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Holly Connors is a founding member and partner of @properties. Since joining the brokerage in 2003, the award-winning realtor has helped propel @properties to its position as the leading real estate brokerage in Chicago, and helped hundreds of clients meet their housing needs and dreams in and around her hometown in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. Since 2015, Holly has become a top volume earner by selling over $30 million annually in Northwest Suburban residential real estate with an average market time of 54 days, which is over 25 percent better than the 73-day average in the region. The list price to sales price ratio on those properties is 96.5%, tops for the Arlington Heights area. Stats don’t move homes, Holly does. Known for her bluntness and transparency, Holly's dedication to her client's satisfaction is served by her an extensive network of esteemed industry professionals, such as contractors, attorneys, inspectors, and mortgage brokers. Building her relationships on the foundations of trust and respect, Holly's client-oriented philosophy creates a better structure for every deal. Any realtor can say the client is their main priority, as they should, but Holly proves it, as many agents can’t. Here’s what clients are saying about Holly: “To say that her professionalism and expertise is best in the industry is an understatement.” “...always available to answer questions in a straightforward and honest manner.” “Holly is professional, highly knowledgeable, and very responsive.” “Holly had great references for inspectors, attorneys, etc.” “Dedicated.” “She makes the process enjoyable.” “I would recommend her to everyone.” Based on testimonials and volume, Holly has been cited on Trulia’s Best of the Best for 16 years running, an honor bestowed on only one percent of realtors on Trulia. Featured in Chicago Agent Magazine and Top Agent Magazine, as well as a keynote industry speaker on delegation, 

Holly’s energy and enthusiasm have been recognized through several awards, including Chicago's Woman of the Year, Best Testimonial, Most Outstanding Achievement, among others. The recognition she most values comes from her clients, whose appreciation has led to her business being based almost entirely upon referrals. From first-time buyers to real estate developers, her clients are as diverse as the properties she represents. She leverages @properties’ comprehensive blend of state-of-the art online and offline marketing practices, and maintains close contact with her clients. Whether she is working with sellers to prepare their home for top profitability, establishing personalized criteria for buyers, or helping to navigate the area’s vast array of award-winning schools, she lends an informed perspective on the luxury home marketplace.
 Living with her family in the area where she completes 82 percent of her transactions gives Holly an insider’s perspective that you can’t get on a listing sheet or during a showing--after all, she’s a neighbor to the vast majority of her clients. Things like how long it takes to walk to the train, the best place for wine and tapas, or the ins and outs of permitting for special events are all part of what she brings to the table. Holly’s dedication extends to the community. In addition to her involvement with local organizations, she has been named “Woman of The Year” by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, serving as the chairperson for the society’s annual ball. She is actively involved with many children's organizations and has donated thousands of dollars as a corporate match to raise funds for A Better Community for District 25, which helps teachers and students in the community. She is also a member of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce. She lives in the Pioneer Park neighborhood of Arlington Heights with her husband, Steve, and their two children, Emma and Brady.

"brutally honest & direct realtor who tells you the way it is - not what you want to hear and sugarco..."

Bryce is a licensed real estate agent and is currently with Baird & Warner Residential Brokerage. Bryce focuses on properties located in Skokie, Wilmette, Vernon Hills, Northbrook, Winnetka, Glenview, Deerfield, Highland Park, Morton Grove, Wheeling, Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights and Glencoe.

Melanie has built a reputation for excellence and professionalism among clients and industry peers alike by sharing her market expertise and dedicating herself to the highest level of service. With over 18 years of residential real estate experience and a passion for helping clients achieve their goals, she has been in the top 1% for over 10 years consecutively. Due to her in-depth knowledge of the Chicago market, Melanie is highly skilled at discerning proper value, maximizing marketing strategy, and negotiating optimal results. Her commitment to service extends beyond any one transaction, as she focuses on building long-term partnerships and remaining a valued resource to her clients. The MVP team works with both buyers and sellers, and they have an extensive list of unlisted new construction properties, as well as resales of condos, townhomes, and single family homes in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Their partnered approach ensures that every client receives an unparalleled amount of individualized attention, diligence and industry expertise. While Melanie is a luxury property specialist, she is available to assist clients from first-time condo buyers to seasoned sellers and investors. Melanie is very hands-on, effectively sets expectations, and responds personally to all inquiries, ensuring that the process runs seamlessly from start to finish. As a long-time resident of Chicago, Melanie has watched the distinct neighborhoods of the city develop over time, and places a premium on staying current on inventory, pricing and trends. She brings an impressive network of experts to the table from mortgage consultants and lawyers to home inspectors and handymen. Her hands-on approach has earned her not only repeat business, but enthusiastic referrals from a satisfied clientele.

