I've always liked being in positions that provided me an avenue to help others. I grew up in the Chicago area, attended college at Michigan State University and went on to law school at DePaul University. After graduating law school and passing the bar exam, I moved into the recruiting field. This gave me the perfect opportunity to help others in a way that impacted not just the individuals themselves, but their families as well. I eventually started and grew a well-known recruiting firm, which taught me incredible lessons in entrepreneurship, marketing and negotiating for others. This allowed me to truly help others while providing for my own growing family. Fast forward a few years later and I unexpectedly found myself a widower with toddlers. As everyone with children knows, balancing work and family life is a difficult juggle. It was through this process that I moved away from recruiting and into real estate. The move has been better than I could ever have imagined. Real Estate combines my strong passion for helping others and utilizes my well-developed core skill set of negotiating, marketing, contract drafting, legalese, and analytic evaluation. It's been an amazing journey. I've always been competitive, and this profession allows me the opportunity to feel a 'win' for those I'm helping. But what I didn't realize is just how impactful the people I met would be, and how many have turned into lifelong friends. Although those friendships haven't helped me with an improved golf game, or increased my culinary skills (I unfortunately stink at both), I am confident these relationship are the reason my business has grown so quickly and catapulted me into the top 1% of agents in multiple markets. Outside of work, I can usually be found talking up why the Chicago Bears are better than they appear, or how the Spartans will fare in March Madness regardless of their season record, or watching my kids at one of their sporting events, or working out at life time fitness. If you are searching for executive representation in the purchase or sale of real estate, or just have a general real estate question, please feel free to drop a line.