realty Ltd. VAL PETKOV RPM Real Estate VICTOR GUTIERREZ JR. Sway Management LLC ASHLEY LEBOVIC All Realty Group, Inc. ZEESHAN BHIMJI Real Property Management Group JULIA DURAKOVIC Kass Management Services Inc. ROBERT BUFORD Planned Property Management GOLD RENTAL (300 - 150 Units) THOMAS RUBIN Fulton Grace Realty WESLEY WALKER Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ERICKSON OCASIO iMove Chicago JEFFREY STEINBERG Beaulieu Real Estate RENTAL AGENTS (135 -40 Units) RORY COULTER Kass Management Services Inc. PATRICK O’DWYER Private Holding Brokerage DANIEL DELANEY Dwell Chicago Inc. GARY WYDRA Lasalle Associates REALTORS® Inc. IRENA CEPULYTE Cedar Realty VICTOR PEKIC Crescent Drive Realty LLC ESMA SEFEROVIC ASAP Management Services Inc. PAMELA GORE Kass Management Services Inc. BRETT VOGEL Chicago Apartment Finders - CBRB SARA SUPERFINE Berkshire Hathaway HomeService FRANK HERRERA In Business Real Estate WILLIAM GOLDBERG Related Realty KRISTIN THOMPSON Kass Management Services Inc. MONICA LUNGU City Habitat Realty LLC 14 BRIAN SOMERA Chicago Apartment Finders - CBRB KATHLEEN ULLO @properties RYAN GROBER North Peoria Realty, LLC JOHN MCGEOWN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DAVID KELLEY Apartment Guys LLC NORA BOHANON Chicagoland Leasing & Management HECTOR CASTANEDA Open Path Realty JOHN LETTS Letts Investment Realty INC NOAM OSHER Osher Management Services Inc. SOHAIL SALAHUDDIN @properties GAIL SPREEN Streeterville Properties TRAVIS SMITH Homescout Realty JENNIFER WITT Coldwell Banker Residential HAROON KHAN Streeterville Realty, LLC Chicago REALTOR® Magazine MOHAMMED KHAN TriView Property & Investments GINGER BONNEAU @properties ANDREW GRUESSER Kass Management Services Inc. FRAN LOUMBARDIAS All Realty Group, Inc. BRET DERRICKSON Urban Aire Realty MIKE KRAVITZ RE/MAX Premier Properties MARIO GRECO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JONATHON SHAW Chicago Apartment Finders - CBRB EMELIN BROWN Roman Realty Group RAMI PELTZ M2 Property Group LLC VERNON ARMOUR JAB Real Estate, Inc. JOHN WETTERSTEN All County Property Management NICHOLAS COLAGIOVANNI Baird & Warner ROBERT BEAULIEU Beaulieu Real Estate PHYLLIS BISCEGLIE Sergio & Banks Real Estate HARRY PERL Goldberg & Perl, Inc. ROBERT PICCIARIELLO Prello Realty, Inc. ANDREW STARCK Prairie State Property Special CARRIE MCCORMICK @properties ANTHONY ZAMMITT ICandy Realty LLC TAL HAIMOVITCH TriView Property & Investments JOHN GRAFFT Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DESMOND LATHAN Fulton Grace Realty MARGARET DRALYUK Dralyuk Real Estate THOMAS ALCORN Chicago Apartment Finders - CBRB ERIC FROST Related Realty TAMARA HIRSCH Luxury Living Chicago Realty TIMOTHY BRENT Chicago Apartment & Condo Inc. ANDREW MARSH AP Realty Chicago GABRIELA RUSU Rusu’s Realty Group Inc. MICHAEL GENTILE @properties BRADLEY JAFFE Homescout Realty DAVID PICHÉ RE/MAX Signature RUSTY SCHLUCHTER @properties DONNA ANELLO-SURMA New West Realty LLLC JOSHUA BARR Real Property Management PAT COHEN Baird & Warner ALAN COSBY TriView Property & Investments ALAN GRUNBERG Apartments of Chicago Inc. SERAFIN HERRERA Century 21 Affiliated HOWARD ARBETMAN Chicago Condo Rentals, Inc. STEVE EASTON Urban Real Estate ABHIJIT LEEKHA Property Economics, Inc. WILLIAM ALTIER Bill Altier BERTHENE CHRISTOS Homestead Ventures LLC DARRELL SCOTT Luxury Living Chicago Realty CHRISTOPHER CARLSON Green Ivy Realty & Property Management A. HEATHER GRANT Better Home Relocations LLC MARY HAIGHT Keller Williams Chicago - O’Hare TONIA MEMBERS ONEprop Illinois LLC JASON ROWLAND Fairgreen Real Estate LLC PHIL PAPPAS Tiamar Real Estate, Inc. CHEZI RAFAELI Coldwell Banker Residential RACHELLE KING Gold Coast Realty Chicago DAVID BOVYN Kale Realty DONNA ROGERS Century 21 Affiliated DEBRA BROWN Sway Management LLC AMANDA MCMILLAN @properties MATTHEW WILLIAMS Vesta Preferred LLC JENNIFER FURLONG @properties EILEEN KRAVITZ Dream Town Realty SUSAN PANOZZO @properties JODI SLUTZKY @properties JUSTINE D’AMOUR Owl Management, LLC MARY GILARDI Silver Property Group, Ltd. ALEXIA KOUKLOWSKY Exit Strategy Realty JOSEPH WILCOX The Wilcox Company ROOKIES OF THE YEAR (by Area: Volume & Units) No Photo Available No Photo Available CENTRAL NORTH SOUTH SUBURBAN VOLUME & UNITS VOLUME & UNITS VOLUME & UNITS VOLUME & UNITS ADAM ZAGATA 24 Hour Real Estate LLC JOSEPH DIXON Exit Strategy Realty JOSEPH DEFRANCESCO Parkvue Realty Corporation RYAN WALSH HomeSmart Realty Group 2015 Top Commercial Producers PLATINUM COMMERCIAL No Photo Available Industrial Rental # of Transactions Industrial Rental Gross SF BRIAN RIPP KEVIN ROCIO Strauss Realty Ltd. @properties Commercial Industrial Sales Volume Multi Family 5 + # of Transactions Multi Family 5 + Sales Volume Office Rental # of Transactions ANDREA MILLER LAWRENCE COHN Parkvue Realty Corporation KEVIN SCHNELL MO2 Brokerage LLC LAWRENCE COHN Miller Chicago LLC @properties Commercial ANTHONY DISANO Industrial Sales # of Transactions @properties Commercial No Photo Available Office Sales # of Transactions Office Sales Volume Retail Leasing Gross SF Retail Rental # of Transactions Retail Sales # of Transactions Retail Sales Volume DIANA PETERSON EDWARD THILMAN CHELSEA HENDERSON SCOTT FITHIAN MARK REITER CHELSEA HENDERSON Auction Works Rockwell Partners LLC The Lord Companies The Lord Companies Millennium Properties RE, Inc. The Lord Companies GOLD COMMERCIAL Industrial Industrial Industrial Multi Family Rental # of Sales # of Sales Volume 5 + # of Transactions Transactions JAMES Transactions HEATHER JAMES HODUR MICHAEL DEVERMANN HODUR Coldwell TOLLIVER Inland Real Coldwell Banker Chicago Estate Banker Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Commercial NRT Resources NRT Multi Family 5 + Sales Volume JEFFREY BAASCH Sperry Van Ness Office Rental Office Sales # of # of Transactions Transactions STEVEN BRAD RAPOPORT THOMPSON Chicago Millennium Real Estate Properties Resources RE, Inc. Office Sales Retail Leasing Retail Rental Retail Sales Retail Sales Retail Sales Volume Gross SF # of # of # of # of DIANA SCOTT Transactions Transactions Transactions Transactions PETERSON FITHIAN CHELSEA CHRIS SUSAN TANNI Auction The Lord HENDERSON IRWIN SILVER WONG Works Companies The Lord Jameson Millennium Lakeside Companies Commercial Properties Properties RE, Inc. Group LLC Retail Sales Volume IAN FEINERMAN & MICHAEL WEBER @properties Commercial SILVER COMMERCIAL No Photo Available Industrial Rental # of Transactions Industrial Sales # of Transactions Industrial Sales # of Transactions Industrial Sales # of Transactions Industrial Sales # of Transactions Industrial Sales # of Transactions Industrial Sales Volume Multi Family 5 + # of Transactions Multi Family 5 + Sales Volume Office Rental # of Transactions Office Sales # of Transactions Office Sales # of Transactions Office Sales Volume Retail Leasing Gross SF Retail Rental # of Transactions DONALD CHARLES LAWRENCE OLIVIA ANGELO MATTHEW MATTHEW TIM GEORGE ANDREA OLIVIA JEFFREY OLIVIA KATIE PAUL PASEK CHIPONIS COHN CZYZYNSKI LABRIOLA SHRAKE SHRAKE KEENAN TOSCAS MILLER CZYZYNSKI SCHULTZ CZYZYNSKI WHELAN TSAKIRIS Omniterra Garrett @properties Sperry Sperry Coldwell Coldwell Chicago ACO Miller Sperry Kinzie Sperry Jameson First Real Realty & Commercial Van Ness Van Ness Banker Banker Real Estate Commercial Chicago Van Ness Brokerage Van Ness Commercial Western Properties Development Residential Residential Resources LLC LLC Properties Inc. Retail Sales # of Transactions IAN FEINERMAN & MICHAEL WEBER @properties Commercial Retail Sales # of Transactions Retail Sales Volume ANDREA NATE MILLER GAUTSCHE Miller Chicago Chicago Real Estate LLC Resources www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 15 Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Residential Sales Volume $ 19+Million INDIVIDUALS ALISHJA BALLARD @properties KEVIN WOOD @properties KELLY PARKER @properties SARAH HAN Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. JILL HARE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty BRENT WILK Wilk Real Estate STEPHANIE LOVERDE Baird & Warner EMELIN BROWN Roman Realty Group DAVID FIDANZA Redfin Corporation JAMIE CONNOR Conlon: A Real Estate Company NICHOLAOS VOUTSINAS Redfin Corporation BRADY MILLER Chicago Real Estate Artists LLC GARY WEGLARZ Applebrook Realty, Inc. NATHAN RYLE Dream Town Realty JAMES BUCZYNSKI Conlon: A Real Estate Company MARK AHMAD Century 21 Affiliated SCOTT STAVISH @properties PHYLLIS SMITH Century 21 Affiliated LAYCHING QUEK Redfin Corporation GLENN RICKEL Redfin Corporation RIZWAN GILANI Dream Town Realty AMY DUONG Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ERIN MANDEL @properties RONDA FISH Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty LANCE KIRSHNER @properties TERRI MCAULEY Berkshire Hathaway HomeService GEORGE SELAS Dream Town Realty NATHAN FREEBORN Redfin Corporation ANGEL AGUILAR RE/MAX Fidelity SONDRA SAVINO Redfin Corporation JAMES BELLAVIA @properties THOMAS MORAN @properties SHARON O’HARA @properties KATHLEEN MENIGHAN @properties DEBBIE MAUE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 17+Million TEAMS THE APOSTAL GROUP Nicholas Apostal Coldwell Banker Residential SCOTT CURCIO & ASSOCIATES Scott Curcio Coldwell Banker Residential Residential Sales Volume $ 18+Million TEAMS ASK NAGEL REALTY TEAM Greg Nagel Ask Nagel JOHN FEDERICI Krain NATE BRECHT CHICAGO LISTINGS Nathan Brecht Redfin Corporation THE CN2 GROUP Carol Ann Edwards-Nasser Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Residential Sales Volume $ 19+Million TEAMS Residential Sales Volume $ 17+Million INDIVIDUALS THE DANA GROUP Dana Gerstenschlager @properties SUSIE KANTER TEAM Susan Kanter Dream Town Realty ROBIN MINER @properties SHARON KAY RIZZO Dream Town Realty KATHERINE MALKIN Baird & Warner KAREN PETERSON Coldwell Banker Residential PARK PLACE GROUP Derek Disera @properties Residential Sales Volume $ 18+Million INDIVIDUALS CHRISTOPHER CHESNE Redfin Corporation CAROLINE DRUKER Baird & Warner ANTHONY MADONIA @properties DAVID YOCUM Redfin Corporation 16 HEATHER HILLEBRAND Dream Town Realty MARK JAK Baird & Warner BETH GOMEZ Berkshire Hathaway HomeService HAROLD GERBER ForSalebyOwner.com Referral Service JOHN MALANDRINO Redfin Corporation NAN VAILE Baird & Warner KEN JUNGWIRTH @properties LUIS ORTIZ RE/MAX Partners Chicago REALTOR® Magazine DAPPER CROWN Philip DeFrancesco Parkvue Realty Corporation Residential Sales Volume $ 16+Million INDIVIDUALS RAJ PATEL Core Luxury Real Estate Inc. LAURA RUBIN Baird & Warner ELIZABETH AMIDON Dream Town Realty MARY CUTLER Redfin Corporation JOHN O’NEILL Conlon: A Real Estate Company MICHAEL VRIELINK Chicago Real Estate Artists LL Residential Sales Volume $ 16+Million TEAMS BYERS HOME TEAM Phil Byers Keller Williams Preferred Realty SAFRANSKI TEAM Robert Safranski @properties THE NIMICK TEAM, INC. David Nimick Keller Williams Preferred Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 15+Million INDIVIDUALS MARK BAETZEL @properties ALAN MEYEROWITZ @properties SAMANTHA PORTER @properties TAMARA KASEY Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty CHRISTOPHER TITCOMB Titcomb Realty P.C. BRETT NOVACK @properties RADIM MANDEL Coldwell Banker Residential CRAIG ISACSON @properties PAUL RAGI @properties STEPHANY OLIVEROS CHI Properties Inc. BENJAMIN TREGONING Organic Realty HARRY MAISEL @properties CLAYTON JIRAK Redfin Corporation CLARE SPARTZ @properties ALICE TSE Landmark & Property Group, Inc. JOHN MANGAN Northside Properties, LLC CHRISTINA McNAMEE @properties ELIZABETH PALOMAR Redfin Corporation JAYNE ALOFS Berkshire Hathaway HomeService FRANK MAGUIRE Baird & Warner GEORGE MORGAN @properties PEARSON REALTY GROUP TEAM LUKASZ WOJCIK Kirby Pearson Fulton Grace Realty Pearson Realty Group KYLE JAMICICH Coldwell Banker Residential HARRIS ALI Sky High Real Estate Inc. PATRICK NATALE Coldwell Banker Residential RYAN SMITH Smith Partners & Associates JOHN HUEBNER @properties WENDY HELMS Redfin Corporation STEPHEN HNATOW @properties BEATA GASKA Sergio & Banks Real Estate PASQUALE RECCHIA @properties RANDY NASATIR @properties MARK DOLLARD Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 15+Million TEAMS CARTER PROPERTY GROUP Ashley Carter Keller Williams Preferred Realty THE MORGAN SAGE TEAM Morgan Sage Berkshire Hathaway HomeService THE FAY-HART GROUP Dympna Fay-Hart Century 21 McMullen JULIE HARRON REAL ESTATE GROUP Julie Harron Baird & Warner Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Residential Sales Volume $ 14+Million INDIVIDUALS BETH WEXNER @properties DAN BERGMAN Redfin Corporation DARIN REED Redfin Corporation MARGARET BACZKOWSKI @properties DARRAGH LANDRY @properties IZETTA CARROLL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService XIAOJING FROST Related Realty LANDON HARPER @properties MARIAH DELL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PHYLLIS BISCEGLIE Sergio & Banks Real Estate MARLENE GRANACKI RE/MAX Exclusive Properties PATRICK SANTRY Coldwell Banker Residential JANE SHAWKEY Coldwell Banker Residential PETER MOORE Baird & Warner TIM KNIPPER Conlon: A Real Estate Company GAIL SPREEN Streeterville Properties CHRIS McCOMAS @properties LOUISE STUDY Baird & Warner SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate ROBERT POYO Redfin Corporation KENNETH DOOLEY Conlon: A Real Estate Company ROBERT FINDLAY Smith Partners & Associates ADAM WAVRUNEK Domain Realty LAUREN SCHUH Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty HUNTER ANDRE Coldwell Banker Residential TERESA COSTANTINI LEVIN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService GREGORY DESMOND @properties DERICK CREASY Redfin Corporation JASON VONDRACHEK Quest Realty Group CHRISTOPHER DOYLE Related Realty BRANT BOOKER Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 14+Million TEAMS GREEN TEAM PROPERTIES Joe Green Keller Williams Preferred Realty MICHAEL HALL GROUP, BAIRD & WARNER Michael Hall Baird & Warner TIM ZIELONKA Redfin Corporation MAUREEN MURNANE @properties ERIC MARCUS REAL ESTATE GROUP Eric Marcus Eric Marcus Real Estate Group GRAFFT GROUP John Grafft Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JACK GUEST Century 21 McMullen JILL CUNNINGHAM @properties TARA LEINENWEBER Redfin Corporation MICHAEL MCCALLUM Baird & Warner Residential Sales Volume $ 13+Million INDIVIDUALS MICHAEL MAIER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService THOMAS GORMAN Baird & Warner ALFREDO MEDINA Redfin Corporation J. JOHN MAGGIO @properties GWEN FARINELLA Related Realty MARGARET FINEGAN Keller Williams