RE/MAX Both the RE/MAX Northern Illinois website and the general RE/MAX brand site lead the real estate market in consumer traffic, and it’s easy to see why – clean, accessible and easy-to-navigate, the RE/MAX design makes it simpler than

CITY CATEGORY Prudential Rubloff Prudential Rubloff Properties formed in 2009, with the merger between Rubloff Residential and Prudential Preferred Properties. This new company was positioned to honor the strength and traditions of both firms. The power and financial stability

CITY CATEGORY Ranquist Development Group With an emphasis on “going beyond the ordinary,” Ranquist Development Group has acquired a reputation as a developer and builder of Chicagoland residential projects with outstanding quality and unparalleled appeal. Every development reflects many

Ivona Kutermankiewicz Koenig & Strey Ivona Kutermankiewicz has been representing luxury homes in Chicago since she entered the real estate profession in 1991. She has built an extensive resource network and is an expert in luxury condominiums, single family

CITY CATEGORY Micky Cicchinelli @properties A proud Chicagoan with the ever-present goal of assisting his clients with honesty, integrity and a sense of humor, Micky Cicchinelli was born and raised in Chicago. Cicchinelli attended the Latin School of Chicago

SUBURB CATEGORY Heritage Luxury Builders Heritage Luxury Builders specializes in building the highest quality luxury homes in the most exclusive locations on Chicago’s North Shore. Over the past 20 years, the company has built more than 100 beautiful luxury

Ann Caron @properties Ann Caron is one of the founding members of @properties, becoming the fifth real estate consultant to join the brokerage in 2001. After working with a developmental conversion company from 1998 until 2001, she was eager

SUBURB CATEGORY Pete Mangione Prudential Rubloff Born and raised in the Glenview/Golf area, Pete Mangione graduated from Glenbrook South High School and attended Purdue University, earning a degree in business management. In 2005, Mangione graduated cum laude from the

Rachel Thompson @properties Rachel Thompson began her real estate career working for agent Robin Miner as a part-time office assistant. After acquiring a basic understanding of the business, she decided to pursue real estate full-time, and since 2004 has

SUBURBS CATEGORY RE/MAX Consisting of 2,200 sales associates and more than 105 individually owned and operated offices, RE/MAX has been the leader in the Northern Illinois real estate market since 1989, providing full brokerage services throughout the northern third

LoftHunt.com Jennifer Liu and Mike Hulett of Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty have been in the real estate business for a long time. Liu took a position as a leasing coordinator for a private property management company while working towards

Ginger Downs Chicago Association of Realtors Virginia “Ginger” Downs is the chief executive officer of the Chicago Association of Realtors, responsible for leading and maintaining the association’s national standing as a premiere Realtor organization. Downs was appointed to her

Guaranteed Rate The winner of last year’s “Best Lender” Agents’ Choice award, Guaranteed Rate has become one of the largest and fastest growing independent mortgage lenders in the country, with licenses in 44 states, 1,100 employees and $6.9 billion

By Dan Provost The iPad. The Samsung Galaxy Tab. The HTC Flyer. And recently, the Kindle Fire. Tablets, with all the power that they pack into their slim, lightweight bodies, are perfect for real estate agents – and not

By Jeff Lasky, MRED Director of Communications and Training Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), which provides the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 8,000 offices and 40,000 real estate professionals, has responded to the rapid adoption of the

Krisstina Wise, the owner of the Austin, Texas-based brokerage firm The Goodlife Team, has a distinct requirement for all her agents – they all must use an iPad. “That’s not because the iPad is a cool, trendy device,” Wise