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Dear Agents, Employees and Leadership Team,
This summer has been a truly incredible time
for our company. We want to congratulate all
of you on a fantastic month in May. It was a
record month with $600 million in newly written
business, in comparison with $450 million in May
2014. This is a testament to every single person
in this company who is working hard to grow
their business. Thank you for your incredible
contributions. Thank you to our staff, as well, who
work diligently to provide a high level of support
within each office. We are fortunate to have great
teams in place.
While everyone is focused on their clients
and helping them be successful with their real
estate endeavors, we want to take a moment
to discuss a different kind of success. We just
completed our Week of Kindness, the company-
wide initiative spearheaded by the KoenigRubloff
Cares Foundation. More than 500 agents and
employees dedicated hours of their time to
community organizations at more than 20 events.
We have thanked you for your performance in the
marketplace, but we don’t know if we thank you
enough for the type of people you are. To see all
of you work together to help those who may not
have reasons to smile as often as they should, is
very inspiring.
So thank you all, not only for the work you
accomplish every day in the office, but for the
work you do outside of it too.
Sincerely,
THE KOENIGRUBLOFF READER – 6/25/15
A WEEK OF KINDNESS TO REMEMBER
Thank you for making our Week of Kindness such a success. You made a difference as never before, donating approximately 1000 hours of volunteer hours over the course of the week! Company-wide, more than 20 philanthropic events took place across Chicagoland. Joe Stacy, KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation President, attended many of the events and was impressed by the impact the week made in our communities. Enjoy this recap of the week!
The Schaumburg office got an early start, raising funds at a bowling fundraiser for their adopted Little City Foundation homes. They then joined the Park Ridge office to add landscaping, flowers and decorative touches to two integrated community living arrangement homes.
Our Hinsdale office braved rain and wind to host a household item drive, partnering with HSC Family Services, Community Nurse Health Center, Sharing Connections, PADS, and Assistance League of Chicagoland.
The Mag Mile and Gold Coast offices participated in the Ronald McDonald House Cookies from the Heart program and baked 540 cookies over the course of the week.
HomeServices Lending, the Mag Mile and Gold Coast offices hosted a birthday party extravaganza to celebrate the three year anniversary of the downtown Chicago Ronald McDonald House!
The Wheaton office hosted a cookout at the Winfield Ronald McDonald House where they grilled 90 tenderloin sliders and offered a Make Your Own Sundae bar.
The Lincoln Park Clybourn office collected donations and helped our feline neighbors find
homes with a Tree House Cat adoption event at Petco. They will continue to accept donations through the end of June.
The Lake Forest office collected children’s books for Bernie’s Book Bank and more than 40 volunteers gave their time to the warehouse on two days during the week. Bernie’s distributes 35,000 books each week throughout Chicagoland to children who might not otherwise have their own books.
Libertyville, Naperville, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst and the Northbrook Home office packed more than 34,000 nutritious meals with Feed My Starving Children in Aurora and Libertyville.
Addressing hunger locally, the Marketing team helped rescue 50,000 pounds of food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository at the National Restaurant Show. Evanston, Glenview and Deerfield held food drives and donated volunteer time at local food pantries. Twenty-two Evanston office volunteers worked at the Child Care Center of Evanston where they organized the Library and Resource Center, worked in the garden and sanitized toys and furniture.
The Glenview office made more than 30 blankets for Project Linus, an organization that makes blankets for critically ill children.
Thirteen Webster Avenue office volunteers collected 25,000 pounds of food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
The Winnetka office handed out more than 3,000 refreshing snow-cones and wands of pastel cotton candy and raised significant funds for the Winnetka Community Nursery School. They also handed out 250 Vienna Beef Hot Dogs and 250 bags of popcorn on two days during the week.
The Harbor Country office in New Buffalo is raising money for Relay For Life and will continue to do so until the Berrien County Relay on June 27th.
