There is a reason we all don’t live in plain vanilla boxes. People care about where they live. We care about what our homes look like. We care about the floor plan and how it flows. But more importantly,

I looked through last year’s Green issue while putting this issue together, and found that some attitudes about “going green” have changed within a year. According to our Survey Says results on page 19, more than half of agents

With all the concern and speculation about how the real estate market is and how it is going to fluctuate today, tomorrow and in the next few years, the focus hasn’t been on second homes at all. Like the

Sometimes, people make what they do every day, no matter how challenging, look so easy. Imagine helping to handle one agent’s short sale difficulties alongside another agent’s high-maintenance clients, all while making sure to allocate leads to the correct

After compiling, writing and editing countless biographies for this year’s Who’s Who issue, I noticed something that everyone had in common, according to our interviews with them. Yes, everyone who is featured in this issue is hard-working and at

Life isn’t perfect and it’s definitely not fair. But that doesn’t mean that we all can’t wish for things to be different. Obviously, a majority of people in the industry wish things could be a little bit different right

There’s always a market for luxury. Just ask Jim Kinney, vice president of luxury at Baird and Warner, who graces this issue’s cover. Even though it might not seem like it, upper-bracket buyers exist throughout up and down cycles.

The industry has changed – that goes without saying. But due to these changes, you’d think that by now, agents and lenders alike would be used to dealing with the challenges and issues that sometimes – and unfortunately, often

Change has been in the wind for several Chicagoland agents as of late. It seems like every week there’s an announcement about agents moving to different brokerages and making changes within their career – and those agents actually inspired

People everywhere are saying that there’s no market for new construction, but I don’t buy

Experiences are what people remember most, and agents – and the industry – can suffer from a few bad apples. While most agents work to make every experience enjoyable for their client – and for themselves – there are

Who doesn’t want to do their best? Or, better yet, be the

What a great time to start a new career as the managing editor for Chicago Agent – the first month of the New Year has just ended, but big things are on the horizon, I can feel

By Zipporah Porton Welcome 2011! We are off to an exciting beginning with new things happening in Chicago real

By Stephanie Sims How we present ourselves is important – it only takes someone about ten seconds to get their first impression of a person they’re meeting for the first time. That’s not very much time, so when trying

Every year, it’s astounding how quickly December arrives. I feel like it was just a few weeks ago that I was enjoying a Cubs game at Wrigley Field in a t-shirt and shorts, and now I can’t go near