Footprint
3,000–8,000
square feet
Send a lot address. I'll send back a price, a floor plan, and a finish spec — before you sign anything. No upgrades sold after contract, no surprise change orders.
A 6-part self-assessment — condition, location, showing access, marketing, terms, and pricing — the same scorecard I use with my own listing clients. Auto-calculating, takes 5 minutes, free to run in full. $10/mo unlocks the portal: save your property, share it with your agent, and get feedback directly from me.
Grade my property →I'm an asset manager who happens to hold a real estate license — every listing gets a data-driven pricing strategy, not a guess. If you're listing your current home or buying one that already exists, this is that service.
A real CMA — active comps, sold comps, and the expired listings that show what overpricing costs. A price strategy with a reason behind it, not a number to make you feel good.
Full representation on an existing home, including negotiation after inspection, appraisal gaps, and multiple-offer situations — the same tactics that show up in the MixMatch training app, applied to your deal.
An agent who discounts their own fee before the work even starts is telling you what they'll do when it's time to negotiate your money. That's the part that costs more than commission ever does.
Know someone else buying or selling? I'd rather earn the referral than compete for it — send them this page.
No kitchen islands that don't sit right. No stair runs you can't carry a couch up. Everything is sized, sequenced, and finished to a single standard.
Schedule pressure is the enemy of good homes. The discipline here is that every project follows the same four-step path — and that's why they finish on time.
Lot walk, code check, budget guardrails. 30 days. We say yes or no on the lot before you pay an architect.
Floor plan locked to spec. Drawings to plan review in 60 days. No custom millwork theatre — only durable choices.
One trade at a time, one floor a week. Subcontractors are paid by phase, not by draw — they finish faster.
ERV balance, HVAC commissioning, final punch list. White-glove walkthrough before keys hand over.
Each one started as a lot walk. Each one will finish as a keys-handover, on a fixed date, at the price quoted at contract.
Three phases. Same spec, same process, same fixed price. Every home is a keys-handover on a fixed date — whether it's the first or the fiftieth.
Current active builds + immediate pipeline. Urban lots, infill, adaptive reuse. All within Cook County.
Expansion into Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan. Partner brokerages in each state. Same spec, scaled production.
Texas, Florida, Carolinas, Mountain West. Owned and operated brokerages. 50 homes total — the full vision.
Drop your email and the lot address. We'll get on the phone within 24 hours and tell you whether the address is a yes or a no — including a base price range before you sign anything.
What's actually happening in Chicago real estate, one negotiation tactic at a time, and the neighborhoods worth knowing — the same content that runs on TikTok, written down.
Months of supply, days on market, and the one number that actually predicts where prices go next.
Whoever anchors first sets the frame for the entire negotiation — in a home sale, in a salary talk, anywhere.
Why a minimalist infill build works here — and what to check before you buy a converted loft.
I run a negotiation-training content platform (MixMatch, NOD News, books on Amazon) that pulls qualified buyers into the Chicago ecosystem. They come inbound through a daily content cadence and a 31-tool practice app — not paid ads. When those visitors ask about homes outside Illinois, I refer them to a licensed broker in their state. You service the lead, I receive a referral fee at close.
For licensed brokers and broker-owners only. We respond within one business day with the referral agreement and a sample of the inbound profile we're generating. Spouses and personal contacts (incl. EU) considered case-by-case — start with the application.
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