To see Facebook photos from the Week of Kindness, please click here.
The Week of Kindness touched people’s lives in
small and great ways. Many participants will never
be the same as a result. Giving of one’s time and
talent can do that to a person. The KoenigRubloff
Cares Foundation Newsletter Summer 2015 is
available on Cabernet Corner in Online Forms
and is available as an eCard should you wish to
share your experiences. Who knows, maybe our
efforts will snowball and encourage others to
expand their own volunteer activities. Boundless
results are indeed possible!
THE KOENIGRUBLOFF CARES FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER FOR SUMMER 2015 IS NOW AVAILABLE!
OUR MISSION The mission of the KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation is to support meaningful local initiatives that improve the communities we serve and enhance the quality of life for our fellow citizens. The Foundation practices kindness through giving to health and shelter related charities.
From June 8th through June 12th the brokers and staff of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group celebrated their annual Week of Kindness, and made a difference as never before. More than 20 philanthropic events and activities took place across Chicagoland, all under the auspices of the KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation. Approximately 500 agents and employees participated.
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRYThe Deerfield office collected and organized food for the Deerfield Township Food Pantry.
HSC FAMILY SERVICES, COMMUNITY NURSE HEALTH CENTER, SHARING CONNECTIONS, PADS, AND ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF CHICAGOLAND
The Hinsdale office raised funds and collected donations of books and household items for five community organizations that included: HSC Family Services, Community Nurse Health Center, Sharing Connections, PADS, and Assistance League of Chicagoland.
BUILDING ON! - HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Members of our leadership team had the opportunity of participating in the start of “Building On!” on June 5th, a six-month initiative in Chicago, Lake County and DuPage County in which the areas work together in a building blitz to provide homes for families.
week of kindness: 1 week, 20 events, 1000+ hands, boundless results
Summer 2015T H E K O E N I G R U B L O F F C A R E S F O U N D A T I O N F O C U S
KOENIGRUBLOFF CARES FOUNDATION SUPPORTS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THEIR SUMMER OF “BUILDING ON!”
The KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation is a proud
sponsor of Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity.
On June 5th, David Bracy, Michael Mazzei and
Joe Stacy helped kick off their “Building On!”
event at three different Habitat for Humanity
build sites. Work on the homes will continue by
some 1,500 volunteers until the owners receive
their keys in November! Watch for details about
future opportunities to participate or reach out to
your offices’ Foundation Ambassador for details.
Managers and Foundation Ambassadors are
Building On! on June 26th as well! To view photos
from June 5th, please click here.
WEB STATS AND FACT SHEET - MONTHLY REPORT CARD
MAY 2015
Mobile Traffic
Friday6am to 9am
visits from visits originating from
other websites
visits from all
cities
United States
37,730 345,606 2,594 8,669
KoenigRubloff.com
1. Russia2. Ukraine3. Kazakhstan4. Canada5. United Kingdom
6. India7. Brazil8. Israel9. Spain10. Greece
1. Google.com2. m.Facebook.com (mobile)3. Yahoo.com4. Bing.com5. Realtor.com6. Trulia.com7. Facebook.com8. Homefinder.com9. Chicago.curbed.com10. Zillow.com
1. Illinois2. Michigan3. Wisconsin4. California5. Indiana
6. New York7. Texas8. Florida9. Ohio 10. Kansas
LOCATED IN 123 COUNTRIES
Top 10 countries, excluding USA:TOP 10 OTHER WEBSITES SENDING TRAFFIC TO KOENIGRUBLOFF.COM
TOP 10 STATES:plus the District of Columbia
BUSIEST DAY & TIME OF THE WEEK
MOBILE PAGES VIEWED MOBILE APP LOGINS MOBILE APP PROPERTIES VIEWEDMOBILE WEBSITE VISITS
4063878
50
We are thrilled to see so many agents across the
company embrace the KoenigRubloff InTouch app.
