01/01/2025
With 2024 officially in the books, I wanted to express my deepest gratitude for all of you - and my amazing clients who put their trust in me to help them find, rent, and sell their homes over the past 12 months!!
It’s not lost on this broker, that the optics surrounding the real estate industry were… let’s say “not great”… for much of 2024. Amidst a (definitely, partly justified) national publicity crisis, and a fairly large shakeup to the formal relationships which need to exist between buyers and their brokers midway through the year, *26* clients still trusted me to help them navigate the homebuying, selling or leasing process and I don’t take a single one of those relationships for granted.
It was also a year of massive change and progress for Baird & Warner, the brokerage I’ve been lucky enough to call my “work home” since I started in real estate. From a complete rebranding; to the continuous opportunities they provide for me to give back to this incredible community; to re-establishing themselves as Chicagoland’s largest independent brokerage: I couldn’t be more proud to work out of the office and brokerage I do - with the kind, generous, brilliant people I’ve been lucky enough to call my colleagues (also, my excellent partner attorneys and LOs - you all know who you are).
Professionally and personally, 2024 was my very favorite year and the best part is… I really believe 2025 will be even better. There are always challenges to overcome and we’ve got our fair share on the horizon, no doubt. But I have felt so inspired by the people - clients and colleagues - that I get to work with every single day, and you all have given this broker a reason to wake up every morning with excitement, gratitude and optimism about what we can do together.
Happy New Year! Best wishes to all of you for a safe, happy and healthy 2025.
Xo
Chris