Voting is now open for the fifth annual Agents’ Choice Awards. We’ve changed things up this year to reflect the changing face of the industry, and have added a few more categories to make you smile. The poll will

SEAN CONLON FOUNDER CONLON: A REAL ESTATE COMPANY “As a boutique brokerage, CONLON: A Real Estate Company embraces a ‘high-tech, high-touch,’ back-to-basics approach to deliver the best service in the industry to our clients. When creating CONLON, we interviewed

Gary Hardina Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Realtor Associate: New Buffalo, Mich; Broker Associate: Chicago/Lincoln Park Plaza Office In Southwest Michigan, the popular second-home meccas for Chicagoans have been New Buffalo, Union Pier and Lakeside. However, many Chicagoans are now

William Diehl Broker Associate RE/MAX Showcase Lake Forest Barrington is a wonderful community to live, work, recreate and raise a family. I love the small town feel and how great is it to walk or drive through town and

Cecilia Kleiner Agent Century 21 McMullen Chicago A lot will depend on the area, the lending situation and, of course, the economy. I feel the truly affluent buyers will always be able to buy high-end homes. However, I do

Carmen Allen Realtor Associate Jameson old Town There are many things I like about being a part of a local, mid-size company like Jameson, but one key factor is growth. I love being a part of building the new

Kevin Tatum Broker Associate RE/MAX Edge Chicago I don’t see Boomers as an especially homogeneous group, though a majority of them are fairly sophisticated when it comes to buying or selling a home and the finances involved. They’ve been

Erica Zupancic Realtor Prairie Shore Properties Wilmette My favorite networking event was the 2008 holiday/client appreciation event my partner, Donna Zupancic, and I put on. It was a mixture of friends, clients and real estate professionals all enjoying a

Amy Bendigkeit Realtor The Bendigkeit Bunch Koenig & Strey/GMAC Real Estate Glen Ellyn As a Realtor with extensive sales training, it is always a No. 1 priority to identify the personality types of the people you are working with.

Barbara Kohut Realtor Weichert, Realtors Nickel Group Oak Park In the past, I never questioned whether or not the funds would be available once we were at the closing table. Over the past year, I have become more skeptical

Adam Carr Agent Century 21 Sussex & Reilly Lincoln Square Everyone Knows that 2009 is going to be a challenging year. With that being said, I believe there is still plenty of opportunities ahead of us. I am preparing

Brae Hanson – Real Estate Broker Baird & Warner – Chicago What I like most about real estate is the variety of business I’ve been privileged to work on over the last 25 years. The best thing I’ve learned

We asked members of the Chicago Agent network to list the most important names in their little black book, and we received a number of responses. Below are a few select submissions. To join our Network, visit chicagoagentmagazine.ning.com. “In

Donna Wirta
 Peak Performance Team
 Keller Williams Preferred Realty
Homewood

 I love to learn, and when I saw the diversity class was offered, the topic immediately interested me. I thought it would be a great way to learn to communicate

Ilona Mikula
 Realtor
 Jameson Real Estate
Chicago The reality of this market is that there are still many homes for sale holding down the demand to buy and forcing the prices to drop. I make sure to explain this to

For our State of the Market Issue, we wanted to hear what CA readers think about what’s going on in the real estate industry right now. We had an overwhelming response to our survey, some with positive thoughts, while