Agents and real estate professionals enjoyed a Dos Equis and heard the secrets to success and prosperity from some of the most interesting men in Chicago at the Women’s Council of Realtors’ “Are You Man Enough to Join WCR?” event  on August 15.

The panel, which was moderated by Barbara Matthopoulos, the senior director of communications and media relations at the Chicago Association of Realtors, featured Matt Farrell, managing partner of Urban Real Estate and 2012 president-elect of CAR; Grigory Pekarsky, owner of Vesta Preferred Realty; Jim Kinney, the vice president of luxury home sales for Baird & Warner and the 2013 Illinois Association of Realtors treasurer; and Ryan Mecum, senior mortgage associate at Wintrust Mortgage. Together, they discussed some of the industry’s most important trends and characteristics, as well as some of the timeless attributes that all agents and brokers should follow.