For those who are receiving InTouch notifications
to your phone or email, and would prefer to
customize these alerts by turning them on or off,
here are a few quick steps:
1. Log in to the app
2. Navigate to the Left Menu
a. Mobile App: Tap the 3 horizontal lines at the top left of the screen to reveal the left menu
b. Website/Desktop: Simply hover your cursor over the far left, gray bar, which will expand the menu options
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the menu and select “Notification Settings”
In Notification Settings, you can select whether
to receive post/subscription alerts via your
email or a push notification. A push notification
is how your phone alerts you when there is new
information from an app. Simply tap the setting
you wish to turn on or off. If the bar turns green,
the notification setting is on. If you tap the bar
and it turns white, the notifications are off.
Turning off all notifications does NOT limit your
access to InTouch posts. At any point, you can
always log-in to the app and review any loop or
folder to which you are a member.
For those who are new to the app, we encourage
you to visit the Video Training Library in Cabernet
Corner. There are several short videos to help
you get started, and advanced InTouch training
videos are on the way.
MARKETING & TECHNOLOGY DID YOU KNOW… CUSTOMIZING INTOUCH NOTIFICATIONS
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES PROUDLY SPONSORS NATIONAL LGBT REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE!
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is proud to
be a national, founding sponsor of the National
Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate
Professionals, also known as NAGLREP. This
year’s conference will be held October 12 – 15 in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Berkshire Hathaway
HomeServices Associates may register by using
the special code ‘berkshirehathawayhs100’ and
save $100 off their registration. Just click here
to register. In addition, KoenigRubloff agents are
eligible for a discounted NAGLREP membership
thanks to our BHHS affiliation! To read more,
please visit this link.
YOUR MOBILE BROKER ECARD
Erik Stegemann of the Mag Mile office used
the InTouch app pre-market notice “First Look”
to share his new listing with his KoenigRubloff
colleagues. Webster Avenue’s Mike Wade saw
the listing, the deal went under contract in short
order and the rest is history. If you aren’t using
the InTouch app for posting new listings and any
client needs, you might consider giving it a try.
Erik’s glad he did. So’s Mike!
AN INTOUCH SUCCESS STORY
We are pleased to announce we have three new
eCards for your summer marketing campaigns!
Three regional Farmers Market eCards have been
created for Chicago, the Northern Suburbs and
Western Suburbs. You can find them under BHHS
ReSource>Marketing REsource>Library>Master
Library and search “Farmers”. Enjoy!
A FRESH BATCH OF FARMERS MARKET ECARDS HAS ARRIVED!
Our Harbor Country office celebrated the opening
of their new location at 30 West Buffalo Street in
New Buffalo, Michigan, on June 23rd. Centrally
located in a high profile area of New Buffalo, the
new office space is more than double the size of
their previous office space, offering additional
and improved resources for their clients. The
soiree had tasty delectable treats and fantastic
presence from agents, employees and members
of the community! To see photos from the event
on Facebook, please click here.
HARBOR COUNTRY OFFICE CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING!
Bravo! More than 450 open houses were held over
the June 13th and 14th Paint the Town Cabernet
Open House Blitz. Open houses were promoted
using our electronic and print media resources,
driving traffic to our site and your listings! Your
open houses appeared as part of the searches that
were available on PaintTheTownCabernet.com. A
plethora of marketing pieces and avenues were
available to support Paint the Town Cabernet
that included eCards, KoenigRubloff.com,
PaintTheTownCabernet.com, ChicagoTribune.
com, Print Advertising, social media portals,
modified Open House Hotsheets and media
coverage in the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald,
Sun-Times Splash and Chicago Agent Magazine.
PAINT THE TOWN CABERNET OPENED DOORS TO 450 HOMES JUNE 13TH AND 14TH!
DAY AT THE RACES! ARLINGTON PARK OUTING WITH THE KOENIGRUBLOFF CARES FOUNDATION!
