I’m a broker and co-owner at Berg Properties. As the 2004 Rookie of the Year, I quickly earned my position among the top 20 in sales for all DuPage county agents, the top 1% selling agent in Chicago every year since 2004, and have done over 1,700 transactions worth over $700M in sales so far. I started my career in real estate after being involved in a serious car accident (wasn’t my fault). After being in the hospital for 5 weeks, facing years of rehabilitation, and losing my job in a good paying information technology company, I went on disability until I was able to start walking again and decided to get involved in real estate. I first started out in investing (harder than it looks), then I got licensed and practiced as an residential and commercial appraiser before finally opening up my own Realty company Berg Properties with my cousin Scott Berg. We jumped in head first, both having past experience in Sales and IT services. We got our real estate brokers licenses and hit the ground running…. becoming top selling agents with the Chicago Association of Realtors in our very first year. We built our company from the ground up by focusing on what the real estate market was lacking. We focused on finding and filling specific buyers and sellers needs which the larger real estate offices were not covering or providing. We were able to leverage the ever changing marketing technology in the real estate industry to the benefits of our clients while giving them the one on one personalized service which most home buyers and sellers wanted. Technology is still disrupting the real estate market today and it looks like it will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. The old days of large local offices with dozens or even hundreds of agents is becoming a detriment to many of the well known agencies of the past. They are becoming both cumbersome and expensive as these companies get higher and higher overhead costs, while trying to train new and part time agents -many of whom sell very few homes per year. The larger an office becomes the more the focus becomes on its agents -and not their clients. Our focus is to remain ahead of the competition by staying nimble enough to keep up as the industry changes, taking full advantage of new and ever changing marketing strategies while still providing one on one service to each and everyone of our clients. No two homes are exactly alike, and each property and situation requires a different game plan. That’s why we make sure we have the best tools at our disposal to make sure we are doing the best for our buyers and sellers. Ask about how we can save you money on closing costs. We are currently one of the very few companies now also able save Sellers even more money once you have gone under contract by providing discounts through our own title services company at the closing table. With over 17 years as a licensed real estate broker and 14 years as a licensed appraiser, My partner Scott and I provide full-service real estate services to clients throughout the western suburbs of Chicagoland.