Preferred Realty RANDIE SHAPIRO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService CHLOE IFERGAN @properties EDUARDO GARCIA Realty of Chicago LLC JOHN VOSSOUGHI @properties Continued on page 18 www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 17 Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Continued from page 17 JAMES KRAMER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService KEVIN TATUM @properties COLETTE CONNELLY Berkshire Hathaway HomeService RYAN PARKS Related Realty NATHAN AMIDON Olin Ray Realty Partners LLC MATT SILVER Urban Real Estate RANDI PELLAR Baird & Warner RENEE LEUNG Redfin Corporation FRANKIE SCIBIOR Illinois Real Estate Partners BRIAN RUFF d’aprile properties JEAN WARD @properties NICHOLAS HAUBRICH @properties JACQUELINE COLANDO Redfin Corporation JULIAN TAYLOR Goldtree Realty GRAZYNA PRZYBYSZ Chicago Area Realty Inc. BROOKE DAITCHMAN Dream Town Realty R. MATT LEUTHEUSER Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ERLEND CANDEA Dream Town Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 13+Million TEAMS TEAM SACHS Erik Sachs @properties PROPERTY OF CHICAGO Joseph Chiappetta @properties PHILIP SCHWARTZ REAL ESTATE GROUP Philip Schwartz Baird & Warner GAGGERO & CO. Christopher Gaggero @properties TEAM CASTLINE Bradley Cole Castline Properties LLC 18 Residential Sales Volume $ 12+Million INDIVIDUALS CHRISTINE HANCOCK @properties RUSEN RUSEV Runway Realty Inc. AMIE KLUJIAN Dream Town Realty SAUL RUIZ Redfin Corporation HOWARD ANDRON Mark Allen Realty ANDREW PERKINS Conlon: A Real Estate Company CATHERINE BOYLE Redfin Corporation DANNY LEWIS Exit Strategy Realty SARAH MAXWELL @properties CONOR SCANLON Coldwell Banker Residential ELLEN WEBBER @properties PATRICK RYAN Related Realty FRED HOFF Hoff, REALTORS® LEE CHERNEY @properties MATHEW BOEMMEL RE/MAX Exclusive Properties NORBERT MIKA Coldwell Banker Residential ALICE JENNETT Berkshire Hathaway HomeService SHAY HATA Berkshire Hathaway HomeService RYAN LEE @properties TOM MCCAREY @properties JOSEPH PAV Pav REALTORS® MITCH GORDON Baird & Warner LISA RUDISEL @properties CHERYL TURCHI-BUSSMANN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty CRISTIAN MERDARIU City Habitat Realty LLC STANISLAW KROZEL Royal Service Realty Chicago Metro Pro Chicago REALTOR® Magazine CONNIE GRUNWALDT @properties BROOKE VANDERBOK @properties PAMELA RAIA Baird & Warner JENNIFER LIU Jameson Sotheby's International Realty ELIZABETH BLEEKER @properties BRUCE GLAZER @properties BRANDIE MALAY @properties THEODORA JORDAN @properties ANNE KEARNS @properties MICHAEL SALADINO Dream Town Realty RYAN HARDY Gold Coast Realty Chicago MEREDITH MANNI Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PATRICK DEVEREUX Coldwell Banker Residential MARGIE SMIGEL The Margie Smigel Group, LLC CHARESE DAVID Menard Johnson & Associates PETER KRZYZANOWSKI Homescout Realty TODD SZWAJKOWSKI Dream Town Realty IRA MIZELL Goldtree Realty DAVID SMITH Redfin Corporation CHRISTINA CARMODY Real Living City Residential MARK KEPPY @properties MICHAEL ZUKER @properties ANNE CALTABIANO @properties LUIS VASQUEZ Redfin Corporation SEBASTIAN RODAK Redfin Corporation VICKIE LIU Urban Real Estate YEHUDA COHEN Dream Town Realty ANNE CONNOLLY RIEF @properties NANCY McADAM Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty BRIAN CARGERMAN Redfin Corporation ALEXANDRA DONOGHUE Redfin Corporation JOE CASTILLO ERA Mi Casa Real Estate CHRISTINE LUTZ Kinzie Brokerage LLC STEVEN ACOBA Keller Williams Preferred Realty DANIEL PAPE Hudson Parker Realty R. GABRIELLA TYMARSKIS Chicago Residences SHARON GILLMAN Baird & Warner CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD Village Sotheby’s International JOHN CLINTON COLEMAN @properties JENNIFER JOHNSON @properties STEPHANIE WESSON Dream Town Realty Residential Sales Volume $ 12+Million TEAMS KIKI KARAVOLOS Avenue Realty LLC MICHAEL KELLY Dream Town Realty PEARCE LASHMETT Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JENNA SMITH Dream Town Realty CHICAGO PROPERTY MARKETING GROUP Keith Goad Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PENCE PROPERTY GROUP Karen Pence @properties THE SHERI KAMIKOW TEAM Sheri Kamikow Coldwell Banker Residential THE JOHN RYAN TEAM Ryan Preuett Conlon: A Real Estate Company THE MEIER GROUP Laura Meier @properties Residential Sales Volume $ 11+Million INDIVIDUALS KAYLIN GOLDSTEIN @properties BRIAN HENDERSON Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty RITA KERINS Coldwell Banker Residential TARA FURNARI Weichert, REALTORS® - First Chicago ELIZABETH LATOUR Dream Town Realty JEFFREY STEWART @properties JULIE CHESNE Berkshire Hathaway HomeService STEVEN KATZ @properties BRIAN MOON Berkshire Hathaway HomeService GWEN STARK @properties NANCY NUGENT Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty VERA PERNER Coldwell Banker Residential KIP KARL Coldwell Banker Residential STEVEN ZALESKI City Point Realty LLC JAMES MEESE Coldwell Banker Residential ELIZABETH AUGUST @properties CYNTHIA BAUER RE/MAX Premier Properties KOON LAU @properties CINDY WILSON Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MICHAEL BATTISTA @properties LINDA SHAUGHNESSY Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty BRENDAN MURPHY Dream Town Realty LONNY MILLER Charles Rutenberg Realty KEITH WILKEY Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JOHN IRWIN Baird & Warner MARY MAC DIARMID @properties Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Residential Sales Volume $ 11+Million TEAMS GOODCHILD HOMES Elizabeth Goodchild Weichert REALTORS® Goodchild Homes THE LONG GROUP Jennifer Teadt Long @properties ANDRE PROPERTY GROUP Stephanie Andre @properties SADOFF PROPERTY GROUP Stephanie Sadoff @properties THE VESTA TEAM Grigory Pekarsky Vesta Preferred LLC SM@RT REALTY GROUP Glen Tomlinson Century 21 Affiliated Residential Sales Volume $ 10+Million INDIVIDUALS BRENDA MAULDIN Baird & Warner CHARLES GULLETT Best Chicago Properties, LLC SHANE PLUMMER Related Realty DANIEL SULLIVAN Conlon: A Real Estate Company JESSIE PINKHAM Ultimate Realty Group LLC LAURA RAHILLY @properties MARTHA LOZANO RE/MAX City MARISELA AGUILAR Parkvue Realty Corporation NICK LIBERT Exit Strategy Realty PATRICK MALISZEWSKI @properties SPIRO GEORGELOS Standard Properties Group LLC DAVID NADLER Related Realty JEFFREY HERBERT Urban Living Properties, LLC EILEEN BRENNAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MARY-BETH BALCARCEL Century 21 McMullen VERONICA MIKLUSICAK @properties PATTY CERNY Baird & Warner MARCIN KREMPA RE/MAX Edge NICOLE DURAN @properties JOSEPH HARRIS iBid Realty, LLC. NGOCMAI HUYNH VNT Realty DAWN VENIT Baird & Warner ALBERTO DIAZ NuVision Real Estate CONNIE ABELS RE/MAX NorthCoast LISA McGUIRT Baird & Warner MELINDA JAKOVICH Berkshire Hathaway HomeService SOPHIA WORDEN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService ELIZABETH WHATLEY Coldwell Banker Residential COURTNEY WELSCH Baird & Warner BRADEN ROBBINS Vesta Preferred LLC VIKAS WADHWA Urban Living Properties, LLC GIOVANNI LAVERDE Coldwell Banker Residential JOHN KLOSTER IV Lakewest, Inc. ROBYN BROOKS Berkshire Hathaway HomeService EILEEN EISENSTEIN @properties RUBINA BOKHARI @properties JOE KENNEDY @properties ADAM MATUSZEK American Realty & Associates Residential Sales Volume $ 10+Million TEAMS TIM STASSI Dwell One Realty JANET ROBERTSON Century 21 McMullen IOANA JURAVLE Remar Realty Group Inc TIMOTHY BLOMQUIST Key Realty, Inc. JANE STAHMER @properties PAUL SOLITRO Dream Town Realty MARK FISCHER @properties SCOTT KELLY Redfin Corporation MADELAINE GERBAULETVANASSE MetroPro Realty LLC CHRISTIE ASCIONE @properties ARCENIO SALINAS Crosstown Realty MARK URKOVICH TriView Property & Investments STEVEN SAMUELS @properties JANIS NORTHON @properties JOHN BERDAN John Berdan SUSAN NICE Dream Town Realty ROBIN PHELPS @properties ROBERT TEVERBAUGH Century 21 Affiliated JEREMIAH FISHER Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DANIELLE DOWELL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService ALEX TILL Baird & Warner ANTONIO GIAMBERDUCA Coldwell Banker Residential LYNN REIDL Dream Town Realty ALAN SHULTZ Coldwell Banker Residential JAMES HORWATH @properties LESLIE GLAZIER @properties LUCAS BLAHNIK Blahnik Properties LUKE BAKALAR @properties MAURICIO GONZALEZ Citywide Realty LLC ISSA HANNA Classic Realty Group, Inc. CURT RATCLIFF @properties WESTON HARDING X Plus Real Estate BURT FUJISHIMA Coldwell Banker Residential LYDIA MEMETI RE/MAX City MARNA SPIZZ Marna Spizz HILARY PENDER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService KARLA MINA Coldwell Banker Residential BRENT J. ROSENBOWER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService HEARON FITZPATRICK MARKETING Nancy Hearon Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MY CHICAGO PROPERTIES GROUP Lisa McMillan @properties THE QUINNTESSENTIAL TEAM Peggy Quinn Berkshire Hathaway HomeService THE FRANCESCA ROSE TEAM Francesca Rose Berkshire Hathaway HomeService RELUX INTERNATIONAL Santiago Valdez RE/MAX Premier Properties Residential Sales Volume $ 9+Million INDIVIDUALS ANN CONNOLLY Dream Town Realty MARK ZIPPERER RE/MAX Edge EDWIN DIAZ Baird & Warner DEBORAH RYDER American International Realty DORI GORDON Home Sweet Home Ryan Realty LLC DIANA BZDYK Dream Town Realty SHEETAL BALANI @properties BRENT HALL Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty HECTOR FLORES Redfin Corporation PHYLLIS STELLATO @properties JUANA HONEYCUTT Related Realty WADE MARSHALL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService CATHY BYRNE Baird & Warner SARAH TAICH Berkshire Hathaway HomeService CATHERINE BRENNAN @properties SHIRIN RAMOS-REZANIA Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DANIEL MERRION City Point Realty LLC ZEFERINO MARTINEZ RE/MAX 10 JOHN LYONS Baird & Warner SANTIAGO MORENO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JOHN CAMPAS Dream Town Realty MICHELLE BERGER North Clybourn Group, Inc. CARIN POWELL Hometown Real Estate HEIDIE MASLO Coldwell Banker Residential KATE PHAM @properties LAUREN GOLDBERG @properties DOROTHY WULF @properties EDWARD FLYNN Kensington Properties RE, LLC NEIL HACKLER Real Living City Residential LISA MADONIA @properties MARIO DILORENZO Keller Williams Chicago-O’Hare NATHAN BINKLEY @properties KATHLEEN BOCK Coldwell Banker Residential JUDY HOWARD Berkshire Hathaway HomeService STACY KAREL @properties ERIC ROJAS Kale Realty JOANNA OLSZYNSKA Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ROBERT PADRON RE/MAX Cityview Continued on page 20 www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 19 Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Continued from page 19 DIANA SOLDO MASSARO Dream Town Realty THOMAS KRALEY REO Plus LLC JEANNE KEATING @properties LAUREN SCHREYER Coldwell Banker Residential THOMAS BRANDT Keller Williams Realty Partners JOEL HOLLAND Homescout Realty ANNE MARIE BONNESS Conlon: A Real Estate Company DEBORAH NILLES Key 2 Chicago, Inc. MICHAEL BARZ JUAN DEL REAL Solutions Realty & Associates LLC City Front Realty Group GREG VOLLAN @properties MELISSA EDIDIN @properties KAREN PETERSON Coldwell Banker Residential ERIK SCHWINGER Baird & Warner PATRICIA PAPATHEODORE Baird & Warner DAVID FABER Coldwell Banker Residential SUSAN LANDSMAN Coldwell Banker Residential KATHERINE TAYLOR Coldwell Banker Residential PATRICIA YOUNG @properties ELIZABETH LOTHAMER @properties JOSEPH SICILIANO Coldwell Banker Residential PETER TORTORELLO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DEBORAH PERKAUS Coldwell Banker Residential JAMES FREDIAN @properties JON PERLMAN State Street Properties Chicago CARYN MILLER Coldwell Banker Residential STEPHEN PORTER Redefined Residential LLC MARGARET CARLSON Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Residential Sales Volume $ 9+Million TEAMS BERGREN KREUSER TEAM Holly Bergren Dream Town Realty ONE CAPITAL GROUP Rakesh Parikh Coldwell Banker Residential GILIANOGROUP Michael Giliano Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PRIME REAL ESTATE GROUP Peter Chrysanthou Prime Real Estate Group Inc. THE GRAMATA REALTY GROUP James Gramata @properties BRETT HUELAT Brett Huelat @properties Residential Sales Volume $ 8+Million INDIVIDUALS RON KNOLL @properties RICHARD ANSELMO @properties IRYNA DANYLEYKO @properties STEVEN MONZ Gibson, Giampa, & Partners BRIAN BAN RE/MAX Exclusive Properties SHERRI HOKE Baird & Warner DUSTIN HARVEY Alto Realty LINDSEY RICHARDSON Dream Town Realty STEPHEN BOGNAR JR. Baird & Warner 20 DAVID AUFFARTH Keller Williams Preferred Realty CHADWICK DUDA @properties VICTORIA SILVANO Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. PAT COHEN Baird & Warner MAREK PRUS RE/MAX City HELEN JAEGER ROTH Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MAUREEN MORAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService KAREN HOLT @properties GIOVANNI LEOPALDI Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DONNA ZUPANCIC @properties BENEDICT SAMSON Krain DIANA RADOSTA Conlon: A Real Estate Company ELIZABETH DUDECK Liz Dudeck & Associates LIANE PRUCHNIK Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DOMINIC IRPINO Irpino Group, Inc. MICHAEL SCOLA RE/MAX Partners ROBIN ALLOTTA Conlon: A Real Estate Company DONALD SEBASTIAN JR. Sebastian Co. Real Estate MARC DEVEREUX Coldwell Banker Residential CHRIS SEARS @properties ANNE RODIA Berkshire Hathaway HomeService LUCY KOZLOWSKI Coldwell Banker Residential ELIZABETH LASSNER @properties MICHAEL MICHALAK RE/MAX Exclusive Properties LINDA O’DONNELL RE/MAX Signature JOHN DEBAZ Coldwell Banker MARK ICUSS Conlon: A Real Estate Company WILLIAM FINFROCK Redfin Corporation CRAIG EASLY @properties HEATHER SEIDELMAN @properties GINGER BONNEAU @properties CARLY STEIN d’aprile properties CHRIS BAUER Coldwell Banker Residential TED MORTELLARO Dream Town Realty JOSEPH BETANCOURT Betancourt Realty MATTHEW OHLSEN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty FREDERICK CARMEAN @properties ODISHO KENA Selective Realty Services Inc, PARKER PEARSON Pearson Realty Group Chicago REALTOR® Magazine DIMITRIS MELLOS @properties KARL VOGEL @properties TED KUHLMANN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService STEPHANIE BIEDERMAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JEFFREY BECK Baird & Warner JOHN ASTORINA Keller Williams Preferred Realty PAULA ARNETT Baird & Warner ILONA KAPUSTKA Arc REALTORS® Inc. ALICE BERGER @properties DAVID HUNT Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JIMMY BANYS Chicago Brokers Corporation DANIELLE INENDINO