Day at theRacesORDER YOUR TICKETS AT: KoenigRubloffCares.comSpecial Early Bird Pricing $65
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2015ARLINGTON PARK, 1:15PM POST TIME
Plan to join us for a day of racing fun in support of the KoenigRubloff Cares Foundation.
Diane Glass recently sent out an email to all agents
about the upcoming changes to lending rules that
take effect later this year. The new rules, forms
and processes surrounding them are called TRID.
Training kicked off in the Hinsdale office! Molly
Ryan, KoenigRubloff General Counsel, Mike Mabry
of HomeServices Lending and Mike Collins of Fort
Dearborn Title will be presenting at your sales
meetings this month to discuss the TRID forms
and best practices in more detail.
In advance of your meetings, we recommend
viewing the new TRID On-Demand video available
in Cabernet Corner. In less than 15 minutes you
can get an overview of the new rules, documents
and procedures.
TRID TRAINING COMING TO YOUR OFFICE SOON!
DOCUAGENT “STRIKE-THRU” AND “ADD TEXT” FEATURES
Have you taken advantage of the “Strike-Thru”
and “Add Text” features in DocuAgent? You can
strike through pre-written text and add additional
text. Follow these simple steps:
From a DocuAgent eSign session, step #4 (Add
Signing Locations), click the new “Markups” button
in the upper right corner (See screenshot below).
Click “Strike-Thru” to generate a red line. Drag
the red line to the text you wish to strike, and
grab the right or left edge of the red line to
extend/shrink to desired length. Generate a new
red line for each line of text you wish to strike.
To delete a red line, click to highlight it and then
click the red X that will appear to the right.
Click “Add Text” to generate a text box. Drag the
box to the desired location and grab the right,
left, top or bottom edge of the box to extend/
shrink to desired size. Type your additional
text inside the box. To delete the box, click to
highlight it and click the red X that will appear
to the right.
DocuAgent will remind you to add esign initial
and date fields to any markups. A pop-up box
will appear when you click “Next” to advance to
step #5.
Always follow applicable license law and company
policy when making any changes to forms.
Give the markup features a try and see how
DocuAgent helps you work smarter.
If you have questions, please email KoenigRubloff
University at [email protected].
JAYNE ALOFS
JEAN ANDERSON & DONNA MANCUSO
TRACY ANDERSON
COURTNEY BEGEL
MARIKAY BELSANTI
KRIS BERGER (5 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
HAROLD BLUM
CARA BUFFA
COLETTE CONNELLY
GLENN DE FALKENBERG
CHRIS DOWNEY (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
CAROL DURAN
CAROL ANN EDWARDS-NASSER
CONNIE ENGEL
CATHY GIBSON FAY
EUDICE FOGEL & JAYME FOGEL SLATE
HONORE & KELLY FRUMENTINO
GRACE GAUGHAN
MARIO GRECO (5 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
SCOT GREEN
GWEN HARTSELL & BERNADETTE CARAHER
JULIET & STEVE HOLUBOWICZ
JULIE FALDUTO HURT
DIANA & CHUCK IVAS (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
MARINA JACOBSON
ELIZABETH JAKAITIS (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
MELINDA JAKOVICH
MISSY JERFITA
KRYSTYNA KACZOR
MARTA KAZMIERCZAK
JENNIFER MILLS KLATT (3 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
SOPHIA KLOPAS & JASON STRATTON (3 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
ANTJE KUIPER
LIZ LASSNER
BRAD LIPPITZ (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
VICKI LOEVY
JEFFREY LOWE (4 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
SALLY MABADI
MARTHA MAY (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
MEGAN & THOMAS MCCLEARY
MEREDITH MANNI MESEROW
PATTIE MURRAY
JOSEPH NASH
JANET OWEN (2 TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION)
HARRY PFAFF
MARIANNE PIAZZI
MICHAEL ROSENBLUM
ELLEN STERN
LAURA TOPP
DOUGLAS WOOD
KATHERINE WOODMAN
Congratulations to the following brokers who had closings in MRED
with a sale price of $1 million or greater in May, 2015!
