KoenigRubloff Reader - 6/25/15

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].

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT FOR MAY 2015

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.