Redfin Corporation STEPHANIE ENGLUND SIEGEL Coldwell Banker Residential RICARDO MORALES Ricardo Morales RE/MAX Signature GUARNERO REAL ESTATE GROUP Ted Guarnero Conlon: A Real Estate Company MYREALTORPHIL TEAM (PHIL BUOSCIO TEAM) Phillip Buoscio Better Living Realty ACCESS TEAM Mike McElroy Access Chicago Realty Inc. THE GROUP RE Akos Straub Coldwell Banker Residential Residential Sales 54 - 50 Units INDIVIDUALS HOLLY CONNORS @properties BRADY MILLER Chicago Real Estate Artists LLC HAROLD GERBER ForSalebyOwner.com Referral Services DAVID PADGURSKIS Showtime Realty, Inc. ROSEMARY SIGNORELLI Beaulieu Real Estate NATALIA MARTINEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate LINDA O’DONNELL RE/MAX Signature ROBERT PADRON RE/MAX Cityview MICHAEL SHENFELD Berkshire Hathaway HomeService KEVIN TATUM @properties GERARD SCHEFFLER Home Gallery Realty Corporation VICTORIA MATTERA Baird & Warner JEFF BUSHAW JILL PEET SAPONARO Main Street Real Estate Group Coldwell Banker Residential BRIAN CARON AMS Realty Inc. SABU ACHETTU Achieve Real Estate Group Inc. JESSE MASIN @properties VERNON LILLY Realty Plus Chicago Inc. ANDRE NGUYEN @properties KRISTINE MENAS Dream Town Realty ROSEMARY SIGNORELLI Beaulieu Real Estate LAURA RANGO @properties MONIQUE CROSSAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService KATIE FREEMAN @properties JUANITA FLORES RE/MAX 10 KIM KERBIS @properties PHIL MOSS Baird & Warner LAURIE JACOBS RE/MAX Vision 212 Residential Sales Volume $ 8+Million TEAMS ESQUIRE PROPERTIES Nicholas Hansen @properties ANDY GERSTEN Andrew Gersten Berkshire Hathaway HomeService TEAM STUNARD - WALTER / SHELLEY - CHICAGO’S NEW EASTSIDE - 60601 WWW.NEWEASTSIDE.COM Walter Stunard Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MIKE & JEN TEAM Michael Hulett Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty MIGUEL BERMUDEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate ALEXANDER HARIED Redfin Corporation GUSTAVO LOPEZ G & R Realty, Inc. LAUREN SCHUH Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty JOHN WYMAN @properties ALISHJA BALLARD @properties TINA CULVER Sergio & Banks Real Estate NICHOLAS FARNSWORTH Related Realty SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ Greater Chicago Real Estate, Inc. LANCE KIRSHNER @properties IVONA KUTERMANKIEWICZ Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units STEPHANIE LOVERDE Baird & Warner STEVEN POWERS Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. ROY NOVAK Citywide Realty LLC PARKER PEARSON Pearson Realty Group FRANCISCO QUINTERO, JR. Golden Homes Real Estate Inc. GEORGE SELAS Dream Town Realty MARK SANTOYO RE/MAX LOYALTY ROBERT SULLIVAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Residential Sales 54 - 50 Units TEAMS ALICE TSE Landmark & Property Group, Inc. SCOTT CURCIO & ASSOCIATES Scott Curcio Coldwell Banker Residential URIEL AYALA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate MICHAEL VRIELINK Chicago Real Estate Artists LLC JACK GUEST THE DORGER MCCARTHY GROUP Century 21 McMullen Julie Dorger JOHN HUEBNER Coldwell Banker Residential @properties THE PINNACLE TEAM JACOB JACOB Ryan Gossett Rising Realty, LLC @properties TIM KNIPPER THE FAY-HART GROUP Conlon: A Real Estate Company Dympna Fay-Hart Century 21 McMullen JUAN LOZA American International Realty Residential Sales 49 - 40 Units INDIVIDUALS LUKASZ WOJCIK Fulton Grace Realty ELIZABETH DUDECK Liz Dudeck & Assoc. UBALDO GARCIA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate ALANA GOLUBIC Coldwell Banker Residential HEATHER GUSTAFSON @properties IVAN MARIDUENA Jennings Realty,Inc. ELENA THEODOROS @properties PHYLLIS BISCEGLIE Sergio & Banks Real Estate EDGARDO DIAZ NuVision Real Estate CONNIE ENGEL @properties JEFFREY PROCTOR @properties CHRISTOPHER TITCOMB Titcomb Realty P.C. CONNIE ABELS RE/MAX NorthCoast JANELLE DENNIS @properties EDWARD JELINEK @properties MARCIN KREMPA RE/MAX Edge GERARD LEWIS Better Homes For America, LLC PHYLLIS SMITH Century 21 Affiliated ELIZABETH AMIDON Dream Town Realty STEPHANIE CUTTER Coldwell Banker Residential FRANK MAGUIRE Baird & Warner CHRISTOPHER CHESNE Redfin Corporation AMY DUONG Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty XIAOJING FROST Related Realty MARK JAK Baird & Warner KARLA MINA Coldwell Banker Residential LYNN WEEKLEY @properties THE YEAGER TEAM Juliana Yeager @properties CHRISTIE & LYNN DELGRECO Christina DelGreco Coldwell Banker Residential THE VESTA TEAM Grigory Pekarsky Vesta Preferred LLC EUDICE FOGEL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService GOODCHILD HOMES Elizabeth Goodchild Weichert REALTORS® Goodchild Homes ONE CAPITAL GROUP Rakesh Parikh Coldwell Banker Residential JOANNE NEMEROVSKI Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MICHAEL HALL GROUP, BAIRD & WARNER Michael Hall Baird & Warner JUAN PERALTA Panamerican Real Estate Inc. THE NIMICK TEAM, INC. David Nimick Keller Williams Preferred Realty LAYCHING QUEK Redfin Corporation PHILIP SCHWARTZ REAL ESTATE GROUP Philip Schwartz Baird & Warner CARLOS SALINAS Pav REALTORS® BILL ERDMAN Century 21 Affiliated GERARD SCHEFFLER Home Gallery Realty Corp. RIGOBERTO GARCIA Grinker & Garcia Real Estate IZABELA SLOMA Sergio & Banks Real Estate ISSA HANNA Classic Realty Group, Inc. RICHARD SZEKELY Redfin Corporation RADIM MANDEL Coldwell Banker Residential NICHOLAOS VOUTSINAS Redfin Corporation SILVIUCOSMIN MOLDOVAN Domain Realty CINDY WEINREB Redfin Corporation Residential Sales 39 - 30 Units INDIVIDUALS CARIN POWELL Hometown Real Estate DAN BERGMAN Redfin Corporation GAIL SPREEN Streeterville Properties JUANITA FLORES RE/MAX 10 NGOCMAI HUYNH VNT Realty FRAN LOUMBARDIAS All Realty Group, Inc. ADAM RODRIGUEZ RE/MAX Signature MICHAEL SALADINO Dream Town Realty BENJAMIN TREGONING Organic Realty NORBERT BURZA N.A. Burza Realty Company OMAR CAVADA Century 21 McMullen FRANCISCO DIAZ Diaz Homes Realty MARIA GALINDO RE/MAX 10 HEATHER HILLEBRAND Dream Town Realty ODISHO KENA Selective Realty Services Inc. GIOVANNI LAVERDE Coldwell Banker Residential Residential Sales 49 -40 Units TEAMS ITRG SIGNATURE SALES TEAM Philip Mistrata In Town Realty Group Inc. THE JEANINE WHEELER GROUP Jeanine Wheeler @properties TEAM RSC Pamela Martin Realty Services Consortium ANAYA/ARCE TEAM Sonia Anaya America Real Estate NATE BRECHT CHICAGO LISTINGS Nathan Brecht Redfin Corporation BALLISGROUP Elizabeth Ballis Coldwell Banker Residential SUSIEKANTERTEAM Susan Kanter Dream Town Realty THE MORGAN SAGE TEAM Morgan Sage Berkshire Hathaway HomeService BYERS HOME TEAM Phil Byers Keller Williams Preferred Realty JACQUELINE FUQUA Fuqua Real Estate Services LLC JOSE GODINEZ First Rate Properties VERNETTA HALSELL McCREE McCree Realty & Associates ANJUM CHOHAN Mutual Realty LLC EUGENE FU @properties JAMES BUCZYNSKI Conlon: A Real Estate Company BRIAN CARON AMS Realty Inc. LINDA PRIDE Pathway Elite Properties, Inc. MARGARET FINEGAN Keller Williams Preferred Realty ROBERTO ALMAZAN Su Familia Real Estate CARTER PROPERTY GROUP Ashley Carter Keller Williams Preferred Realty GREEN TEAM PROPERTIES Joe Green Keller Williams Preferred Realty DARIN REED Redfin Corporation PAMELA RUEVE Coldwell Banker Residential GREG WHELAN Redfin Corporation JAYNE ALOFS Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PETER BELLERT Century 21 McMullen JOANNE BULLEN Century 21 Affiliated AMI BUMIA Related Realty JACQUELINE COLANDO Redfin Corporation DEBRA DOBBS @properties MARK FISCHER @properties ARMANDO CHACON Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. RIZWAN GILANI Dream Town Realty GRISELDA CHAIDEZ Su Familia Real Estate MERA KORDIC RE/MAX Signature MARIAH DELL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService TARA LEINENWEBER Redfin Corporation JESUS GAMBOA First Rate Properties DANIEL MIREA Hometown Real Estate KYLE JAMICICH Coldwell Banker Residential BRETT NOVACK @properties MARK KEPPY @properties RONALD OHR Avenue 1 Realty Group MARTHA LOZANO RE/MAX City MEGAN TIRPAK Coldwell Banker Residential DEBBIE MAUE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ANDREI TURCU Diverse Realty GLORIA ZRNICH Century 21 McMullen GEORGE MORGAN @properties DANIEL OTTO Conlon: A Real Estate Company HOWARD ANDRON Mark Allen Realty GRAZYNA PAWLIKOWSKI Home Market Realty Inc. CARA BUFFA Berkshire Hathaway HomeService GLENN RICKEL Redfin Corporation ANN CARUSO 55 Places, LLC MICHAEL ROSENBLUM Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DERICK CREASY Redfin Corporation KEN SNEDEGAR Redfin Corporation GEORGE VLASIS George Vlasis Realty IRINA KHAYKIN Realty Advisors North CHRISTOPHER MUNDY @properties Continued on page 22 www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 21 Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units Continued from page 21 VICTORIA PERRYMAN Coldwell Banker Residential VICTOR PONTO Island Real Estate Corp. DORI GORDON Home Sweet Home Ryan Realty LLC BRIAN GROSSMAN @properties MAREK PRUS RE/MAX City SHAY HATA Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PASQUALE RECCHIA @properties LEON IVY Manage Chicago, Inc. TIMOTHY SALM Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty CLAYTON JIRAK Redfin Corporation EMILY SMART LEMIRE Coldwell Banker Residential JUAN SOTO Casasil Realty TIM ZIELONKA Redfin Corporation NATHAN AMIDON Olin Ray Realty Partners LLC LINA CONNER USA Realty Group Inc. JILL HARE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DUSTIN HARVEY Alto Realty KEN JUNGWIRTH @properties J. JOHN MAGGIO @properties ERIN MANDEL @properties SARAH MAXWELL @properties CHRIS MCCOMAS @properties ALMA MEZA Classic Realty Group Prestige JOSE LUIS MIRANDA RE/MAX 10 JOANNA OLSZYNSKA Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty ROBERT POYO Redfin Corporation JENA RADNAY @properties JANET ROBERTSON Century 21 McMullen ADAM TAYLOR Regional Real Estate LLC DARRYL TONEY Neighborhood Assistance Corp. HALINA BAFIA Chicagoland Brokers, Inc. AMIE KLUJIAN Dream Town Realty ASHLEY LEBOVIC All Realty Group, Inc. PETER MOORE Baird & Warner ELIZABETH PALOMAR Redfin Corporation VADIE REESE Solid Realty Services Inc. JOLANTA SALETNIK RE/MAX Landmark NICHOLAS SIGNORELLO Signorello Realty, Inc. MARK BAETZEL @properties MARY-BETH BALCARCEL Century 21 McMullen RACHEL CALDWELL Carrington Real Estate Service CHRISTINA CARMODY Real Living City Residential BETH GOMEZ Berkshire Hathaway HomeService DAVID YOCUM Redfin Corporation ELZBIETA ZAJAC RE/MAX Landmark ANNA ZAKARIAN Carrington Real Estate Service WAYNE BEALS Beals Verdin & Company Ltd. ROSY BELTRAN RE/MAX City MARY CUTLER Redfin Corporation HASSAN DAHIK Century 21 McMullen MARK DOLLARD Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty DAVID FIDANZA Redfin Corporation STEPHEN HNATOW @properties RYAN LEE @properties GIOVANNI LEOPALDI Berkshire Hathaway HomeService LINDA LEVIN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty CLEMENTE LOPEZ RE/MAX Fidelity KELLY PARKER @properties SHANE PLUMMER Related Realty SEBASTIAN RODAK Redfin Corporation LOUIS KIESSLING City Life Realty JOHN RUDER Pearson Realty Group JACK KOSYCARZ RE/MAX City SANTIAGO SANCHEZ Solid Realty Services Inc. PRISCILLA LORENZIN-TOMEI 55 Places, LLC ASHUR SARGON A.D.S. Realty Co. HARRY MAISEL @properties ERIN WARD Related Realty JOSEPH MARELLA Keller Williams Realty Partners NAOMI WILKINSON Magellan Realty LLC CHRISTINA McNAMEE @properties GABRIEL ABARCA Mega Home Realty, Inc. ASHRAF MEMON Prospect Equities Real Estate STEVEN ACOBA Keller Williams Preferred Realty JON MILLIKIN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty MEL ALVIZURES ABC REALTORS®, Inc. PATRICK NATALE Coldwell Banker Residential LYNN BJORVIK Century 21 McMullen TAMARA KASEY Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty LUKASZ KRISTEN Great Lakes Realty Central, Inc. ERNESTO VACAJR. Ernesto Vaca LUIS VASQUEZ Redfin Corporation CHRIS VERNALD Urban Real Estate VICTOR VITA Carrington Real Estate Service ELLEN WEBBER @properties LOIS WHITE Lois White Realty MARK ALLEMAN Alleman & Alleman Realty PETER BABJAK Sky High Real Estate Inc. SENG PHOSARAJ Real Living City Residential KAREN RANQUIST Berkshire Hathaway HomeService HELAINE COHEN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService EARICK RAYBURN Rayburn Realty Group LLC ISIDRO CORONA JR. Golden Homes Real Estate Inc. SALLY CRACHY Applebrook Realty, Inc. KEITH SCHUMANN @properties ERIK CORRAL RE/MAX Partners BROOKE DAITCHMAN Dream Town Realty CORINA FLORES-MORADI RE/MAX Signature NANCY TASSONE Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty WENDY HELMS Redfin Corporation BILL ELIOPOULOS SR Realty Group Inc. NATHAN FREEBORN Redfin Corporation WILLIAM VOLPE Parkvue Realty Corporation ILONA KAPUSTKA Arc REALTORS®, Inc. SONIA FIGUEROA Century 21 Affiliated JULIE CHESNE Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JOHN DEBAZ Coldwell Banker CHRISTOPHER DOYLE Related Realty 22 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine CHRISTINE HANCOCK @properties ANITA JANCZEWSKI Chicago Area Realty, Inc. YOUNG LEE Cornerstone Realty & Rentals, Inc. MICHAEL KELLY Dream Town Realty NICK LIBERT Exit Strategy Realty JOHN KLOSTER IV Lakewest, Inc. JENNY LIMA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate ANDY KORDIC RE/MAX Signature MARTHA LOPEZ ERA Mi Casa Realty MARK MALAVE American International Realty MICHAEL MAIER Berkshire Hathaway SYBIL MARTIN HomeService Coldwell Banker Residential KATHLEEN MALONE ANGEL MARTINEZ @properties ERA Mi Casa Real Estate JORGE MARISCAL ALFREDO MEDINA ® Pav REALTORS Redfin Corporation ERICA McCLAIN ADRIAN MITOCARU RE/MAX Vision 212 Rexx Real Estate Inc. GERALD McQUIRTER SHIRIN RAMOS-REZANIA GMC Capital Real Estate Inc. Berkshire Hathaway HomeService WILLIAM MOMBELA RE/MAX Signature BRADEN ROBBINS Vesta Preferred LLC RANDY NASATIR @properties TERESA SLOWINSKI RE/MAX City PAUL RAGI @properties MARGIE SMIGEL The Margie Smigel Group, LLC JASON REINER Solid Realty Services, Inc. DAVID SMITH Redfin Corporation LISA RUDISEL @properties STEVEN ZALESKI City Point Realty LLC PHILIP SKOWRON @properties YOLANDA ZAPIAIN RE/MAX 10 ANDREW SOLTIS Citywide Realty LLC MARK ZIPPERER RE/MAX Edge GWEN STARK @properties HAROLD BLUM Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PETER BREITLANDER Krain GEORGE FILIPPIDIS Delta Realty, Corp. ALEJANDRA BENITEZ RE/MAX Partners CATHY BYRNE Baird & Warner Residential Sales 39 -30 Units TEAMS THE APOSTAL GROUP Nicholas Apostal Coldwell Banker Residential RELUX INTERNATIONAL Santiago Valdez RE/MAX Premier Properties ESQUIRE PROPERTIES Nicholas Hansen @properties THE SHERI KAMIKOW TEAM Sheri Kamikow