Corey Schraw - Baird & Warner

In this housing market, any real estate agent that can make a sale is achieving something. But Corey Schraw achieved quite a bit more, becoming not only our agent and trusted adviser throughout the home sale process, but also a friend along the way. Like many home buyers, we hoped to take advantage of historically low prices and interest rates as the market turned downward in 2008. Fortunately, we were not forced to sell due to hardship like so many have. We wanted to get a little more land, a little more room, and a little less traffic. Corey helped us find our dream home and effectively marketed our house such that even though we had the house on the market for almost two years, we had almost constant showings and several offers eventually resulting in a sale. In this market, you have to be realistic - prices are not what they were. Home inventory is high, loans are still hard to get, and there is a real challenge in getting a property to stand out enough to sell. It's a painful process. Corey made that pain a bit easier to bear with good humor, good advice and a wealth of expertise on real estate in the Lombard / Glen Ellyn / Wheaton area. We had at least one showing - often several - per week when many other properties stood unexamined for months on end. Throughout it all, Corey kept encouraging us and providing a level of customer service in finding our new home that was truly exceptional.