Happy New Year! I hope you also had a happy Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/Festivus/whatever it is you do or do not celebrate.

Lucky for you we’ve got some predictions in the cover story to tide you over until the future becomes the present and the present becomes the past.

Spooky season has come to an end, but we have something new to celebrate: the winners of the 2022 Chicago Agents’ Choice Awards. It should all give you all plenty to gossip about…

It’s October, so things are getting spooky around here! And you know what is the scariest thing of all? Owning your own brokerage.

Winter is coming. Luckily, it’s not quite that close and we have fall to get through first with fancy colorful leaves, college football and such.

The sun is out and it’s hot as all get out in Chicagoland these days, which means it’s time to gather and party!

It’s that time of the year again, lovelies, when I dust off the old laptop and take a long hard gander at my favorite thing in the world — real estate tech!

Friends may come and go, but luxury will always be there for you. No matter which way the wind blows or what way the tide turns, you can always count on luxury to cheer you up in some way, shape or form.

As the most sage poet of 2019 sang effortlessly in her hit tune, truth hurts. But I’m here to tell you that Lizzo isn’t always right. Sometimes the truth is actually just fun gossip, and you know that’s Agent X’s favorite thing in the whole wide world.

Ah, the annual CA lending issue. This one is one of my favorite and least favorite topics in the industry.

Since I’m sure you read last month’s issue cover to cover you know exactly what to expect in 2022. But do you know the details of what went on last year? Didn’t think so.

We did it! We made it to 2022. I’m still working through a NYE sugar hangover (and maybe a bit of something else), so let’s get right to the gossip and carry on with the year.

It’s prediction time! The cover story will give you fancy tips on how to get ready for 2022, and my column will get you into the holiday spirit with a healthy helping of gossip.

Here we are at our annual Agents’ Choice Awards! If you don’t see your name in the cover story, better luck next year.

When I heard about the topic of this issue, I was hoping our fearless publishers would simply listing every Chicagoland brokerage with an assigned grade. I even phoned them up to provide a few recommendations!

What better way to prepare for new construction than to get in a good sweat sesh? Another way is to read all the latest goss, so here we go!