Coldwell Banker Residential PARK PLACE GROUP Derek Disera @properties THE MICHAEL GERHARDT TEAM Michael Gerhardt RE/MAX Edge NL FERRATA TEAM Nadine Ferrata Coldwell Banker Residential GILIANOGROUP Michael Giliano Berkshire Hathaway HomeService SAM JENKINS GROUP Sam Jenkins Conlon: A Real Estate Company Congratulations Top Producers of 2015 Residential Sales by Individuals & Teams: Dollar Volume & Units ERIC MARCUS REAL ESTATE GROUP Eric Marcus Eric Marcus Real Estate Group PROPERTY OF CHICAGO Joseph Chiappetta @properties THE LONG GROUP Jennifer Teadt Long @properties THE TOPP CHICAGO REAL ESTATE TEAM Laura Topp Berkshire Hathaway HomeService ELDORRADO GROUP Alexis Eldorrado Eldorrado Chicago Real Estate THE DANA GROUP Dana Gerstenschlager @properties RICARDO MORALES Ricardo Morales RE/MAX Signature ASK NAGEL REALTY TEAM Greg Nagel Ask Nagel SAFRANSKI TEAM Robert Safranski @properties SM@RT REALTY GROUP Glen Tomlinson Century 21 Affiliated GAGGERO & CO. Christopher Gaggero @properties TEAM OF JESSICA BARRERA Jessica Barrera West Town Realty, Inc. ANDRE PROPERTY GROUP Stephanie Andre @properties CENTERED INTERNATIONAL REALTY CORP. Maurice Hampton Centered International Realty JACQUELINE GOODMAN 55 Places, LLC MARY GUTIERREZ Carrington Real Estate Service RENEE LEUNG Redfin Corporation ELIZABETH LOTHAMER @properties ADAM MATUSZEK American Realty & Associates MICHAEL McCALLUM Baird & Warner RODOLPHE NIVOSE Rod N Realty Inc. SUSIE PEARSON @properties DIANA PETERSON Auction Works STEPHNE PETTITT-GAINES MetroPro Realty LLC RONNY PICADO Century 21 McMullen ALCIDES RODRIGUEZ Beaulieu Real Estate BRENT J. ROSENBOWER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService SAUL RUIZ Redfin Corporation JEFFREY STEWART @properties DAVID THOMAS Dream Spots Leasing Inc. RAFAEL ALVARADO Su Familia Real Estate DAVID AUFFARTH Keller Williams Preferred Realty ELIZABETH BLEEKER @properties HUNTER ANDRE Coldwell Banker Residential JOHN BERDAN John Berdan JOSE CAMPOVERDE Chicagoland Brokers, Inc. LUIS CAMPOVERDE RE/MAX Fidelity A.J. CHANDLER Classic Properties JOHN CLINTON COLEMAN @properties MIKE RYAN Classic Realty Group, Inc. MATTHEW SHRAKE Coldwell Banker Residential JEANNE SPURLOCK Century 21 Affiliated SCOTT STAVISH @properties JOHN SZURZYNSKI Executive Home Realty, Inc. JOSE TENEZACA RE/MAX City CHARLES THOMAS CFS Realty Group Inc. LORENA VERDIN Beals Verdin & Company Ltd. ELIZABETH AUGUST @properties ELIA BONILLA RE/MAX City IZETTA CARROLL Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JENNY CAVIEDES RE/MAX 10 VERONICA CEPEDA RE/MAX 10 JOSE DE LA TORRE NuVision Real Estate MARIO DILORENZO Keller Williams Chicago-O’Hare JEREMIAH FISHER Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty SPIRO GEORGELOS Standard Properties Group LLC REBECCA CLEAL Baird & Warner PAUL GORNEY Berkshire Hathaway HomeService JILL CUNNINGHAM @properties CRAIG ISACSON @properties MY CHICAGO PROPERTIES GROUP GREGORY DESMOND Lisa McMillan @properties @properties Residential Sales 29 - 27 Units INDIVIDUALS AMY PRITCHARD Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty LAURIE JACOBS RE/MAX Vision 212 HEATHER DEVERMANN Inland Real Estate Brokerage EDYTA KAMYKOWSKA Top Realty Group. LLC AARON FENTON Charles Rutenberg Realty RICHARD KASPER Conlon: A Real Estate Company KAYLIN GOLDSTEIN @properties JAMES KRAMER Berkshire Hathaway HomeService NATALIE GRISCO First Rate Realty, Inc. QIZHONG GUAN Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. EDGARDO GUERRERO Century 21 Affiliated LUMINITA ISPAS Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. AMY MEI Landmark & Property Group, Inc. IFETA FAYE REDZOVIC First Gold Realty LINDSEY RICHARDSON Dream Town Realty HUGO RODRIGUEZ RE/MAX Signature JEFFREY SCHULTZ Kinzie Brokerage LLC JANICE SMITH @properties JEFFREY STEINBERG Beaulieu Real Estate ROBERT TEVERBAUGH Century 21 Affiliated JOHN VOSSOUGHI @properties TIM WANGLER iCandy Realty LLC COURTNEY WELSCH Baird & Warner FRANK WILLIAMS F.J. Williams Realty MICHAEL ZAPART Keller Williams Chicago-O’Hare Residential Sales 29 -27 Units TEAMS THE QUINNTESSENTIAL TEAM Peggy Quinn Berkshire Hathaway HomeService LIGHTHOUSE REALTY GROUP Catherine Pabatao Exit Strategy Realty PENCE PROPERTY GROUP Karen Pence @properties THE AGENT BARCLAY TEAM James Barclay Dream Town Realty GRAFFT GROUP John Grafft Berkshire Hathaway HomeService MIKE KRAVITZ RE/MAX Premier Properties ELIZABETH LATOUR Dream Town Realty DANNY LEWIS Exit Strategy Realty RANDY McGHEE @properties JAMES MEESE Coldwell Banker Residential CHARESE DAVID Menard Johnson & Associates MATTHEW OHLSEN Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty MAXINE DUGAR Charles Rutenberg Realty SUSAN OLEKSY Coldwell Banker Residential MICHAEL FRANK Keller Williams Preferred Realty DEAN MOSS Keller Williams Realty Partners EDUARDO PADRO RE/MAX City ANGEL NAVARRO RE/MAX Signature BEATA GASKA Sergio & Banks Real Estate RYAN PARKS Related Realty VERONICA MIKLUSICAK @properties www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 23 2015 Top Producers by Neighborhood Residential Sales by Dollar Volume Sold 8015 JANET ROBERTSON Century 21 McMullen 8016 MARIO GRECO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 402 BERWYN 8017 GREGORIO CIRONE LUIS ORTIZ Interdome Realty, Inc. RE/MAX Partners 8018 WILLIAM MOMBELA 403 FOREST VIEW RE/MAX Signature BLANCA VARGAS 8019 ALCIDES RODRIGUEZ Golden Homes Beaulieu Real Estate Real Estate Inc. 8020 GRAZYNA PRZYBYSZ TIE JOSE VILLASENOR Chicago Area Realty, Inc. Pav REALTORS® 8021 ELIZABETH BROOKS 404 STICKNEY Belgravia Realty Group, LLC ANTHONY NOWAK 8022 MELISSA GOVEDARICA Century 21 Hallmark Ltd. Sergio & Banks Real Estate 534 LYONS 8023 EMELIN BROWN JUAN DEL REAL Roman Realty Group Solutions Realty & 8024 JEFFREY LOWE Assoc. LLC Berkshire Hathaway 547 NORTH RIVERSIDE HomeService MARIA GALINDO 8025 CHRIS LEBIECKI RE/MAX 10 RE/MAX City 650 CICERO 8026 ANGEL AGUILAR LUIS ORTIZ RE/MAX Fidelity RE/MAX Partners 8027 TINA KEY Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 8028 ELIZABETH BROOKS Belgravia Realty Group, LLC 8001 FRANK MAGUIRE 8029 ANGEL MORALES Baird & Warner Golden City Realty, Inc. 8002 PHYLLIS SMITH 8030 DANIEL VILLARREAL Century 21 Affiliated Villarreal Real Estate, Inc. 8003 MARIO GRECO 8031 PHILLIP BUOSCIO Berkshire Hathaway Better Living Realty HomeService 8032 LEILA ZAMMATTA 8004 ERLEND CANDEA Magellan Realty LLC Dream Town Realty 8033 NICHOLAS FARNSWORTH 8005 JEFFREY LOWE Related Realty Berkshire Hathaway 8034 NICOLE PUSATERI HomeService Bricks Realty LLC 8006 JEFFREY LOWE 8035 DIANE SILVERMAN Berkshire Hathaway Urban Search Corp. HomeService Of Chicago 8007 EMILY SACHS WONG 8036 HASANI STEELE @properties RE/MAX Premier Properties 8008 CHEZI RAFAELI 8037 ALEXIS ELDORRADO Coldwell Banker Residential Eldorrado Chicago Real Estate 8009 RADIM MANDEL TIE SHEILA MESSER Coldwell Banker Residential Bridgeport Realty Group, LLC 8010 LISA SANDERS 8038 HASANI STEELE Dream Town Realty RE/MAX Premier Properties 8011 COLIN HEBSON 8039 ROBERT SULLIVAN Dream Town Realty Berkshire Hathaway 8012 MARTI CORCORAN HomeService Century 21 McMullen 8040 ERIC GREEN 8013 ANDREW GLATZ WPD Management LLC Crown Heights Realty 8041 ROBERT SULLIVAN 8014 KAREN PENCE Berkshire Hathaway @properties HomeService West Towns Neighborhoods Chicago Neighborhoods 24 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine 8042 HASANI STEELE RE/MAX Premier Properties 8043 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8044 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8045 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8046 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8047 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8048 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8049 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8050 RAFAEL COREAS Century 21 Affiliated 8051 GUSTAVO LOPEZ G & R Realty, Inc. 8052 PASTORA SANCHEZ Central Realty Kralj & Sanchez 8053 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8054 LEON IVY Manage Chicago, Inc. 8054 VICTORIA SILVANO Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. 8055 RIGOBERTO GARCIA Grinker & Garcia Real Estate 8056 KELLEN DUGGAN First Western Properties 8056 PAUL TSAKIRIS First Western Properties 8057 SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8058 ROWENA CHENG Concentric Realty Inc. 8059 AMY MEI Landmark & Property Group, Inc. 8060 JENNIFER LIU Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty 8061 NANCY HAWES Bricks Realty LLC 8062 UBALDO GARCIA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8063 JENNY LIMA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8064 SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8065 SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8066 URIEL AYALA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8067 LATARSHA GRIFFI Dream Spots Leasing Inc. 8068 RICHARD WRIGHT Rowhouse REALTORS®, Ltd. 8069 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8070 ANDREI TURCU Diverse Realty 8071 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8072 KATHLEEN MORGAN P.R.S. Associates, Inc. 8073 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8074 BRENDAN MURPHY Dream Town Realty 8075 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8076 ADAM MAZUR Baird & Warner 8077 MAUREEN MURNANE @properties 2015 Top Producers by Neighborhood Residential Sales by Units Sold West Towns Neighborhoods 402 TIE 404 TIE 534 650 BERWYN EDUARDO GARCIA Realty of Chicago LLC LUIS ORTIZ RE/MAX Partners STICKNEY ANNA TOMCZAK Classic Realty Group ANTHONY NOWAK Century 21 Hallmark Ltd. LYONS JOSEPH PAV Pav REALTORS® CICERO LUIS ORTIZ RE/MAX Partners Chicago Neighborhoods 8001 CONNIE ABELS RE/MAX NorthCoast 8002 PHYLLIS SMITH Century 21 Affiliated 8003 MARIO GRECO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 8004 COLIN HEBSON Dream Town Realty 8005 PHYLLIS BISCEGLIE Sergio & Banks Real Estate TIE TINA CULVER Sergio & Banks Real Estate 8006 JEFFREY LOWE Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 8007 EMILY SACHS WONG @properties 8008 CHEZI RAFAELI Coldwell Banker Residential 8009 RADIM MANDEL Coldwell Banker Residential 8010 LISA SANDERS Dream Town Realty 8011 COLIN HEBSON Dream Town Realty TIE LISA SANDERS Dream Town Realty 8012 MARTI CORCORAN Century 21 McMullen 8013 ANDREW GLATZ Crown Heights Realty TIE ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ Coldwell Banker Residential 8014 RYAN SMITH Smith Partners & Associates 8015 JANET ROBERTSON Century 21 McMullen 8016 MARIO GRECO Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 8017 GREGORIO CIRONE Interdome Realty Inc. 8018 WILLIAM MOMBELA RE/MAX Signature 8019 ALCIDES RODRIGUEZ Beaulieu Real Estate 8020 GRAZYNA PRZYBYSZ Chicago Area Realty Inc. 8021 ELIZABETH BROOKS Belgravia Realty Group, LLC 8022 KAREN BIAZAR North Clybourn Group, Inc. 8023 EMELIN BROWN Roman Realty Group 8024 KAREN BIAZAR North Clybourn Group, Inc. 8025 JASON SHAPIRO Rising Realty, LLC 8026 ANGEL AGUILAR RE/MAX Fidelity 8027 ALEXIS ELDORRADO Eldorrado Chicago Real Estate TIE MARK WOHLGENANT Coldwell Banker Residential 8028 ELIZABETH BROOKS Belgravia Realty Group, LLC 8029 JUAN LOZA American International Realty TIE KIRBY PEARSON Pearson Realty Group 8030 DANIEL VILLARREAL Villarreal Real Estate, Inc. 8031 PHILLIP BUOSCIO Better Living Realty 8032 WALTER STUNARD Berkshire Hathaway HomeService TIE NAOMI WILKINSON Magellan Realty LLC 8033 JOFFRE COLBERT @properties 8034 NICOLE PUSATERI Bricks Realty LLC 8035 XIN QING Citywide Real Estate 8036 HASANI STEELE RE/MAX Premier Properties 8037 SCOTT NEWMAN Newman Realty 8038 HASANI STEELE RE/MAX Premier Properties 8039 MARGIE SMIGEL The Margie Smigel Group, LLC 8040 MEHMED VULIC Cagan Realty 8041 ROBERT SULLIVAN Berkshire Hathaway HomeService 8042 KIRBY PEARSON Pearson Realty Group 8043 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8044 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8045 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8046 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8047 JOYCE JOHNSON Welcome Mat Realty, Inc. TIE FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8048 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8049 FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty 8050 RAFAEL COREAS Century 21 Affiliated 8051 GARY WEGLARZ Applebrook Realty, Inc. 8052 PASTORA SANCHEZ Central Realty Kralj & Sanchez 8053 GARY WEGLARZ Applebrook Realty, Inc. 8054 No Clear Top Producer* 8055 RIGOBERTO GARCIA Grinker & Garcia Real Estate 8056 MARK NOWAK Nowak Realty 8057 SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate 8058 ROWENA CHENG Concentric Realty Inc. 8059 AMY MEI Landmark & Property Group, Inc. 8060 ALICE TSE Landmark & Property Group, Inc. 8061 NANCY HAWES Bricks Realty LLC 8062 JOE CASTILLO ERA Mi Casa Real Estate TIE UBALDO GARCIA ERA Mi Casa Real Estate TIE MAURICIO GONZALEZ Citywide Realty LLC TIE 8063 TIE TIE 8064 8065 8066 8067 8068 8069 8070 8071 8072 8073 8074 8075 8076 8077 SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate MAURICIO GONZALEZ Citywide Realty LLC SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate LEOPOLDO SAUCEDO Citywide Realty LLC SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate SALVADOR GONZALEZ ERA Mi Casa Real Estate JOE CASTILLO ERA Mi Casa Real Estate ANTHONY DISANO Parkvue Realty Corporation SCOTT NEWMAN Newman Realty FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty ANDREI TURCU Diverse Realty FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty MARY ELLEN FITZGERALD Fitzgerald Real Estate Inc. FRANK MONTRO Keller Williams Preferred Realty BARBARA THOUVENELL P.R.S. Associates, Inc. GARY WEGLARZ Applebrook Realty, Inc. LISA SANDERS Dream Town Realty KEITH SCHUMANN @properties *Neighborhood Top Producer must have sold a minimum of three properties in the neighborhood specified, otherwise no clear top producer is listed. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 25 2015 RPAC HONOR ROLL Thank you to our 2015 RPAC Champions who invested at least $1,000 in the past year. This is a reflection of primary members’ contributions and does not reflect lifetime investments. Congratulations and thank you for your support! Visit RPACnow.com to invest your fair share today! NICHOLAS APOSTAL EZEKIEL MORRIS Crystal R PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Coldwell Banker Sustaining Residential Crystal R Century 21 Affiliated SAM POWELL Sustaining Crystal R Dream Town Realty TOMMY CHOI MATTHEW FARRELL MICHAEL GOLDEN Golden R Weinberg Choi Realty Inc. PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Sustaining Golden R @properties Sustaining Golden R Urban Real Estate MABÉL MILLIE REBECCA GUZMÁN ROSENBLOOM THOMSON PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Golden R @properties Sustaining Golden R Baird & Warner Golden R @properties PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE MATT LARICY HEIDI LAWTON JEFFREY LOWE KATHERINE MALKIN Sterling R Americorp, Ltd. Sterling R Lawton Realty Group Sterling R Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Sterling R Baird & Warner Sustaining Golden R Inland R.E. Brokerage & Auction Ruby R Chicago Association of REALTORS® JUAN DEL REAL MICHAEL EMERY GASPAR FLORES SR. ADAM FREEMAN EDUARDO GARCIA Sterling R Solutions Realty & Assoc. LLC Sterling R Urban Real Estate Sterling R Su Familia Real Estate Sterling R Century 21 Affiliated Sterling R Realty of Chicago LLC Sterling R A.R.E. Partners Inc. PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE VICTORIA SILVANO MATT SILVER MARGIE SMIGEL KELLY SMITH GAIL SPREEN GABRIEL VELIXARU CHRIS VERNALD ERIKA VILLEGAS Sterling R Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. Sterling R Urban Real Estate Sterling R The Margie Smigel Group, LLC Sterling R Urban Real Estate Sterling R Streeterville Properties Sterling R A.R.E. Partners Inc. Sterling R Urban Real Estate Sterling R ERA Mi Casa Real Estate TERE IAN SHADIA PROCTOR SCHWARTZ SHUKAIR Sterling R Baird & Warner 26 Sterling R Coldwell Banker Residential Sterling R Apts4Rent, LLC Chicago REALTOR® Magazine ANTJE MAURICE GEHRKEN HAMPTON DAN BRIAN WAGNER BERNARDONI Sterling R Centered International Realty RPAC HALL OF FAME SONIA ANAYA GINGER DOWNS DANIEL GOODWIN JAMES KINNEY JOHN KMIECIK GERALD PERLOW HUGH RIDER NANCY SUVARNAMANI JOHN VRANAS Sustaining Golden R America Real Estate Sustaining Golden R Chicago Association of REALTORS® Sustaining Golden R Inland Midwest Development Sustaining Golden R Baird & Warner Sustaining Golden R Century 21 Affiliated Sterling R Gerald Perlow, REALTOR® Sustaining Golden R Realty & Mortgage Co. Sustaining Golden R Century 21 S.G.R., Inc. Sustaining Golden R Vranas Ventures, Inc. KEVIN VAN ECK RON ABRAMS REBECCA ARCE ELIZABETH BALLIS GENIE BIRCH GARY BOHN THOMAS BRETZ Ruby R @properties Sterling R Silver Property Group, Ltd Sterling R America Real Estate Sterling R Coldwell Banker Residential Sterling R Century 21 Affiliated Sterling R @properties Sterling R Century 21 Affiliated JIM MILLER KARLA MINA DAVID NASO NICK NASTOS Sterling R Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Sterling R Coldwell Banker Residential Sterling R Keller Williams Preferred Realty Sterling R Chicago’s Property Shop, Inc. ERIN BARBARA MANDEL MATTHOPOULOS Sterling R VASSILIADIS @properties Sterling R SARAH WARE DAVID WOLF Sterling R Ware Realty Group, LLC Sterling R Coldwell Banker Residential ELIZABETH JOE BROOKS CASTILLO Sterling R Belgravia Realty Group, LLC JOANNE BARBARA NEMEROVSKI O’CONNOR Sterling R Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Sterling R Dream Town Realty G. JOSEPH COSENZA BRETT DECKER Sterling R ERA Mi Casa Real Estate Sterling R Inland R.E. Brokerage & Auction Sterling R Exit Strategy Realty BARRY PAOLI GREG PEKARSKY Sterling R Century 21 McMullen Sterling R Vesta Preferred LLC NYKEA PIPPIONMCGRIFF Sterling R Dream Town Realty DEENA ZIMMERMAN Sterling R Sperry Van Ness www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 27 A PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE s we celebrate the wins from the past year and honor the many accomplishments of our peers, I’d like to take this opportunity to reflect on just a few small examples of the Power of R in our country, our state and our great city. In December, Congressional leaders passed a tax extenders package. It includes many provisions supported by NAR that offer critical support for consumers, homeowners, commercial property investors and small businesses. In particular, Congress approved the decision to extend tax relief for mortgage debt forgiveness, protecting underwater homeowners from incurring a large tax bill on phantom income in connection with a workout or shortsale. This tax relief has proven to strengthen communities and the economy at-large, and the tax extender offers an additional two years of protection. The Power of R was also evident when IAR helped to kill a bill that would have required all homeowners looking to sell their home to first get a video inspection of their sewer system by a licensed plumber. This would have placed a financial burden on homeowners looking to sell, at a time when consumers were struggling to lift out of the recession. As you watch the presidential debates and prepare for the election year, it is important to remember the key issues that impact our industry. The mortgage interest deduction protects typical homeowners from about a 25,000 dollar reduction in housing equity, and if repealed, home prices, particularly in high cost areas, could decline 11 percent, which is why we oppose any changes that would limit or undermine current law. Goals for 2016 x Invest Your Fair Share of $20 in RPAC x Join us at Springfield Capitol Conference on April 5 x Join us at the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., May 11 through 16 We also watch carefully any threats to the 1031 like-kind exchange. Recently, NAR published a study that suggests 40 percent of commercial transactions took place with the 1031 exchange, and 63 percent of REALTORS® have participated in a like-kind exchange transaction between 2011 and 2015. 1031 like-kind exchanges are an important vehicle for disposing of and acquiring properties, while supporting financial growth, job creation and the economy. Remember: “If we don’t hang together, then we shall certainly hang separately” (Benjamin Franklin). Together, we can accomplish so much! . DAN WAGNER 2015-2016 President Chicago Association of REALTORS ® 28 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine Imagine your business if... • There was an extra tax on your real estate commission • There was an extra tax on your clients’ real estate transactions • • There was no mortgage interest deduction, costing your clients millions There was an extra tax on your MLS subscription • There was a ten percent tax on all your advertisements RPAC dollars work to keep these issues from being your reality. Invest in RPAC to protect your clients and your business, today. RPAC SUPPORTS RPAC is one of the most bi-partisan PACs in the nation R PRO-REALTOR® PRO-BUSINESS PRO-GROWTH CANDIDATES WHO UNDERSTAND & PROMOTE REAL ESTATE ISSUES SUPPORT LOW TAXES www.ChicagoREALTOR.com/RPAC Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. The Illinois REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) collects contributions from members of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) for political activities. A portion of each contribution will be used for state political activities; at least 30% will be used for federal campaign purposes. The federal portion will be charged against an individual's federal contribution limits under 2 USC 441a. Contributions are VOLUNTARY and refusal to contribute does not affect membership rights. A member may contribute more or less than the suggested amount. A copy of our report filed with the State Board of Elections is (or will be) available on the Board's official website www.elections.il.gov or for purchase from the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 29 FROM THE CEO C ongratulations to all of our Top Producers! We love this celebration of your hard work and dedication to our industry. Let’s keep the momentum going throughout 2016! I am continually awed by the leadership REALTORS® demonstrate every day in our communities. Since we announced our partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, we have been so impressed by the outpouring of support and calls to volunteer. Our award-winning YPN is an excellent example, having dedicated their Give Back Day to volunteering at the Union League Boys and Girls Club. One of last year’s Hall of Fame inductees, Larry Klairmont, donated 50,000 dollars at a charity auction. And these are just a few examples of the many ways that REALTORS® have rolled up their sleeves to help. We believe that this partnership with the BGCA is particularly relevant for REALTORS®, as for many Chicago children, the BGCA is a second home — a safe and enriching place for our children after school and on the weekends. The children there need our support — both monetary and personal. So whether you write a check, or dedicate time to volunteering, mentoring, tutoring or coaching, you can be assured that you are making an impact. We’ll be organizing volunteer days for staff and members in the coming months. I hope you’ll join us. I also want to take a moment to draw your attention to an important issue: the cloud tax. We announced in late January that we attained a positive Private Letter Ruling from the City of Chicago that exempts REALTOR® data from assessments. This is thanks in large part to coordinated efforts between C.A.R., IAR, MRED and our fellow local REALTOR® associations. We identified our exposure early on, and as a result of these coalition efforts, were able to prove that the business model utilized to provide MLS data to REALTORS® fit within existing exemptions. This victory will result in net savings of over 250,000 dollars for our members, as well as hundreds of hours of staff time in messaging and billing, and it sets a benchmark for other Associations nationwide who may find themselves in similar situations. This is a major win for our industry, for REALTORS® and for their proprietary data, and it is indicative of the importance of coordination and collaboration between MRED and REALTOR® Associations. What a start to 2016! Let’s make it a great year! GINGER DOWNS, rce, cae, cips, iom Chief Executive Officer Chicago Association of REALTORS ® 30 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine C.A.R. Foundation Donates to the As part of our ongoing, year-long support of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the C.A.R. Foundation donated an additional 10,000 dollars to two local clubs. This gift went towards the sponsorship of two events: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago’s Youth of the Year Competition and Dinner on March 8, and the Union League Boys & Girls Clubs’ Youth of the Year Dinner on February 25. This donation is in addition to C.A.R.’s initial gift of 10,000 dollars, presented to the BGCA in August at the NAR Leadership Summit. Additionally, we are in the final stages of planning two summer events to help our members engage with the BGCA through volunteering. Look for further details to be released in the coming months! YPN’s Give Back Day On December 8th, YPN hosted a ‘Give Back’ Day at the Union League Boys and Girls Club, as part of C.A.R.’s year-long partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Sixty kids between the ages of 11 and 16 enjoyed pizza, chips, drinks and games, while YPNers answered questions about pursuing a career in real estate. Check out our Facebook page for more photos and visit the YPN section of ChicagoREALTOR.com to learn more and get involved! www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 31 EDITOR’S NOTE I t’s hard to believe that it is Sales Awards time again! A huge congratulations to our Top Producers — we know how hard you work to make that a reality. It is always exciting to see you post logos and Facebook cover photos with your accomplishments, as well as celebrate the cooperative spirit within our association. This year, we are excited to present you a short video with tips from a few of our Top Producers and Industry Advocates. Be sure to check it out on ChicagoREALTOR.com. As always, the goal of CR Magazine is to provide you with tools to help grow your business. This issue, although abbreviated, is no different. One article I am really excited about is “Video Emails: Get Face to Face More Often.” I know, I know — you’ve read a plethora of articles on using video for listings and to promote your business, but this is different. Ethan Beute of BombBomb discusses personalized videos in email and it’s a really cool concept. I can only imagine how well this could help build your client relationships! Another article that I’m thrilled about is “Building A Culture That Works.” I saw Jamie speak at a conference recently and immediately thought he’d have some great insight on building culture within real estate offices. And don’t worry if you’re not a managing broker — there is applicable information for those of you who are building a team or your own business. And, we were fortunate to have C.A.R. board member Tommy Choi interview Jamie, so I encourage you to visit our website and have a listen to the audio. Now that springtime in Chicago is here, I hope you are all busy connecting Chicagoans to their dream homes — but don’t forget to stay in touch! Keep an eye out for our e-mails, texts and smoke signals with information on classes, events, volunteer opportunities and more, all designed to help you build your business. And, as always, don’t hesitate to reach out: [email protected]. Jessica Kern Director of Marketing and Communications y M f o A Few vorite T hings Fa Get Face to Face More Often pg. 38 Building A Culture That Works pg. 40 Love the concept of personalized videos — once you've finished reading this article visit us online for a free trial code! Be sure to check out Tommy’s audio interview with author of When Millennials Take Over, Jamie Notter, online at ChicagoREALTOR.com after you’ve read the article! 