OUR CLOSED TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION!
WE WELCOME OUR NEWLY AFFILIATED ASSOCIATES AND STAFF
LEN ALTIMARI, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
ROSE M. ALVAREZ, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
BRYAN ANDERSON, LIBERTYVILLE
SARAH ANDERSON, GLEN ELLYN
ANGEL ARZET, LINCOLN PARK | CLYBOURN
JOSEPH BERNARD, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
MARY MEGAN BAGNALL, WHEATON
TANYA CALLAWAY, SCHAUMBURG
BIANCA CASTILLO, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
KAYLA CHIRICO, LINCOLN PARK | CLYBOURN
PAMELA DIEDRICH, LIBERTYVILLE
JOSEPH FREER, LINCOLN PARK | CLYBOURN
ALICIA GLOSSINGER, HARBOR COUNTRY
JOSEPH P. JOHNSON, ELMHURST
MINDY KARP, GOLD COAST
COLLIN KEEGAN, GOLD COAST
KRISTEN KLEINSORGE, MAG MILE
NORMAN LIEBER, GLENVIEW
LIZA LOZA, PARK RIDGE
VERNON MCCALLUM, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
TIFFANY NORDAHL, ELMHURST
DEVIN PATRICK O’NEAL, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
ANGELA M. POLITE, GOLD COAST
MARIANTHI PROUTSOS, PARK RIDGE
ANGELICA RODRIGUEZ, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
BRIAN SHERMAN, LINCOLN PARK | CLYBOURN
JENNY TAYLOR, PARK RIDGE
STACY TERPSMA, MAG MILE
OLEKSIY TSYAPALO, GLENVIEW
BETCY VINCENT, MAG MILE
ROSS WALL, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
LINDSAY WEINSTEIN, MAG MILE
EDWARD WOOD, LINCOLN PARK | CLARK
We welcome our newly affiliated associates and staff who have joined Berkshire Hathaway
HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group since May!
CHICAGO - GOLD COAST
SOPHIA KLOPAS & JASON STRATTON
PETER TORTORELLO
ELIZABETH BENNAN
CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK CLARK
JEFF LOWE
JULIE CHESNE
CARA BUFFA
CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK CLYBOURN
MARIO GRECO
IVONA KUTERMANKIEWICZ
NATASHA MOTEV
CHICAGO - MAG MILE
BRAD LIPPITZ
JANET OWEN
MORGAN SAGE
CHICAGO - WEBSTER
JENNIFER MILLS KLATT
PEARCE LASHMETT
SIMON ALLEN
DEERFIELD
BERNADETTE CARAHER & GWEN HARTSELL
RUTH CONTERIO
ELMHURST
JULIET & STEVE HOLUBOWICZ
ARMANDO VARGAS
JULIE FALDUTO HURT
EVANSTON
GEORGE & KATRINA DE LOS REYES
LYNDA FRILLMAN
SALLY MABADI
GLEN ELLYN
PATTIE MURRAY
AMY BENDIGKEIT
DALE HOUSTON
GLENVIEW
MISSY JERFITA
MARTHA MAY
LISA KERR
HARBOR COUNTRY
BETTY RAMSEY
GARY HARDINA
HINSDALE
DIANA & CHUCK IVAS
KRIS BERGER
TINA PORTERFIELD & ANNA FIASCONE
LAKE FOREST
ELIZABETH JAKAITIS
JEAN ANDERSON & DONNA MANCUSO
JULIE MORSE
LIBERTYVILLE
JULI NOLL
DEE WAGNER
MARIA ETLING
NAPERVILLE
RICH HARTMANN
GAYLE WEATHERLY
KATHY MELONE
NORTHBROOK
HONORE & KELLY FRUMENTINO
KRYSTYNA KACZOR
PETE MANGIONE
PARK RIDGE
PAT HUSTON
EILEEN O’GRADY NEWELL
ANNA FOLEY-COAKLEY
SCHAUMBURG
CRIS SALLMEN
LINDA ZIELINSKI
STEVE ROLLINS
WHEATON
KATHY VAN TEYLINGEN
JENNIFER WHITNEY
MARY BAHRY
WINNETKA
SANDY CLIFTON
JOE NASH
CHRIS DOWNEY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAY 2015 SALES LEADERS!