Real estate is not a job for Hayley, it's a passion, an obsession, and it's a way of life. As an award winning and "Top 1% Producing Agent", named by Chicago Association of Realtors and America’s Top 100 LLC, Hayley is driven by a strong desire to exceed clients' expectations and deliver results. Hayley's philosophy is simple: she sells homes, not houses. A home is much more than just four walls, it is where we raise our children, make memories, and laugh and live as a family. Hayley truly understands that buying and selling a house is one of the most emotional, personal, and biggest financial endeavors one can make in their life, so she is dedicated to acting upon the highest level of integrity and professionalism.  For sellers, Hayley has a proven track record of selling homes at a 99.1% list to sales price ratio, and in less than half the market time of the average Realtor (according to broker metrics powered by MLS.) Using a winning combination of research driven analytic approach and an effective and innovative marketing plan coupled with her fierce negotiation skills, Hayley is sure to sell your home for top dollar and in record market time. Her deep market insight and ability to look at her clients circumstances from a holistic perspective allow Hayley to offer her clients invaluable advice so that they can be fully educated on every facet of the market to make the most informed and best decision.  Hayley is an Accredited Staging Professional and provides an extensive staging consultation and execution, which gives her sellers a leg up in Chicago's competitive market.  Lastly, she is an off market specialist who sells close to 25% of her listings before they hit the market. Hayley sees the buying process more as matchmaking than sales. She really takes the time to get to know her buyer clients on a personal level as well as their circumstances, needs, and wants so that she can help them find their perfect dream home. With an extensive remodeling and real estate investment background, she also can help find properties with good investment potential or fixer uppers while offering remodeling ideas and costs, and she even loves guiding and advising her clients throughout the remodeling process. Because of the incredible customer service Hayley provides for her clients, she is one of very few agents who is able to run her business almost entirely from referrals. "Hayley encompasses everything I could ever ask for in a Realtor, we appreciated her candidness, responsiveness, and level of expertise!" Hayley is a leader and cofounder of the top producing team MacPherson Westhoff Group that has collectively sold over $225 Million. MacPherson Westhoff is a one of a kind group that specializes in moving families from the city to the suburbs through their "Urban to Suburban Concierge."