32 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine CR Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine 2 0 1 5 -2 0 1 6 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S PRESIDENT Dan Wagner P R E S I D E N T- E L E C T Matthew Silver TREASURER Rebecca Thomson I M M E D I AT E P A S T P R E S I D E N T Hugh Rider DIRECTORS Sonia Anaya Niko Apostal Tommy Choi Robert C. Eby Doug Fox Gaspar Flores, Jr. Antje Gehrken Coby Hakalir Maurice L. Hampton Erin Mandel Dave Naso Christopher Pezza Molly Phelan Nykea Pippion-McGriff Sarah Ware CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ginger Downs, rce, cae, cips, iom The Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine is published quarterly by the Chicago Association of REALTORS® for its members. Advertising is purchased and does not necessarily represent the position of the Chicago Association of REALTORS ®. ED ITO R- I N - C H I EF Ginger Downs, rce, cae, cips, iom [email protected] ED ITO R Jessica Kern [email protected] M A N AG I N G ED ITO R Maria Dickman [email protected] A RT D I R ECTO R Jim August [email protected] For advertising information please contact Mary Beth Durkin at (312) 214-5530 or [email protected] C . A . R . L O C AT I O N S C.A.R. Central: 200 S. Michigan Ave., 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60604 Ph: (312) 803-4900 Fax: (312) 803-4905 C.A.R. West Towns: 6017 W. 26th Street Cicero, IL 60804 Ph: (708)863-1111 www.ChicagoREALTOR.com N OT I C E T O M E M B E R S Under long established policy of this Association, the Illinois Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS®: 1. The broker’s compensation for services rendered in respect to any listing is solely a matter of negotiation between the broker and his or her client, and is not fixed, controlled, recommended or maintained by any persons not party to the listing agreement. 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The compensation paid by the listing broker to a cooperating broker in respect to any listing is established by the listing broker and is not fixed, controlled, recommended or maintained by any persons other than the listing broker. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 33 Toskanelia Palmer, EXIT Strategy Realty, and Crystal Smith, C2 Realty Group Erika Villegas, ERA Mi Casa Real Estate Coby Hakalir, Midwest Lending Corporation, Sandesh Bilgi, d’aprile properties, Danny Lewis, EXIT Strategy Realty, and Ryan Horvath, Citywide Title Tom Gorges, @properties, and Chris Gasiorek, MarX Financial Lauren Tavel, New Urban Property Services, and Jeff Platt, @properties Andy Ogorzaly, EXIT Strategy Realty, and Rachel Scheid, Dream Town 2016 YPN KICK-OFF Christina Pinson, Dream Town, Evelyn Fred, Baird & Warner, Karla Mina, Coldwell Banker, and Sonia Anaya, America Real Estate SPONSORED BY: 34 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine Erika Villegas, ERA Mi Casa Real Estate, and Tommy Choi, Weinberg Choi Real Estate Linda Scott, Wintrust Mortgage, Bridget Stup, iLoan, Deena Zimmerman, SVN, Christina Pinson, Dream Town, Chris Jordan, JRQ & Associates, Sam Powell, Dream Town, and Sarah Ware, Ware Realty LLC Andrew Peck, Banker’s Healthcare Group, with Krystal Weigl and Michael Gunderson, Gunderson Law Firm, Arianna Dorn and Tommy Choi, Weinberg Choi Realty, and CJ Lamb, Gunderson Law Firm Jorge Flores, Neighborhood Loans, and Heather Tolaro, RE/MAX Loyalty Ania Kozera and Sylvia Maciorowska, Ultimate Rate Mortgage, with Val Petrov and Mark Gluszek, RPM Real Estate Katie Hutchens, Kevin Rocio, and Lindsay Mackey, @properties Matt Silver, Urban Real Estate, Sonia Anaya, America Real Estate, and Bob Eby, Century liated Lidia Felix, Neighborhood Loans, and Nazy Hosseini, Related Realty Jenna Schnell, MFG, and Lauren Traficanto, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Grace Goro and Julia Brenner, Coldwell Banker, with Avery Connelly and Chris Fixler, Conlon/Christie’s Rebecca Thomson, Erin Mandel, Emily Vutech, and Jennifer Igra, @properties Steve Kantorov, Chase, Maurice Raya, Neighborhood Loans, Juan Lozano, The Lozano Group, and Danny Shenderovich, Chase Photos by Tori Soper Photography www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 35 5 Market Trends For 2016 Millennials, baby boomers, new construction and a lack of inventory headlined the discussion at the 2016 Market Outlook event in early January. Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for REALTOR.com®, recommends that you keep the following trends in mind. 1. REAL ESTATE IS COOL, AGAIN Real estate fundamentals have shifted solidly towards a stronger and healthier market. Chicago is an affordable large market (median list in November $236k compared to $230k for US). Only Philadelphia has a substantially lower median price out of the largest 10 markets in the US. Inventory had been growing as the market worked through final foreclosure hangover but it appears that the market began a tightening phase this fall with the major counties (Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will) now seeing lower inventory than last year. 2. CHICAGO, WE HAVE AN INVENTORY PROBLEM Demand continues to exceed supply. Inventory in the Chicago market is now moving 11 days faster than the US overall (median days on market is 73 vs. 84 days respectively). On the demand side, listings in this market get approximately 22% more views than the US overall. In 2016, we expect single-family home sales in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area to decline compared to 2015 as a result of tighter inventories. Median single-family home prices are expected to increase more than in 2015 and well above average due to the tighter supply. That sort of mixed growth outlook is a result of the market transitioning from having an elevated level of foreclosure sales and distress to having less distress and more healthy sales but with tightening supply. This happened for the US in aggregate in 2014 when home sales declined but price growth accelerated. Like other judicial states, Illinois is behind the US in terms of working through the foreclosure overhang. 3. NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BACK & RENTS ARE ON THE RISE New construction is on the rise, but demand is outpacing the inventory yet again. Also, new construction leans heavily towards the rental market, as rents continue to climb. 4. MILLENNIALS MATTER Demographically, the Chicago market is younger than the US average, and has a higher share of Millennials. Their numbers plus the affordability factor and improving economy have resulted in more Millennials buying homes (41% vs 35% nationally based on purchase mortgage market). Inventory becomes an issue as Millennials want to buy, but there isn’t enough to meet that demand. Hence, rising rental rates and a boom in new construction on luxury apartments. 5. DON’T FORGET THE BABY BOOMERS Just as Millennials will drive demand, Baby Boomers are equally important to the 2016 market as they look to downsize or find the home for their next chapter. However, as Baby Boomers list, there may be a disconnect between where Millennials want to buy, and where Baby Boomers are selling. Check out the presentation video, and share key takeaways, slides & the playlist with your clients. 36 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine What You Said: Coby Hakalir @cobyhakalir "No question real estate is coolest thing to be doing right now in this country" - @SmokeonHousing #CAROutreach Lauren Mitrick @LaurenMitrick @SmokeonHousing "#Chicago is the most affordable major market in the country for housing." #caroutreach #realestate Nykea @JustNykea Lack of inventory will be an issue in #2016 housing market. - Jonathan Smoke, @realtordotcom Chief Economist #CAROutreach nobuhata @nobuhata Jan 7 Chicago: jobs up, new constr 'awful', Cook Cty appreciation healthy, foreclosures declined, follow the job creation ~Smoke #CAROutreach Ginger Downs @gingerdowns #CAROutreach @realtordotcom @smoke. In 77% of counties in US it is cheaper to buy than rent!! @ChicagoREALTORS Stephanie LoVerde @ stephloverde Chicago has more millenials than any other mkt. Millenials are huge in realestate. I love Chicago. #caroutreach Centered Intl Realty @CENTEREDREALTY #CARoutreach 41% of financed home buyers in Chicago were millennials. See I told people not to count them out. Kristopher J. @esqwir1 I love when economics and demographics intertwine. The last baby boomer turns 55 in the year 2019. #caroutreach #SmokeonHousing nobuhata @nobuhata Biggest pop shift is in baby boomers. 'Where is their last dream home?' Could be key to growth as they finally sell. ~Smoke #CAROutreach dj Smokey Smoke s ’ 2016 PLAYLIST Not only is Jonathan Smoke the Chief Economist at REALTOR.com®, he also moonlights as DJ Smokey Smoke on the weekends. His annual playlist reflecting market trends is a highlight of our Market Outlook event! 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R k he LTO ta ht A w it al R E c lo ak oode e r w ok B der nal Smst e n c a s i o h at j u k o e U the o is one n thes m S ri from ong e to i c t e r fi t y s l at Caall behnies catceh can lredays. We ak. T er yon ssfu e bre ut ev d str o ab tic an c he www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 37 VIDEO EMAILS: Get Face to Face More Often Have you ever had a prospect feel like they knew you, before they even met you? those human touches more convenient. You record and send on your time; your recipient opens and plays on his or her time. “So people call in, they request the value of their home. I send them a quick, little video. They get to feel like they know me. When I actually go out and talk to them, they like me and trust me more because of the video. I’ve taken 6 or 7 listings just because I’m utilizing video. It has really, really made a big difference in my life.” Relationships, Not Marketing This story from a BombBomb client helps convey the big difference a simple video can make. Real estate has always been, and will continue to be, a relationshipfirst business. To build relationships, increase connections and win opportunities, brokers are sending videos in emails to new leads, active buyers and sellers, past clients, team members, lenders and other people in their networks. But why should you consider adding simple, personal videos into your communication mix, and how do you begin to integrate video into your email marketing? Overcoming Facelessness Let’s face it — every day, you’re entrusting some of your most important and valuable messages to forms of communication devoid of clarity and personality: emails, text messages, app messaging and social media. Unless you’re a good writer or you have a nice set of emoticons, you’re probably not as clear in writing as you are in person or on the phone. And, so much of our daily messaging looks exactly the same: plain, black text on a plain, white screen. Digital communication is convenient, but it’s faceless. It lacks the human element and fails to differentiate you. In relying on these channels, you’ve allowed your single best sales asset — you! — to be removed from much of your messaging. By adding video to your emails, you’re putting the messenger back into the message. You’re allowing yourself to be there in person when you can’t actually be there in person. You’re scaling yourself to get face to face with more people more often — and isn’t face to face what it’s always been about? Video keeps your communication more human. Video in email makes 38 Chicago REALTOR ® Magazine When you hear “video,” you probably think home and neighborhood tours, green screens and drones. Instead, try thinking about a smiling face at a desk or in a car. The former is marketing through video. The latter? Relationships through video. Though we’ve seen success with 20 million dollar listings being marketed through video email, brokers tell us that the video emails generating the most replies and engagement are the simple ones, like a handheld iPhone video. Your point of comparison or frame of reference for this type of video shouldn’t be a television commercial, movie trailer or homepage video. Instead, compare this video to the alternative – another faceless, typed-out message. Brokers win more opportunities every day by mixing in video emails using simple webcam, smartphone or tablet videos. Think of it like a voicemail, but with your face. They’re conversational and informal. Like your real estate business, they’re relationship-first. Why Use Video Email? Nearly any message you want to communicate can be sent as a video email. Video is especially valuable when you want to convey subtlety, nuance, gratitude, sincerity, enthusiasm or anything else that comes through in our expressions and body language. It’s also valuable when you’re trying to share a detailed or complicated message in layperson’s terms – you’re often better off speaking, versus writing. Here are five opportunities for you to use video email every day: 1. Introduce yourself to a new lead. 2. Reach back out to a responsive or non-responsive lead. 3. Follow up after a phone call or appointment. 4. Stay in touch with a past client. 5. Say thank you! Again, you can use video to communicate anything. It’s simply a medium — a container for your message. See examples of real video emails and get a code for a free BombBomb trial. the hosted video. When you send that email, the screenshot looks like a video and links to your video. Before You Type Out That Response… Before you type out another message, ask yourself: might this be better communicated eye-to-eye, face-to-face? In so many cases, the answer is going to be yes. But time or distance is likely preventing you from connecting in person. Video email is the next best thing. There are two things to keep in mind. For highly-targeted videos, even down to one-to-one, you’ll probably want to mark the video “private” in the hosting service. And, the playback experience happens out in another channel, away from your contact information and call to action. 2. The Mobile Method This one’s straightforward. Record a video with your smartphone or tablet, then click “share” or similar. Choose your email app as the share method, then send it out. When you hear “video,” you probably think home and neighborhood tours, green screens and drones. Instead, try thinking about a smiling face at a desk or in a car. The former is marketing through video. The latter? Relationships through video. And sending video in email is easier than you think. With an internet connection, email account, webcam and smartphone, you already own what you need to get started. Give it a try. They’ll be glad to see you, and you’ll be keeping relationships first in the digital age. How to Send Video Email 1. The Screenshot Method This is the D.I.Y. approach. Record your video, then upload it into YouTube, Vimeo, or another video hosting service. Make a screenshot of your video with the play button on it. Whether you’re in a day-to-day inbox like Gmail or a more robust email marketing platform, you should be able to put that screenshot image into your email. Click on the image and link it to eep in mind that the ideo file may be too big to attach. our recipient’s email client may not accept attachments that large. Also, it’s an attachment that must be downloaded in full before even a second of it can be watched. 