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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Creating a great website that focuses on consumers — and generates leads — takes not only time and effort, but also an understanding of one’s target audience and their needs. Overall, a great Realtor website will let potential buyers

Changes on the Way for Salespeople, Managing Brokers By Zipporah Porton In a recent Chicago Agent magazine survey, 68 percent of the agent respondents felt that obtaining a real estate license should be more difficult. A few years back,

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