KaTiya Magee

09/01/2026

Here's how shelving can help show your home in its best light.

When it’s time to sell your home, you want it looking its best. This often means putting your design...

09/01/2026

One thing about my job..
You have to be adventurous, spontaneous and you can’t be afraid of heights.

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08/29/2026

How to:
Buy Real Estate
Dive into the preapproval a little more.

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Preparation • Readiness • Ex*****on

KaTiya Magee
Generational Wealth Advisor
IL Licensed Broker
BHHS Chicago
708.971.0702

08/29/2026

Your 2025 second-installment Cook County tax bill is finally on its way — mailed September 1st, due October 1st, about two months later than usual because of a countywide tech overhaul.

If you’re a long-term property owner here in Chicago, don’t wait for the number to surprise you. I’ll run your current home value against that new bill, complimentary.

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08/27/2026

Before you tour a single home: get pre-approved‼️

Nobody tells first-time buyers this part: the home search is step five, not step one.

I watch buyers fall for a house before they even know what they can actually afford — and “actually afford” in Chicago isn’t the mortgage number, it’s the mortgage plus Cook County taxes that swing by block.

Pre-approval fixes that before you’re emotionally invested.

It also does two things people never expect: it tells you if you qualify for IHDA down-payment assistance, and it lets you rate-shop lenders without wrecking your credit (inquiries in a short window count as one).

Just don’t wait too long — most letters expire in 60–90 days.

Documents → lender → letter → budget → then the search.

Save this before you start touring, and send it to the friend who’s about to.

KaTiya Magee
IL Licensed RE Broker +
Generational Wealth Advisor
BHHS Chicago

08/25/2026

Your neighbor’s Zestimate is not your price‼️

Pricing a South Side home is a process, not a number I pull out of the air.
I start with sold prices from the last 90 days, then adjust for age, condition, and updates — because two Kenwood homes a street apart can appraise thousands apart.
For two-flats and three-flats, rent rolls come into it too; comps alone undersell a well-run building.

Then I look at what didn’t sell.

Expired and withdrawn listings show exactly where buyers already said no.
That’s your ceiling, and I’d rather map it before we list than find it after 30 days of silence.

Two things sellers anchor to that I have to talk them off of:
1) Cook County assessment (that’s a tax number, not a market number)
and
2) A portal estimate (that’s an algorithm that has never walked through your kitchen).

You get a written pricing strategy — the comps, the adjustments, and the plan if the market answers differently.

Save this for when you’re ready to list.

DM me “PRICE” and I’ll walk you through your home’s real number.