3. The Pro Method Find a service designed for this purpose. Search “video email” or similar to find options like BombBomb. BombBomb’s system was designed to make it easy for sales people to record and send video messages from a web browser, mobile device, Gmail, Outlook and even some real estate CRM platforms. Record and send the video in one pass, with fewer steps involved and less technical skill needed. Not only will your video display in a personally branded email, but you’ll also know exactly who is opening your emails, clicking your links and playing your videos. You can even get live, realtime alerts as these activities happen, so you can follow up more effecti ely. Ethan Beute Vice President of Content & Communication BombBomb www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 39 Building A Culture That Works Q : There are a lot of different perceptions of what culture is. To some, it’s a statement, to some it’s having hoverboards in the office to get from meeting to meeting. Who’s right? What exactly is culture? : Culture is definitely about “the way we do things here,” which means it includes both the words we use (like cultural statements) and the behaviors of our staff (including hoverboards). But no one piece of that totally defines your culture, and, to be honest, surface-level things like hoverboards or beer A When Millennials Take Over: Preparing For The Ridiculously Optimistic Future Of Business Jamie is one of the authors of When Millennials Take Over. In this book, he discusses the following four organizational capacities that will prepare organizations to be successful, today and in the future. DIGITAL Digital organizations grow faster and accomplish more by focusing on the user, both internally and externally. Millennials are the first generation to have only known a digital workplace, and they are used to being able to leverage that power on an individual basis. They are confused when digital tools are used for the wrong purposes or not abandoned when they no longer meet a need in the best way. CLEAR Clear is about an increased and more intelligent flow of information and knowledge that supports innovation and problem solving inside organizations. Clear in the Millennial era is about leveraging strategic transparency in systems to enable better decision making. Clear organizations make smarter decisions that generate better results. FLUID Fluid is about expanding and distributing power in a dynamic and flexible way. Fluid in the Millennial era is about systems that enable an integrated process of thinking, acting, and learning at all levels of the organization. Today’s complex and rapidly shifting landscape requires organizations to pivot and move in new directions more frequently, particularly on the “front lines” where value is created and exchanged. FAST Fast is about taking action at the precise moment when action is needed. Fast in the Millennial era is about systems that can learn and adapt while still maintaining the efficiency and productivity of the previous era. Fast organizations leap ahead of the competition by releasing control in a way that does not increase risk. 40 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine taps fail to capture the true depth of culture. In the end, culture is about the words, behaviors, thoughts and tangible things that clarify and reinforce what is valued inside an organization, because that’s what drives behavior. Q A : What is the difference between core values and culture? : Core values are distilled statements that attempt to make clear what is valued internally, so they are usually a central part of defining an organization’s culture. In fact, I see a lot of organizations wanting to kind of “check that box” when they start doing culture work. That’s fine, but you have to beware, because determining those core values often has you distilling them to the point of not being that helpful. I have to think that EVERYONE values things like respect, integrity and excellence, so why do we spend three months working on a values statement and end up with those kind of generic values? And on top of that, remember that Enron had some of those same values hanging up in their lobby—but that obviously wasn’t what was really valued there, so it’s complicated. The bottom line is: wherever you work, you’ll learn what kinds of approaches, behaviors and areas of focus are valued by the people in power, and that will drive your behavior. That’s what culture is. Q A : How can you measure the success of a company culture? What is the goal? : I’m not sure that culture has a goal, but remember this: every organization has a culture, whether it’s intentional or not. The question is, does your culture actually contribute to the success of the organization? Strong cultures align what is valued with what drives success. Zappos, for example, has a decentralized culture. Their call center employees have a lot of latitude and can make their own decisions on things like giving free shipping or account upgrades. But they don’t choose to be decentralized because it’s cool—they do it because it works for them. They are 100% focused on providing amazing customer service. That’s core to their entire business model. So they create a culture that allows people who are closest to the customer to make their own decisions, because that’s how you make the customer happy. Your culture will be successful when it drives the behaviors that make the organization successful. Q : Residential real estate is a very entrepreneurial business, in the sense that each individual agent is running their own business. Then, there are also teams that are like small brokerages within brokerages. What are your thoughts on those teams having Culture is the words, behaviors, thoughts and tangible things that clarify and reinforce what is valued inside an organization. a defined culture, separate from even their larger brokerage’s? : All culture happens in small groups, and it’s normal for subgroups inside an organization to have cultures that are different from each other. There is a limit to how far that can stray from the overall company culture, but the limit is mostly defined by the impact it has on performance. There may be some groups or departments within Zappos that are more centralized than others, and that’s fine—as long as the centralization doesn’t interfere with the focus on providing amazing customer service. A Q The chief economist for REALTOR.com ® reported that nationally, in 2015, 32% of home sales in the country were all millennials; in Chicago, that statistic was 41%. We also have the largest millennial population in the country. All that being said, how should brokerages and teams align their culture to appeal to millennial clients and millennial agents? : Alignment is the key here. The Millennial generation is shining a light on a new direction that society has been moving towards for some time now. The more we align with this direction, the more successful we will be, and that’s true whether we’re a bunch of Millennials running an organization, or a bunch of Boomers and Xers. Brokerages need to be focusing on strengthening the four A Listen to C.A.R. Board Member Tommy Choi’s extensive interview with Jamie Notter. : capacities we identify in our book, When Millennials Take Over: digital, clear, fluid and fast. Digital is not only about technology, but also about focusing more intently on users, both externally (customers) and internally (employees). Clear means making things visible internally in order to get better decisions out of everyone. Fluid requires adding flexibility to hierarchy so the people with the right information can make decisions, and fast is about learning to build trust and give up control in order to leap-ahead. Q : Many brokers work remotely. How do you still build a culture, when your brokers are always on the go and not necessarily in the office? : Remember, building culture is about reinforcing what is valued and making sure what is valued is driving your success. For remote workers, there needs to be a focus on communication and sharing information. This may require a more heavy reliance on technology, but the point is to ensure the right people have the right information available to make the decisions that move everyone forward. When you consistently make sure that happens, you’re building your culture. A Jamie Notter Co-Author of When Millennials Take Over, Founding Partner, Culture That Works, and Co-Founder, WorkXO www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 41 RPAC Major Investors & Top Producers Sound Off Greg Pekarsky VESTA PREFERRED REALTY Tere Proctor BAIRD & WARNER Joanne Nemerovski BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES Joe Castillo ERA MI CASA REAL ESTATE CR: Where are you investing your time and seeing the most return on that investment? GP: Staying in touch with my past buyers and renters on a regular basis. Follow up is the key and maintaining my sphere is where I get the best leads for future home buyers. TP: Maintaining contact with past clients, people in my data base and general sphere of in uence. JN: I have always been a solid believer that to be successful in real estate, you ha e to try e erything! y sphere of in uence is my 42 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine We spoke to a few of our industry supporters (hello, RPAC Major Investors!) who are also Top Producers. Coincidence? We think not! Here’s what they have to say about technology, digital communications and time management. greatest asset, but my website, print ads, old fashion signage, open houses, e-blasts and social media — I use them all; we never know what mode of communication will attract attention and help a property be seen and sold. JC: I find myself spending most of our time learning how to best tell our story online, whether that means getting consistent reviews or letting others outside of our o ce know what we do and why we do it. What we have found is our clients respond extremely well to this non-direct marketing and it has helped us build up our referral business. CR: What are you using for a Contact Management system? GP: Top Producer. TP: In-house CRM program. JN: My own website, JoanneSellsChicago.com. JC: We recently converted over to the ZAP platform that Realogy created in conjunction with Zip Realty. The CRM ties directly into our lead management system so there is no need for double entry. The big key with ZAP is that it uses analytics to review your clients’ activities online, creating a ZAP Score. Based on this score, we know which lead needs our attention now. It basically makes us more e cient on our lead follow ups and con ersions. CR: In regards to social media, what has been your strategy? What has worked/hasn’t worked? How frequently do you post? GP: I post regularly but more natural posts about what I'm doing and my interests. I don't sell on my personal page but more so show off the best part of my ob. I show a great iew if I come across one or I interview a buyer that I close on why they chose to buy. Make it natural and you don't have to sell what you do. Natural posts about the best parts of my job get the message across without pushing it too hard in peoples’ faces. JN: Hard work. Real estate is very competitive, but there is always room for new talent. CR: Do you do anything “old school” that still gets results? GP: Pick up the phone and call. Fight the urge to text and email – that’s easy, and as a result, gets the worst result. Respond within one minute of a leads requests and have good communication. It’s not a di cult formula, but not e ery agent does this. TP: ext and e mails are fine for uick exchanges, but there is no substitute for quality, face to face dialogue to maintain solid business and social contacts. JN: I m still emotionally stuck to my ip phone. o one can belie e it. I have an iPhone, as well, for email, but when it comes to talking, I cannot seem to gi e up my ip phone. JC: So we are mixing a bit of new school with old school in order to get results. We use SmartZip to get a better sense of who is most likely to sell over the next 6-12 months within our farm area. We then follow up "old school" with this list of potential sellers, sending them yers and knocking on doors. It makes us more e cient and pro ides us with more confidence. Imagine knowing that e ery fourth home you knock on will sell their home in the next six to twelve months. If that doesn't motivate you to knock on some doors, nothing will. TP: Less is more! JN: I don't use a lot of social media as my target market isn't as connected, but when I do, it's generally through my relationships with luxury magazines, such as Haute Living and Unique Homes. CR: What’s your current favorite technology or gadget? GP: Nothing too crazy. My Samsung Galaxy has a powerful camera and I'm able to post great videos and pictures directly from it. TP: Recently named the single most in uential technology developed in the past 10 years,” the iPhone is my "instant assistant." JN: My favorite gadget (for real estate) is the Bosch Laser Measurer. Of course, I love my iPhone, but having an automatic measuring device on showings is extremely helpful. CR: What’s your best tip for those looking to break into real estate or become a top producer? GP: Find a company that has great training and mentorship. With the right oversight and assistance, anyone can succeed. CR: What books have changed the way you do business or have impacted your life? GP: Two great ones: Never Eat Alone, And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz, and How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. TP: TRUMP - The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received, by Donald Trump. Surprisingly simple, but lasting thoughts that will stick with you, like Don t confuse efforts with results." JN: Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher and William Ury, and The Art & Science of Negotiation: How to Resolve Conflicts and Get the Best Out of Bargaining, by oward Raiffa. I read both of these books during law school, but I think they are extremely relevant in real estate. The most valuable concept is recognizing there are two sides to every transaction. The key to success in this business is to value each side, create an environment for compromise, and listen to all the important aspects to the transaction to make it a win/win. Negotiation strategy is key. JC: Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. For me, this book put things into perspective as to how to position yourself for success. TP: Develop a business plan. This will allow you to identify your niche and stay focused on your goals. www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 43 Government Affairs Update Get Connected with Government Affairs Government Affairs Forums are your chance to stay connected with what’s happening in the city and state legislature each quarter. Forums are your opportunity to: • Learn about the issues that impact the real estate industry. • Stay up to date on the advocacy efforts that C.A.R. and IAR are undertaking to advance your interests and protect homeowners’ rights. • Provide feedback to C.A.R.’s advocacy leaders, Brian Bernardoni, Senior Director of Government Affairs, and Kris Anderson, Director of Government Affairs. At Forums, you’ll: • Hear updates from prominent elected officials and engage with them in sharing your questions and concerns in an intimate setting. • Get information that makes you a better asset to your clients. • Network with fellow REALTORS® and property owners who share your similar interests and issues. Why I Attend: The Forums are a great way to meet our government officials and understand their decision-making process. Often, these officials are looking to us to see how their ideas affect the marketplace, so I love that my voice actually matters when it comes to writing or revising an ordinance. These local ordinances touch us all, so it would be great to see more faces in the audience with me. Let your voice be heard, too! Chris Pezza Miller Chicago Real Estate 2015-16 C.A.R. Board of Directors Who May Attend? Forums are open to all C.A.R. members, free of charge. Past Forums Featured: • • • • • • These are an important piece of understanding what is going on the real estate policy world. You have to stay informed on what decisions are being made that can impact homeowners and the real estate industry as a whole. Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios US Department of Housing Administrator Antonio Riley Representatives from the Cook County Housing Authority Representatives from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds A panel of political commentators A panel of legal experts regarding medical marijuana, including State Representative Lou Lang Nykea Pippion-McGriff Topics discussed included the Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO), the 2015 mayoral election, the Cook County Recorder of Deeds’ Free Property Fraud Alert System, and the legal intricacies of medical marijuana in property management. Raise your voice. Save the date. • March 18th: A Salute to Fair Housing • April 5th: Springfield Capitol Conference Watch video from a previous Forum on medical marijuana in property management. Cloud Tax Win for REALTORS®! Thanks to the coordinated efforts of C.A.R., our fellow local REALTOR Associations, IAR and MRED, we proved the business model utilized to provide MLS data to REALTORS® fit within existing exemptions. The City of Chicago has issued a positive Private Letter Ruling exempting REALTORS® from having to pay the cloud tax for MLS data. 44 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine The forums help us remain experts in the industry and an invaluable resource to our clients. As a result of the information and connections provided at the last meeting, A.R.E. Partners became the first brokerage in Illinois to offer free property fraud alert at the closing table. I believe strongly in providing C.A.R. members with this crucial information, which is why I am also a member of the Government Affairs Advisory Group. Antje Gehrken ® See the full statement at ChicagoREALTOR.com. Dream Town 2015-16 C.A.R. Board of Directors A.R.E. Partners 2015-16 C.A.R. Board of Directors Association News Get Involved in C.A.R. It’s almost that time of year — if you’re considering getting more involved in C.A.R., we will soon be releasing information on how you can make a greater difference in your REALTOR® community! We will start accepting nominations and applications for the 2016-2017 Board of Directors in April. Please keep an eye on ChicagoREALTOR.com and the Connection newsletter for further details! AFAM Holiday drive donations Thad Wong, @properties, Named to Inman’s 101 Congratulations to Chicago REALTOR® Thad Wong, CEO and co-founder of @properties, on being named to Inman’s Top 101. The Inman Top 101 recognizes real estate industry professionals whose ingenuity, strength, conviction, power and persistence are driving industry change. Thad was honored for upending the traditional broker model in his approach to marketing, branding and company culture. Thad is a former member of C.A.R.’s Thad Wong Board of Directors and in 2015, received C.A.R.’s Community Service Award. Congratulations, Thad! Jay Turner, Ginger Downs and McAllister Cox drop off the many toy and outerwear donations C. .R. recei ed benefitting d ocates for dolescent Mothers. Thank you to all who participated! @ChicagoREALTORS Award Nominations Opening Soon Do you know someone who would be a perfect fit for one of our awards at the 2016 Annual Inaugural Gala? Nominations will soon be open to honor those who are making a difference in our industry. Nominations are accepted for 2016 REALTOR® of the Year, REALTOR® Achievement, Affiliate of the Year, REALTOR® Community Service, Managing Broker of the Year (1-50 Licensees) and Managing Broker of the Year (51+ Licensees). Look for further details to be released in the coming weeks! www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 45 INDUSTRY PARTNERS Dearborn REALTIST® Board, Inc. 2015 (DRB) The Dearborn REALTIST® Board goal is a prosperous 2016 for its members. • April 21-23: 2016 NAREB Mid-Winter Regional Conference, Chicago, IL. 2016 will be the year of education for DRB. We want to provide our members an opportunity to learn more about the industry’s best business practices. Our classes will re ect rele ant information so that our members are well-informed about the market, and DRB will increase awareness and education regarding the mission and purpose of DRB as the “Conscience of Real Estate.” For more information, please visit our site at www.chicagorealtist.com. Introducing the 2016 Governing Board & Committees: SARAH WARE NYKEA PIPPION MCGRIFF SANINA ELLISON JUDY GIBBONS Governing Board: President Sarah Ware, Ware Realty Group President-Elect Nykea Pippion McGriff, Dream Town Vice President of Membership Sanina Ellison, Chicago Homes Realty Group Treasurer Judy Gibbons, Jameson Sotheby’s Secretary Sara Hulsebus O’Connor, Greater Illinois Title Immediate Past President Evelyn Fred, Baird & Warner If anyone is looking to join any of the committees or looking for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sarah Ware at [email protected]. Our charity of the year is the Boys & Girls Club so be on the lookout for our annual fundraiser. SARA HULSEBUS O’CONNOR 46 EVELYN FRED Chicago REALTOR® Magazine Also, make sure you visit our website, www.wcrchicago.org for all upcoming events! Committee Chairs: Membership Tracey Williams, ARE Partners Communications Melanie Stone, Coldwell Banker Bylaws Mabél Guzmán, @properties Nominating Evelyn Fred, Baird & Warner Ways & Means Sarah Ware, Ware Realty Group Affiliate Julie Kelsey, Chase Member of the Year Sam Powell, Dream Town Affiliate of the Year Evelyn Fred, Baird & Warner Chicago Chapter FIABCI-USA, the International Real Estate Federation National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals The Chicago Midwest Chapter will be focusing on Latin and South America in 2016, with multiple opportunities to expand your business in the region including: Thanks to all of our wonderful members, NAHREP Chicago is continuing its momentum into 2016 (built from a tremendous 2015)! We will have four major events that will add value to our members and a liates. • May 20-26: The 67th FIABCI World Congress, Panama. • May 27-29: Trade Mission to Cuba • May 4th: Success in Real Estate Conference • August 27-31: Trade Mission to Brazil • August 3rd: Best Practices Event • October 17-20: UN Habitat III, Ecuador at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. • December 1st: Holiday Party and Installation Event Visit https://fiabciusamember.site-ym. com/group/9 to stay up-to-date on these and other FIABCI happenings! We look forward to seeing everyone at our events. If you would like to become a member or your membership needs renewal, please visit www.NAHREPChicago.org. REALTORS® to the Rescue (RTTR) RTTR has several events planned for the coming months: • April 2: Adoption Event - Please contact Debbie Maue at [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering in this event. • May 14: 3rd Annual Cubs Event Outing $ 50/ticket includes a t-shirt and preparty at Deuces & the Diamond Club, with 2 domestic beers or well drinks and off your food purchase. Come cheer on the Cubs vs. the Pirates! • Fall 2016: Wagging Hearts Gala (formerly known as the “Bark Ball”). Details to be announced soon! Please visit http://realtorstotherescue. org/events/ for full details. The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a nonprofit professional trade organization dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership opportunities in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community by creating a powerful national voice for real estate and housing professionals who serve this dynamic market. Join us at one of AREAA Greater Chicago’s many local, national, or international events! LOCAL EVENTS • March – Quarterly Schmooze, Study, & Sip, hosted by AREAA’s Edge/YPN professionals • April – Homebuyers Seminar & Tax Info • May 14 – Building Community Day with DuPage Habitat for Humanity • June – Quarterly Schmooze, Study, & Sip, hosted by AREAA’s Edge/YPN professionals NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Learn more about us, our “No Other” initiative and our upcoming events at www.areaa.org/chicago. Don’t forget to ‘like’ our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ChicagoAREAA So, “AREAA” ready to be part of this dynamic organization? Contact our membership chair, Tuyen Nguyen at [email protected] or join online. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Kashyap Trivedi at [email protected]. • March 5-11 – Trade Mission to Vietnam • March 12-19 – Trade Mission to Taiwan • April 3-5 – Global & Luxury Summit at the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu, HI • May 2-4 – National Policy Day in Washington, D.C. www.areaa.org/chicago www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 47 MAR 30 APR 5 APR 14 MAY 19 MAY 25 2 JUN JUN 29 14 19 27 17 48 JUL JUL JUL AUG Chicago REALTOR® Magazine YPN Breakfast Manny’s Deli 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM IAR Capitol Conference President Abraham Lincoln Double Tree Hotel, Springfield, IL 10 AM – 7 PM Member Outreach Hilton Oak Lawn 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Good Neighbor Awards Reception The Montgomery Club 2 PM – 5 PM YPN Breakfast Manny’s Deli 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM West Towns Chapter Event Skylite Banquets 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM YPN Breakfast Manny’s Deli 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 109th Annual Golf Outing Ruffled Feathers 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM Commercial Forum Breakfast Maggiano's, 111 W. Grand 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM YPN Breakfast Manny’s Deli 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Member Outreach & Annual Business Meeting DePaul Student Center 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDUCATION EVENTS 2016 Calendar Education Highlights Keep wasting storage on apps. Or not… Turning Your Mobile Device into Your Mobile Office March 25th THE class for property investors… Take it a little further with… Advanced Property Analysis Advanced Income Property Analysis March 28th March 30th Sharpen them. Seriously… Play to win. Get certified in awesome… Serve those who served for you… Sales Skills Workshop Certified Negotiation Expert Military Relocation Professional March 31th April 21st May 23rd C.A.R. Central Office — 200 S. Michigan Ave., 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604 | (312) 803-4900 Registrations may be completed online at www.chicagorealtor.com/realtors-real-estate-school/ www.ChicagoREALTOR.com 49 the buzz We Hear You! We et Twe Tweet Tweet Kat Barry @ katshotcakes @smokeonhousing @chicagorealtors “It’s cool again to talk about home ownership.” #CAROutlook #Chicago #realestate 5H Facebook Review } when you check in! Thank you Will Tveit, Sam Martin, Altovesia Hall, and Maurice Hampton! Maurice Hampton: “This is one of the most professional and thoughtful organizations I have ever engaged with. My business, my life, my world have been impacted for the better because of this organization.” Sam Martin: “Great organization... great people. I teach for them and they have always impressed me.” Out&About Stephanie LoVerde @stephloverde OMG. I’m giddy with all this data. My heart is racing. #truth #realestatenerd #caroutreach @ChicagoREALTOR Jim Kaplan @KaplansMusings Team building exercise on the last of a 4 day session at @ChicagoREALTORS school of continuing Ed. Great students! @mromy88 Almost done. #RRESLove @chicagorealtors @Lindseyschendel @nicklibert 2016 Market Outlook - email me for details on what to expect this year in real estate and what the upcoming changes mean for you. #2016 #CARoutreach Exit Strategy agents listening to the 2016 Market Outlook at today’s #CAROutreach << Sam Powell at InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile C R utreach 2016 Market Outlook. Thank you Chicago Association of REALTORS for hosting what is sure to be an information packed session today! Who are those ama ing humans behind me! ! >> Nicholas Apostal attending 2016 Market Outlook: A Member Outreach Event with Jessica Kern and 42 others at InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile. ne @ find us onli 50 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine “If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.” -Benjamin Franklin Ready to lead the industry forward with my Chicago Association of REALTORS colleagues ChicagoREALTORS ChicagoREALTORS Chicago Association of REALTORS 4 Chicago REALTOR® Magazine