Angel Kimmel - Real Estate Broker with Realtopia

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Angel Kimmel - Real Estate Broker with Realtopia

Local real estate agent at Realtopia Real Estate. 🏡 I help buyers & sellers in the Chicago Suburbs achieve their real estate goals!

09/08/2026

Sold their home at asking AND bought their new home for $20,000 under asking, with a home sale contingency! 🏡

Buying and selling at the same time can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of moving parts, and everything has to line up just right. That’s where having an experienced agent and a solid plan really matters.

My clients started by listing their home on the private network while we searched for their next home. Then everything fell into place. On the same day they received a great offer on their home, we submitted an offer on the perfect home for them!
They accepted an asking price offer on their sale AND we negotiated $20,000 off the original asking price of their new home, even with their purchase being contingent on their home selling.

Everything was lined up perfectly… until the morning of closing. 😅
I got a call from the buyer’s agent saying their buyer wouldn’t be able to close until the following Monday. Meanwhile, my clients’ entire house was packed onto a moving truck and they needed the proceeds from their sale to close on their new home that day.

Not happening on my watch 😂

I immediately started making phone calls, working with everyone involved to figure out the problem and get the closing back on track. And we did! Both homes closed exactly when they were supposed to, and my clients were able to move straight into their new home.

A smooth transaction doesn’t always mean nothing goes wrong. Sometimes it means having the right people behind you when something does.

If buying and selling at the same time is in your future, let’s make a plan before the For Sale sign ever goes up. 🏡

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day 🇺🇸

A day to appreciate hard work, dedication, and a chance to reset.

08/28/2026

Consider this a judgment free zone 😂🏡

You hated a perfectly good house because of the furniture? Drove past it three times before your showing? Started scrolling Zillow months before talking to a lender? I’ve heard it all.

Buying a home is a learning process, and you don’t need to have everything figured out before you call me. That’s literally what I’m here for!

Now it’s your turn. What would you confess during your home search?

08/27/2026

Summer is nearly over, but Lockport and the surrounding areas have plenty of fun lined up for September! 🍂🎶 From live music and farmers markets to food crawls, festivals and community celebrations, here are some local events to check out this month:

🎶 September 2 | Music on the Patio at Prairie Bluff
Enjoy live music on the patio at Prairie Bluff in Crest Hill from 6–8 PM.

🎶 September 4 | Fridays in the Park: Friday at Five
Head to Lincoln Landing in Lockport from 7–9 PM for live music, food, face painting and more!

🌽 September 5, 12 & 19 | Trackside Farmers Market
Shop local farmers, makers, bakers and small businesses at the Lockport Metra Station from 9 AM–1 PM.

🎉 September 6 | Lemont Keepataw Day & Fun Fest
Celebrate Lemont with the annual parade at 1 PM, followed by the Fun Fest from 2–11 PM featuring live music, food vendors, a Kids’ Corner and artisan market.
👉 www.lemontkeepataw.com

🚗 September 12 | Route 66 Car Show
Check out classic cars, hot rods and custom vehicles at Deer Crossing Park in Romeoville from 9 AM–4 PM.
👉 www.romeoville.org/1521/Route-66-Car-Show

🎖️ September 12–13 | Military History Weekend
Step back in time at Dellwood Park in Lockport with military encampments, reenactments, displays, entertainment and family-friendly activities.

🍔 September 19 | Taste of Lockport
Enjoy an evening of food, drinks and music in Downtown Lockport from 5–10:30 PM.

🍴 Sunday, September 20 | Sweets & Savory Crawl
Spend the day exploring Lockport and sampling sweet and savory treats from local businesses.

🌎 September 27 | Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Celebrate Hispanic culture and traditions at A.F. Hill Park in Lockport from 1–3 PM with live entertainment, cultural performances, food, games and more.

For details on Lockport events 👉 www.lockportpark.org/main-events

There’s no shortage of reasons to get out and enjoy our local communities this September! ❤️ Which event are you most excited to check out?

08/19/2026

Unfortunately, I am exactly who I am 😂

Old houses with character, unnecessarily complicated craft projects, jam packed vacations, pretty neighborhoods, and treating my cats like the children they obviously are.

I fear none of these things will ever change 😅

08/18/2026

I really believe that everything happens exactly as it’s supposed to.

A few months ago, I was walking through my neighborhood with another neighbor whose home I was selling when we ran into someone who used to live here. We stopped to catch up, and I mentioned that I’m a real estate agent and had actually sold his old townhome for the person who bought it from him years ago.

Well, the neighbor he was there visiting happened to overhear our conversation and said he and his wife planning on selling their home too. He asked if I could drop off some information, and the rest is history!

They ended up trusting me to list their home, we sold it for exactly what I told them I thought it would sell for, and the entire transaction was about as smooth as you could ask for.

So many little things had to happen exactly the way they did for our paths to cross that day. If we had walked by five minutes earlier or later, this sale may have never happened.

Now my clients can officially close this chapter and move on to the next one, and I’m so grateful I happened to be walking down the street at just the right time. 🏡

08/17/2026

Looking at homes on Zillow is all fun and games until your dream home is listed and you haven't even started the home buying process. There are multiple things you need to do before you're ready for your first showing, and the first step is to meet with a real estate professional so they can walk you through all of the other steps. The best time to do that is as soon as you're made the decision to buy, so they can help you determine your timeline, and ensure you're ready when the time is right!

08/16/2026

This closing was a little bittersweet for me 🥹

I’ve lived in my townhome for almost 7 years, and I truly couldn’t have asked for a better neighbor than Donna. Our front doors are right next to each other, we share a wall, and somehow we would never even know if she was home unless she told us 😂

Donna was an original owner and called this home hers for 25 years. She’s owned another home about an hour away for a while now, so I always knew the day would eventually come when she decided to make the move permanent. When she asked me to sell her home, of course I said yes!

Since the home was vacant, one of her biggest concerns was making sure everything was taken care of after showings. So each day we had showings, I stopped over to make sure the doors were locked, lights were off, and everything was exactly how it should be. Luckily, I had a pretty short commute for this listing 😂

We ended up receiving two similar offers, and after some negotiating, Donna accepted a great offer and can officially focus on enjoying her other home!
I’m so happy I got to help her with this next chapter, but I’m definitely going to miss having her next door.

08/15/2026

Real estate is a very normal career where I do very normal things 😂

Meet strangers from the internet and immediately walk through houses with them? Normal.

Write legally binding contracts from the front seat of my car? Normal.

Celebrate someone taking on hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt? Also normal.

And somehow, after almost 5 years of doing this, none of it feels weird anymore 😂

08/12/2026

Not every seller's goal is to get the absolute highest price. I know that might sound surprising, but every client has different priorities. My job is to help them achieve their goals, not mine.

I recently helped a client sell the home she had lived in for 37 years. More than anything, she wanted the process to be as smooth and stress free as possible. Instead of rushing to the active market, we listed her home on the private network while she searched for her next home. By the time she found it, I already had a list of interested agents to follow up with.

On the very first day of showings, we had three buyers come through and received offers from two of them. Could we have gone active and scheduled dozens of showings to try to generate even more offers? Absolutely. But that wasn't the right strategy for this seller. She chose the offer that gave her confidence and peace of mind, and from there the rest of the transaction couldn't have gone more smoothly.

That's what I love most about real estate. There isn't one "right" way to buy or sell a home. Every client is different, and the strategy should be too.

If you're thinking about making a move, I'd love to help you create a plan that fits your goals.

Address

936 S State St
Lockport, IL
60441

Telephone

+18155463146

Website

http://AngelKimmel.com/instagram

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