Dear Potential Seller, You know how people say that you work with people that you are similar to?? Well, that is no different in the real estate world. We find that our best matches in our business are professional, educated homeowners who value communication, honesty, systems, processes and accountability. In general, most people find us because they are researching all of their options and have asked friends and family for recommendations. In addition, they have done extensive research online to find the best and most experienced agent. Our customers are tired of being lied to, steered down the wrong path, or given advice that is inaccurate. They are exhausted of being ‘sold’ by a real estate professional with little experience. They don’t have time to be involved in the day-to-day operations of selling a home. They want an honest opinion about how to sell their home, and they want an honest assessment of the price of their home. They have found too many agents that are not working full-time and have overextended themselves by taking on too much business, and they don’t communicate enough with their clients. According to the National Association of Realtors, the typical agent only sold 12 homes last year. The truth is that just about 10 percent of the agents do 90 percent of the business. It’s imperative to find the agents that are in the top 10 percent in order to effectively market and sell your home. Many times, sellers use a trusted family member or close friend who they know is a real estate agent. Often times, these agents are part-time agents who sell only one or two homes a year. However, the sellers feel obligated to put their most valuable and expensive possession into the hands of a friend because they feel obligated… they don’t think about the ramifications and the consequences if their agent provides them wrong advice that could cost them tens of thousands of dollars. Sometimes, sellers don’t choose us to sell their home, and many times, they find they can’t sleep at night because they are nervous because their house hasn’t sold. They are scared because either they have already moved out of state, or they have already bought another home and can’t carry two mortgages. They are second-guessing themselves and feeling as though they made the wrong choice in choosing their listing agent because they know they cannot get out of the contract that they signed. These sellers know that the longer they keep their homes on the market, the less money they will ultimately receive for the home. However, because they are in a contract that cannot be canceled with a listing agent, they will most likely have to wait until their listing expires and ultimately, the sales price on their home will be lower. We know how to sell homes. We understand what our buyers and sellers are looking for in an agent and we work to make sure they are satisfied. We are in the top .0018% of real estate agents in the Chicagoland area. In 2018, we sold almost 100 homes. Since 2012, we have sold over 300 homes for over $150 million in volume. In addition, we are the number three agent on the North Shore for 2018, the number one agent in Northbrook for 2017 and the number 45 agent in the whole Chicagoland area of more than 25,000 agents. We provide a solution to our clients by offering them systems, processes and a high level of customer service. Each person on our team has their own job that they excel at and are a perfect fit for. We believe that in the next ten years, all real estate agents will be working on a team. There is no way to compete with our team for the level of service, marketing and knowledge that we can provide. We are different because there are no other teams operating the way we do. We are a full-service team that goes beyond the part-time agent, or the successful overworked agent. We provide you a professional service that you would expect from your financial provider, your accountant and your doctor. When we take your listing, we will immediately start to get your marketing in gear. You will receive a call from our listing and marketing manager discussing the staging, timing and photography. We start planning our public and private open houses. We place a sign in the yard with a direct line to all of our buyer’s agents. In addition, we will reach out to every agent that shows your home at least five times to gather feedback. The benefits of our solution are that you will know where you are with us. We will reach out proactively to discuss our marketing and the activities we are doing to market your home. In addition, our full-time runner makes stops at our homes for customer service calls to make sure our empty houses look good and that they are secured if our sellers are out of town. Your other options in choosing your real estate agent are: 1. Using a friend who is an agent that is part time. 2. Using an agent that is very successful but doesn’t have a team to support him or her. 3. Not being able to sell your listing because your agent is inexperienced. We are different because we all work full-time and are accountable to each other and to you. We give you the time and energy that you need from us, and we have over 300 transactions that we have completed in the past 7 years. When our clients listen to our advice, they succeed. We took a listing and recommended a list price of $899,000. The seller insisted on a price of $950,000. The house had almost no showings in the first 6 weeks. We advised our sellers that the house needed to be immediately reduced to $899,000. The seller was reluctant because they felt as though they would not have much negotiating room. We said at $899,000 we could hold firm on our list price and not negotiate much. We reduced the next day and within one day we had an executed contract for $895,000. We were able to hold firm on the price and negotiate it for our clients to get exactly what they were looking for. When you hire us, we will immediately begin working to get your home on the market and showcase it with the best staging, photography and marketing. We provide something that most other agents will not offer… If at anytime, you are not completely happy with our services or our promises, you can cancel your listing at anytime. It’s important to make sure that we talk sooner rather than later as the time of year you list your home is incredibly important as to when you will get the most amount of money for your home. So, act quickly as you don’t want to miss the hottest market. Some frequently asked questions are: Where is your office located? Our team works out of an office in downtown Northbrook. Will I ever be able to talk to Kati, or is she too busy? Because we have a business office phone number, our phones are answered all week by our team. That means that Kati has time to directly connect with you about your home on her cell phone frequently. What are buyer’s agents? We have agents on our team that only work with buyers. They do not work with listings. Therefore, they know our listings and work to sell our listings to buyers they are working with. Will you reduce your commission? Yes. We have a formula to allow our customers to receive a reduced commission for our marketing services. Will you host open houses? Yes. We believe that open houses are important for the young buyers nowadays. When you list your home with the Spaniak Team, we will work to get your house sold at the highest price, for the least amount of money, in the least amount of time. That is our promise to you! We look forward to meeting you soon! Kati Spaniak Founder & Team Leader The Spaniak Team

"I wish there were more stars to give! Kati was so very much more than we could have ever hoped for i..."

