Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
“I treat this job as a sales job, so I’m actually on the phone all day either prospecting for new clients, finding buyers for my sellers or following up on current deals.” — Al Zoubi, Zoubi Realty-Lincoln Park
Orlowski will be based in Chicago and focus on supporting the growth of select Guaranteed Rate office branches in the Chicago area.
Hults will oversee accounting over the company’s Lakeview, Lincoln Park and O’Hare offices and will work with Keller Williams ONEChicago’s Agent Services and Productivity departments, as well as the company’s client experience coordinators.
Genyk, who is a founding member of @properties, was the top sales agent in the River North area in 2020.
“The 2021 market is off to a strong start and having an experienced team in place to quickly serve agents is paramount,” President Ayoub Rabah, Coldwell Banker Realty
“I decided to join Real People Realty to take my business to the next level. Real People Realty gives me everything that I am looking for in a brokerage.” — Kenneth Hoffman
Hernandez will work alongside Nykea Pippion McGriff, vice president of strategic growth, and Rachel Scheid, vice president of agent development.
@properties has named Tom Downing and Kelly Kirchheimer as vice presidents of brokerage services and designated managing brokers for the Winnetka and Downers Grove offices, respectively.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago has promoted managing broker John Lawrence to manage the company’s Elmhurst office.
“I have always appreciated their professional presence in our industry, and when they moved into the area I work in, I became intrigued.” Dympna Fay-Hart, Dream Town
As a member of the residential brokerage firm’s education team, Paoli will help to create and lead programs related to business development, marketing and sales, as well as its trademarked suite of technology applications.
Bringing their combined 30 years of experience, the Haake Team has joined the ranks of RE/MAX Ultimate Professionals, operating out of the Plainfield office.
Real estate brokerage and technology firm Compass has expanded its Chicago team with Joe Pasquesi as sales manager of the North Shore region.
“Minimizing risk and maximizing returns for residential real estate developers requires the right sales and marketing platform and the right personnel. Adding John to our team puts us in an even better position to deliver both.” — Mike Golden, co-founder and CEO of @properties Developer Services.
Shaughnessy Rice was named vice president of mortgage lending for Guaranteed Rate in Illinois and will be based in Champaign, according to a press release.
Compass has established a presence in Glen Ellyn.