The MG Group

There is simply no one in Chicago that is better to work with in the real estate market. Mario Greco has assisted us on both the sale and purchase of various properties and to say he is the best in the business is an understatement. Not only is entire team a pleasure to work with, but he personally ensures his clients are well represented and taken care of. From the beginning of the process to the end, his group works tirelessly on behalf of their clients. Their hard work is demonstrated through the care they take from the initial listing and marketing push, through showings and the contract process, making everything go smooth all the way through closing. His group knows the Chicago market better than anyone, and knows how to maximize the potential through honest feedback and recommendations. I’ve used them several times and he is the only agent I refer friends to because he is simply the best!

Mario and his team made the selling of our home as smooth as possible. We relied on them extensively as we had moved out of the home and out of Chicago while the house was up for sale, and they were on top of every detail. We felt that we received expert advice on the selling of the home and know we received great coverage for our listing. Our high end home in Lincoln Park sold in a very short time. We would not hesitate to recommend this team if you are looking someone to represent you in the sale of your home.

We gave Mario and his unparalleled team a difficult sale listing. We had a beautiful house, but comps were nonexistent, and several unconventional features of the property made it hard to explain its merits. It sold! Mario (with Maureen and others) stuck with us through dozens of showings, guiding us wisely on strategy, and never letting us lose faith that “It only takes one, we’ll get it done.” Working with MG Group was a breeze. Every professional on the team excelled in every role they played. We worked with an earlier realtor, and know for a fact that MG Group’s leadership, experience and organization made a difference for us. It was a no-brainer to keep using MG Group for our subsequent purchase (through Alice), with equally excellent results.

It was an absolute pleasure to work with MGGROUP. MGGROUP deserves all the praise we can possibly give. MGGROUP made a typically daunting, stressful endeavor of buying a new home while also selling one a relative breeze. The responsiveness from MGGROUP was always rapid and thorough, and their knowledge of the Chicagoland real estate market was amazing. We felt taken care of and informed every step of the way. I could not ask for more. We look forward to recommending MGGROUP to anyone we know who may have need of their services and expertise. They truly understand top-notch customer service. -Lamaretta and Trev Kelderman

Alice Jordan was our realtor, and she made sure we got in to see any place of interest; she was also very helpful in terms of identifying places we might have overlooked, and also making sure we were as critical as we needed to be.  The folks who worked on the contract and inspection response with us were very knowledgeable and gave us great advice, making sure we were on track the entire time right through to the close.
We had a lot of peace of mind that we wouldn't have had otherwise, knowing that the MG Group was on top of the process for us.

The MG group is one of the most professional and competent residential real estate teams I've had an opportunity to work with.t
They represented me on a sale post a relocation and were able to expertly manage the sale process.  The team based approached allowed them to easily navigate the extra challenges that come with an out of town seller.
Their process is a bit unique and designed for scale.  In spite of their scale, they are able to still maintain the high touch customer service approach that it takes to make a transaction work.  Also I'm personally a big proponent of market feedback on transactions and this team does it very very well.  The showing recaps give a seller precisely the information they need to make informed decisions.
The group also provided spot on pricing guidance that allowed me to achieve my goals along with referrals to a useful set of vendors for services such as staging.
I've used the group over multiple transactions and highly recommend them.  

As good as it gets when it comes to a realtor. Alice Jordan gave me complete peace of mind that the transaction was being handled professionally and effectively. As soon as I hired them, Alice got everything in order so that I was ready to submit an offer and the seller was ready to receive one. Hiring them gave me instant credibility as a buyer. Between that credibility and Alice's advice on price, my initial offer was at exactly the right spot and the seller accepted my first offer. She also helped me build a great team with excellent attorney and inspector recommendations. I will definitely be using the Mario Greco Group again in the future.

Very professional. Kept me informed throughout the process. Standard sales fee for a real estate sale. Even though it was a smaller transaction, they still took good care of me.

There is great service and communication from all members of his team.

We worked with Mario Greco and his team ? and they are a team ? in the sale of our property in Southport in May 2012.  Despite a difficult market and a property on a busy thoroughfare, Mario was cheerful and upbeat about our prospects for sale and quickly identified strong selling points to work from.  As with many sellers in this market, we were reluctant at first to accept our home?s drop in value (we bought near the market peak in 2007), but Mario did his homework on neighborhood comparisons (which we checked independently) and made a clear case for a fair asking price.  We also agreed up front to a target price for sale.  We extensively prepped the home, with Mario?s copious advice and photography and MLS expertise, and crossed our fingers.    
The end result speaks for itself: we were under contract in six days for our target price (98% of asking and 107% of a lower in-building direct comp) and we are absolutely convinced the target price was fair market value.  We were naturally disinclined to trust real estate professionals (and sold our last property FSBO), feeling that most are trained to lowball prices and talk sellers into taking a deal.  Mario, on the other hand, absolutely represented our interests as sellers.  When many realtors would have attempted to negotiate us down after a lowball offer, Mario instead took the harder job of negotiating with our buyers and got us our target price ? a price that we knew was fair because of the work he did up front.  His follow-up through the sale process was outstanding and his office resolved two last minute issues that could have hurt the deal.  Two other units in our building on the market before we started remain unsold.  We would definitely retain Mario Greco again and would unreservedly recommend him to anyone selling property in the mid- or high- end of prices in the Chicago area

We met with Mario in January and then interviewed some other agents. We bought our condo near the height of the market in 2006. We chose Mario because he had the lowest commission rate, had a full staff to manage the every part of the process, had a large marketing budget to get maximum exposure for our condo, would be a tough negotiator, and knew the Chicago market as well as anyone since he sells the most units in the city each year. We also felt that Mario would be direct with his advice which is what we were looking for.

Mario did not provide much staging advice as he thought it was in good shape but we would have preferred some more suggestions on this (we had a friend later assist with this piece). Mario and his team were very clear with what we needed to get completed through the process. They arranged showing our our baby's nap schedule which was great. We received email updates after each showing within a few hours which provided quality feedback from the potential buyers reactions...both good and bad which was helpful for us. Mario and his team were super responsive for any questions as well. Every month or so we would have a short chat with Mario on where we were with buyers, marketing and the Chicago housing market in general.

We had a few small hiccups along the way which we expected with any real estate agent we went with. In each case, Mario and his team were very responsive to the issues and resolved them as soon as possible.

We were very pleased with our decision to use Mario.

We needed to short-sell 3 rental properties that had become severely cash-flow negative and unsustainable. The team worked tirelessly and professionally to get the properties sold for 9 months. They worked closely with our real estate attorney and the bank so it was a seamless and fairly painless process.

Not finished yet.

They were good. I like the speed at which they will contact you after you try and get in touch with them. They are good at getting back to you within a few minutes. They sold my house.

The market is terrible, so we're still out there. We were listed with another agent last year and it was awful. We've been listed with MG since March. Mario and his staff are realistic about the market and have given us solid advice. They've backed up their advice with information from outside sources and their own experience. We've had a tremendous amount of traffic and are hoping for the best. If you're putting your place on the market, it's probably going to take awhile so you want to trust your agent. I'd recommend Mario and his staff highly.

Mario Greco and his team worked wonders!