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Lender of the Year

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Guaranteed Rate Guaranteed Rate was founded in 2000 and has since then become one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the country. Today, Guaranteed Rate is licensed in 46 states and has over 70

Upper Bracket Award – City

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Baird & Warner For over 150 years, Baird & Warner has been a force in Chicagoland real estate, building a record of success and longevity unparalleled in the industry, with five generations of family ownership

Industry MVP – Suburb

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Lori Neuschel, @properties North Shore Lori Neuschel’s successful business career spans 31 years, and her success comes from her passion to provide exceptional service and exceptional results. Neuschel obtained her MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate

Industry MVP – City

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Millie Rosenbloom Millie Rosenbloom is recognized as an exceptional real estate broker whose volume rates in the top 1 percent among over 14,000 brokers. A broker associate with the Baird & Warner’s Lincoln Park office,

Developer of the Year – Suburb

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards 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 over 100 beautiful

Developer of the Year – City

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards The Trump Organization Throughout its dramatic history, Chicago has been a symbol of growth, energy, innovation and, most significantly, American architectural traditions. As a thriving center of culture and commerce, Chicago’s unique can-do spirit serves

Upper Bracket Award – Suburb

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Prudential Rubloff In February 2007, Michael Pierson and Chris Eigel, both long-time veterans of the Chicagoland real estate market, acquired Prudential Preferred Properties (PPP). At the time, the company had 200 agents and 10 Chicagoland

Charitable Service Award

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Jen Johnson, @properties Jen Johnson began her charitable efforts at a young age. Currently, she is on the executive board of @properties Friends and Neighbors Community Fund, and co-chaired the events committee in 2010 bringing

Redefining Lending: A Changing Industry

By Victor Ciardelli In the last three years we have witnessed an unprecedented amount of change for the mortgage industry that will redefine real estate lending as it enters a new era. New policies and regulations being put in

Best Individual Website

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Akos Straub – straubhomes.com Akos Straub is the president of the Straub Group at Jameson Real Estate. The Straub Group services a wide range of clients including private individuals, developers and institutions. They specialize in

Best Brokerage Website

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards @properties – atproperties.com The goal for @properties is to provide the most interactive and usable website for both the real estate consumer and the agent. For the consumer, @properties offers not only listing information, but

Rookie of the Year – Suburb

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Matt Wise – Baird & Warner Carpentersville   For the past 10 years, Matt Wise worked in the sales and purchasing of building materials. After being laid off it was time for a new challenge.

Rookie of the Year – City

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Hunter Andre – Coldwell Banker Gold Coast Hunter Andre lived in several states before ending up in Illinois. Having moved to Chicago 17 years ago, Andre is happy to call himself a Chicagoan. Before entering

Best Dressed

2010 Agents’ Choice Awards Lauren Mitrick, Jameson Real Estate The winner of CA’s first-ever best dressed award, Lauren Mitrick grew up in a real estate family and started her career leasing residential units in downtown Chicago over seven years

Agents’ Choice 2013 Sample Post

Marko Beric Raised in Chicago’s western suburbs and a resident of Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, Marko Beric is an up-and-coming real estate broker at Koenig & Strey Real Living in Lincoln Park. His involvement in real estate began at

Cover Story: A Lending Update

Real estate is now, and always will be, an ever-changing industry. Realtors have so much to juggle on a daily basis, that it is useful to have a lending expert on-hand to ask important questions that will help get

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