Vincent Anzalone, Team Leader

Brad Soltwisch, Julie Nerenberg Block, Michael Zornes, Joseph Nicastro, Amanda Finck, Joshua Deady, Nate Barnett

Specializing in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, The Anzalone Group at Dream Town Realt Estate makes it a priority to be truthful and rational with clients. Under the leadership of Vincent Anzalone, the eight agents of The Anzalone Group understand that sometimes a simple conversation will help clients sleep better at night.

Team leader Vincent Anzalone has been in real estate for more than 23 years. The self-proclaimed “Real Estate Sherpa” grew up in Arlington Heights with a contractor father and a designer mother — so he’s had the business in his blood for a lifetime.

Before earning his license, Anzalone worked as an intern with Mark Giangreco at NBC 5 and then as a sports anchor for a CBS affiliate in Rock Island, Illinois. Missing his hometown, he returned to Chicago in 2000 and began a career in residential real estate.

“As my experience grows in Chicago real estate, so does my wisdom,” Anzalone says. “There are nuances in negotiating, contract structure, approach and transaction management that I have learned through experience, and I don’t think they can be taught.”

Anzalone offers the adage “A smart person knows a tomato is a fruit, but a wise one knows not to put it in a fruit salad” as an analogy for his experience: “I am experienced enough, at this point, to know a lot of real estate recipes,” he says. “But also wise enough to recognize I will never know them all.”

At the end of the day, Anzalone says his agents all have one thing in common: kindness. “We understand a home is often the client’s largest investment of their life, and the processes of buying and selling are complicated, confusing and inconsistent at times,” he says. “It’s normal to be confused and overwhelmed. We understand that, and our team is ready, patient and eager to help guide our clients through.”