Staci Yesner Real Estate Broker

Staci Yesner Real Estate Broker Lifelong Chicagoan. Compass Broker. Former Social Worker of 20 years. Every stage of life, every kind of move. pop.store/staciyesner I do not take that lightly.
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I help people buy, sell, and move forward at every stage of life, from first time buyers to families ready to rightsize. Buying or selling a home is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. I grew up in Des Plaines, went to school at the University of Kansas where I earned my B.A. in Psychology and Human Development, and came back to Chicago for graduate school. I have two master's degrees

, one in Social Work from UIC and one in Educational Leadership from Chicago State University. I am also a licensed clinical social worker. I spent 20 years as a school social worker and special education administrator working across Buffalo Grove, Burbank, Maywood, and Cicero before making the move to real estate in 2015. I brought everything from that career with me. After graduate school I lived in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, and Logan Square. I have owned, rented, rehabbed, and sold property. I served on my condo board for years. I have worked in new construction. I know this city and its suburbs from the inside out, not just professionally but personally. I work with renters, first time buyers, people relocating to Chicagoland from anywhere in the world, families upsizing, and people ready to rightsize after decades in the same home. I hold the ABR designation as an Accredited Buyer's Representative, the SRES designation as a Senior Real Estate Specialist, and the CSA designation as a Certified Senior Advisor. Those are not just letters. They represent a real investment in understanding the people I work with at every stage of life. I work at Compass as a solo broker and am a member of Compass Plus, a specialized division of Compass dedicated to helping seniors navigate their next chapter. When you hire me, you get me. I am patient, calm, and steady in stressful situations. That is not a sales pitch. It is just what 20 years in social work looks like in practice. I volunteer at Gilda's Club Chicago and am a former board member of Esperanza Community Services. I am also part of Compass Cares Chicago. Giving back to this city is not something I do on the side. It is part of who I am. Outside of work I am a lifelong Cubs fan, a proud Jayhawk, a Pilates regular, a cook, a traveler, and a dog mom who misses Wrigley every day. If you are looking for someone who will show up for you, ask the right questions, and help you figure out what you actually need, I would love to connect.

May was work and play, but always having fun 🌞🌞
05/31/2026

May was work and play, but always having fun 🌞🌞

05/22/2026

I turn 55 in August.

And I keep thinking about what that means.

I take Pilates because my body asked me to, not because I was trying to look a certain way. I cook real meals on weeknights because it makes me happy. I go to restaurants I cannot afford to eat at every week and I go anyway sometimes because the experience is worth it.

I spent a lot of years being the person who held everything together for everyone else. The social worker. The administrator. The one in the room keeping things calm.

Somewhere in my 50s I started asking what holds me together.

Turns out it is morning coffee before anyone needs anything. It is a good book and a bad reality show in the same evening. It is Wrigley’s face on my phone screen even now.

It is also being really intentional about who gets my time and energy. The people who fill my cup instead of drain it. That distinction gets clearer every year and I am done apologizing for it.

I also decided that travel is not a luxury I will get to someday. It is something I am building into my life now. Real trips. Full unplugs. Phone on airplane mode, out of reach, actually present. That is not selfish. That is survival.

55 is not a crisis. It is a correction.

I know what I like. I know what I need. I know what is worth paying for and what I am done pretending matters.

That feels like a pretty good place to start a new year.

05/21/2026

Stop sleeping on Chicago. New York and LA are charging you twice as much for half the life.

I’m talking a real neighborhood. A kitchen you can actually cook in. A commute that doesn’t break you. Summers on the lake. And a food scene that competes with any city in the world. Casa De Samuel in Little Village, Girl and the Goat .and.the.goat in the West Loop, Lem’s Bar-B-Q on the South Side.

People who move here from the coasts always say the same thing: I wish I did this sooner.

If you’re curious what Chicago living actually looks like for your budget and lifestyle, comment GUIDE and I’ll send you my neighborhood breakdown.

05/19/2026

If you know you know!

Comment GUIDE for my Chicago Neighborhood Guide.

Eleven years teaches you a few things.The house is never just about the house.Fear is not a problem. It is information.S...
05/15/2026

Eleven years teaches you a few things.

The house is never just about the house.

Fear is not a problem. It is information.

Selling a family home is grief. I treat it that way.

I have never regretted slowing down for a client who needed more time. Not once.

Twenty years in social work taught me more about real estate than any training ever could.

Chicago is not one market. It is 77 of them.

When you hire me, you get me.

I am still showing up the same way I always have.

If any of this sounds like the agent you have been looking for, my DMs are open.

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2350 N Lincoln
Chicago, IL
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