Congratulations to the following sales leaders for May 2015 based on closed GCI.
Keep up the great work!
JEAN ANDERSON/DONNA MANCUSO/BILL CASTLE
ERANIO ARIZI/TIM MAZUR
PENNY BAGHERPOUR
AMY BENDIGKEIT
LAURA BLYTH
DON BREITFELDER
MARIA CAMPUZANO
KIKI CLARK
PHOEBE CO
KAREN CUNNIFF
BEKI DARIN
NEAL DAVID
DANIEL DEBOO
JAMES DEMARCO
CHRIS DOWNEY
NANCY DRABEK
ELLEN DUMBOVIC
CAROL DURAN/DOUGLAS WOOD
CATHY GIBSON FAY/MARILYN LISSNER
EUDICE FOGEL/JULIE CHESNE
EUDICE FOGEL
HONORE & KELLY FRUMENTINO
GRACE GAUGHAN
KEITH GOAD
MARIO GRECO
AELEE HAN/NADIA APPEL
JULIAN HARKLEROAD
GWEN HARTSELL/BERNADETTE CARAHER
MICHAEL HEAGNEY
NANCY HEARON
ASHLEA HOLLAND
JULIET & STEVE HOLUBOWICZ
LOIS INFELISE/JENNIE JACALA-ALBERT
MISSY JERFITA
CHRIS JOHNSON/JASON STRATTON
JENNIFER MILLS KLATT
SOPHIA KLOPAS & JASON STRATTON
JAMES KONOLD
MARILYN KOSIK
IVONA KUTERMANKIEWICZ
PEARCE LASHMETT
PEARCE LASHMETT/JENNIFER MILLS KLATT
JEN LASKOV
JEN LASKOV/FRANCESCA ROSE
BRAD LIPPITZ
EDIE LOVE/DIANE GEISSLER
JEFF LOWE
TRISHA LUSTIG
KELLEY LYNCH
SALLY MABADI
PETE MANGIONE
JEANNE MARTINI/ANN LYON
TERRI MCAULEY
LAURA MICHICICH/ELAINE PAGELS
BREE MISIAK
FRAN MIZZI/PETER TORTORELLO
PATTY MORAN-BAROCIO
JULIE MORSE
PATTIE MURRAY
CAROL ANN EDWARDS NASSER
JANET OWEN
JOSEPH PASQUESI
TOD PRATT
PEGGY QUINN
ALLYN RAWLING
BRITTA RIVERA
FRANCESCA ROSE
SUZANNE ROSE
FRANCESCA ROSE/KATHY MELONE
MICHAEL ROSENBLUM
CRIS SALLMEN
JOE SCHILLER
CATHY SCRATCH
DUANE SHUMAKER
CAROL SPENGEL
ERIK STEGEMANN/MOLLY BOYD
ERIK STEGEMANN/JENNIFER MILLS KLATT
DAN STREIFF
DIANE STREY
DEE WAGNER
GAYLE WEATHERLY
VICTORIA WHEARY
KEITH WILKEY
CINDY WILSON
KARYN WILSON
NANCY YOCKEL
LINDA ZIELINSKI
THANK YOU FROM FORT DEARBORN TITLE!
Fort Dearborn Title recognizes the following
agents for their new orders and closings during
the month of May.
