Second-generation Real Estate Managing Broker Arlyn Tratt has become a go-toguru in assisting buyers and sellers throughout the Chicago metro, as well as asavvy investor in real estate properties of all shapes and sizes. He has been featured on Fox News showcasing a million-dollar home in Oak Park, as well as "ChicagoTonight," sharing expertise about the city's Gold Coast neighborhood. Tratt's father owned and operated several Century 21 offices in the northwestsuburbs of Chicago, which inspired the younger Tratt to follow in his footsteps byhis mid-20safter an earlier career buying, rejuvenating and flipping classic cars. Today, based in Skokie Tratt is the Managing Broker and Owner of NextHome Elite. Offering a robust roster of specialties, including: the buying and sellingof single family homes, condos/townhomes, multi-family dwellings, land lots,residential rentals and luxury homes; first time buyers, distressed properties, staging and relocation; and REO/bank-owned, foreclosures and short sales. Alongside, Tratt's services comprise: contract negotiations, comparative marketanalysis, market statistics, online marketing, direct marketing, rent to own, lease toown and creative financing. He is certified in ABR, SFR and GREEN, and was named New Member of the Year in 2012 by the Skokie Chamber of Commerce. Previous corporate-level realtorpositions include Founder CEO of Arlyn Tratt Realty, as well as Traffext and RLNWorld Group Luxury Suites. His career was launched when he relocated to Lakeview in the late 1990s andbegan working at an apartment agency. Within a year in a new town, he went fromknowing few city streets to knowing all, including their coordinates. During thattime, Tratt set a record for renting the most apartments in one day12among theregion's agents. That record stands today. After two years, he expanded his portfolio to include investing and purchasing realestate and renting out studios, one bedrooms, upward to townhomes and multifamily properties. He has even purchased a 16-unit apartment building in Chicago asa lease option, which he subsequently fully rented. Today, with sales into the multimillions of dollars, Tratt remains active in both buying and selling for clients as wellas real estate property investing.