The SchwabeGroup has been selling real estate in Arlington Heights and surrounding suburbs for more than 16 years. As one of the most successful and highly regarded agents in Arlington Heights, David has grown his business on the simple principle that "Clients always come first". With the assistance of his SchwabeGroup real estate team, David has developed a revolutionary marketing plan to get homes sold and NET the most dollars for his clients. At the core of this plan is that successful staging will maximize the net proceeds and minimize days on market. Thru his experience of selling more than 900 homes, David has developed a passion for always negotiating the best deals for the needs of his clients. David knows that one of the differences between a good and great agent is getting the deal to a successful and smooth closing. This can be expected. Over the years, David has been involved in boards and committees of many Arlington Heights organizations. David has served on the a local School Board, currently is on the board of Arlington Hts Youth Basketball Association (AHYBA), has been CoChair of a local fundraising committe for local schools, and works on a Committee to support Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Selling or Buying, Call David for discuss your needs.

Marlene Rubenstein & Dena Fox, mother-daughter duo of the Rubenstein Fox Team (who run the #1 real estate & relocation team in Chicagoland for HomeLight + Baird & Warner), truly are the yin-yang of brokers in today’s real estate industry. Their complementary skills blend seamlessly to provide their clientele with a comprehensive breadth & depth rarely found in the residential market. “Be they millennials or baby boomers, be they in the city or in the suburbs - our greatest strength is our generational collaboration & our ability to address the divergent needs of different age groups & different types of markets,” says Fox. Marlene’s tenure, tenacity & negotiating expertise coupled with Dena’s financial background, analytic acumen & keen pulse on the mindset of today’s renters, buyers & sellers result in a unique blend of tools & talent that effectively meet the needs of new, repeat & prospective clients. This exceptional blend is the cornerstone of their business & the key to their success & growth. Voted, the No. 1 real estate team throughout the entire Chicagoland area (Chicago Agent Magazine 2016-17), success is something they never take for granted. Their steadfast dedication to both their clients & their profession as well as their conviction to retain their reputation as #1 agents motivate them to always be the best they can be in all facets of every transaction. With a sharp eye to detail as well as a view of the big picture, they are masters in managing their clients’ expectations throughout the entire process…from start to finish and everything in between. Of their many talents & tools, the pre- marketing plan they have created is particularly effective in giving their clients that ever- so-important edge in today’s highly competitive real estate market. Unique to their business model is "how they do business." The Rubenstein Fox Team values the relationships they have built over the years with clients & colleagues, agents & brokers, lenders & attorneys, contractors & vendors. They know that working with others - rather than against them - works in the best interest of those they serve & ultimately provides them with the best possible results. Their growing team includes Laura Kerstein, Silvia Miner, Marc Cornfield , Amanda Ptito & more on the horizon. Dena oversees business in the city with Ptito, Marlene manages the north shore suburban business with Kerstein & Miner while Cornfield bridges the investment gap between the two territories. Their strong work ethic, negotiating and technical skills in collaboration with a multi- lingual offering (French, German, Spanish and now Romanian) create a resourceful, comprehensive & well-connected team that truly makes them "THE" dynamic force in the industry.

"The best! My whole family has bought homes from them !thats 2homes 1 condo and sold our home and go..."

I grew up in Lincolnshire and graduated from Stevenson High School. After graduating from college my wife Dana and I decided to stay in the area to work and raise our family. We are very proud of our daughter Mia, a senior at the University of Illinois studying to be a Spanish teacher and our son Frank who is a senior at Stevenson High School and plays on the varsity baseball team. We are very involved in the schools that our children attend. Our Real Estate business philosophy is simple...give our clients the best possible service at all times and give back to the communities we serve.

Treating clients like family is the top priority for the award-winning Kaplan Team. Whether it's a house, townhouse, condo, investment or foreclosure, this mother-daughter duo is committed to making the home buying and selling process as stress-free as possible. A Chicago native and resident of the Northwest Suburbs, Anne Kaplan has dedicated her career to not only fulfilling the needs of buyers and sellers, but to exceeding their expectations. With over 30 years of experience, Anne has her finger on the pulse of the local market. Her place in the President's Elite Circle as one of the top 2% of all agents in the Chicagoland, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan area shows not only how satisfied her clients are, but that she gets the job done.

"I was incredibly impressed with Anne and Lindsey. What an amazing team all around. My ex and I were ..."

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