DONALD BREITFELDER
MICHELLE BROWNE
DOMINICK CLARIZIO
BRYANT CROT
GEORGE & KATRINA DE LOS REYES
BRETT DEPPELER
SUSAN DICKMAN
SHAWNAH DONLEY
LYNDA FRILLMAN
DAVID HERNANDEZ
BARBARA JACOBS
JIM KONTOS
IVONA KUTERMANKIEWICZ
MICHAEL MAIER
HENRY MARTINEZ
WAYNE MUELLER
DAVID NEW
TINA PORTERFIELD & ANNA FIASCONE
SAVI RAM
JASON ROBERTS
STEVE ROLLINS
ANDREW ROSENTHAL
STEWART SMITH
LAURA TOPP
HOMESERVICES LENDING APPRECIATES YOUR SUPPORT!
HomeServices Lending thanks the following
agents for new application referrals and closings
that took place during the month of May.
ELAINE BYKERK, GLENVIEW
HELAINE COHEN, GOLD COAST
MEAGHAN CONNIFF, NORTHBROOK
ELLEN DUMBOVIC, GLENVIEW
BRIAN HELLMANN, GLEN ELLYN
RYAN IVEMEYER, NAPERVILLE
NICK KRAMER, GLEN ELLYN
STEPHANIE KUANG, MAG MILE
SEDONIA PHILLIPS, PARK RIDGE
TINA PORTERFIELD & ANNA FIASCONE, HINSDALE
JASON ROBERTS, GOLD COAST
LAUREN TRAFICANTO, WEBSTER
STANA VUKAJLOVIC, HINSDALE
JENNIFER WHITNEY, WHEATON
THANK YOU FROM FORT DEARBORN INSURANCE AGENCY!
Fort Dearborn Insurance Agency would like to
recognize the following real estate agents for
their referrals in the month of May. We thank you
for your partnership.
Vacation rentals can be great investments, but
insuring one is different than insuring a primary
or secondary home. Depending on the rental
scenario, your client’s standard homeowner’s
policy may not cover losses incurred while their
home is rented out. They may require a more
specialized insurance policy.
It is a common misconception among homeowners
that their vacation rental home is adequately
covered by a traditional second home insurance
policy, but this is not the case. If your clients plan
to rent out all or part of their rental property on
either a short or long-term basis, they may be
adding risk and violating the terms of a standard
homeowner’s insurance policy. Potential violations
may include:
Living in the property and occasionally renting
out a space/room.
Renting all or part of the property on a regular
basis for a short period of time, such as a week
or several weekends, to various guests.
Plans to rent for a longer period of time, such as
six months or a year to one person, a couple or
a family.
Renting a room periodically through an online
service; such as the increasingly popular Airbnb.
Having the right vacation rental insurance will help
your clients enjoy the benefits of their investment
without suffering a personal financial loss.
That’s why it’s so important to have your clients
discuss their plans with one of our consultants
before renting out or sub-letting their vacation
property. Fort Dearborn Insurance Agency can
help your client evaluate their existing insurance
policies, identify gaps and assist them in obtaining
coverage that meets their needs. Contact one of
our insurance consultants today at 847.853.5300.
A NOTE FROM FORT DEARBORN INSURANCE AGENCY. WHAT TYPE OF INSURANCE DOES YOUR CLIENT NEED FOR THEIR VACATION RENTAL?
SAFETY TIP – MOVE RIGHT FOR SIRENS & LIGHTS!
When emergency or government vehicles are
called to action, it is important that we respond
quick and safely. If you are driving down the road
and see the lights and sirens of a moving vehicle
in your rearview mirror, move to the right and stop
to allow them to move easily down the road. Once
the emergency vehicles have passed, merge back
into traffic carefully. Move Over laws are in place
in all states, requiring motorists to change lanes
and/or slow down when approaching stopped
emergency vehicles along the road or highway.
Adapted from Seattle.gov.