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Our trusted contacts
The people we actually use — after 648 closings.
Twenty-five years of transactions builds a phone book money can't buy. When clients ask “do you know a good…” — this is who we call. Nobody pays to be on this list, and nobody pays us a dime for being on it. These are simply the people we use ourselves.
The transaction team
Deals live and die on these three phone calls.
Real estate attorneys
Shawn Good and Marie Clear of The Good Law Group — our go-to counsel, on either side of the table. In Illinois your attorney matters more than most buyers realize; these two have saved deals we thought were dead.
Lenders
Domenic Noia at Neighborhood Loans and Jim Spallone at Guaranteed Rate. Pre-approvals that mean something, and closings that actually close on the date on the contract.
Home inspectors
Javier Cangiano — thorough, straight-talking, and worth following wherever he's working — and The BrickKicker when scheduling is tight. An honest inspection protects everyone.
For the house itself
The numbers we hand out most.
Plumbing & sewer
A Right Price Plumbing & Sewer Company Inc. — our call in the Fox Lake and Chain O'Lakes area, where plumbing surprises come with the territory.
Well service
Snelton — if you're buying on the Chain or anywhere on well water, save yourself the learning curve and use who we use.
Hauling & cleanouts
Torvik Hauling — estate cleanouts, pre-listing purges, and moving-day surprises that need to disappear by the weekend.
On the water (the Chain)
Allan Lukasz — piers, barge work, and whatever else the Chain throws at you. Josh grew up with him, half the Chain tags him by name when something goes sideways, and he's bailed out our own place more times than we can count.
General contractor
Patryk Szady — GS Construction. Renovations, pre-listing fix-ups, and the punch lists that come out of inspections — done right, in our area, by someone we trust with our own projects.
Need someone who isn’t on this list?
Roofer, HVAC, electrician, stager, painter — ask us. If we don’t have a name from 648 closings, we know someone who does. And mention us when you call: it tends to get the good calendar slots.