Kip Karl is a twenty-year resident of Chicago and currently resides in the DePaul neighborhood.Prior to moving to Chicago, Kip sold real estate in the western suburbs for years. Kip's thirty years in the real estate industry has provided her with an extensive background in client negotiating. She knows we are in a challenging market…and Kip has the tools to maneuver through unchartered waters to get the deals done. Kip utilizes a global network of listings and highly qualified buyers…allowing her to perfectly match exceptional properties with special purchasers. As an @properties realtor, Kip serves the following neighborhoods: Lincoln Park, lakeview, Gold Coast, River North, Roscoe Village and South Loop.
The unbeatable combination of reliability, competence, and demonstrated ability to handle the most complicated transactions is the reason why more than 90% of Kip Karl's business is by referral or repeat clients. Her reputation and expertise in effectively representing both buyers and sellers has earned her accolades from her many satisfied clients and the distinction of Top Producer, year after year. Kip has been recognized in the top 5% of Chicagoland Realtors and her outstanding achievements have resulted in the President's Club Award and the Top Residential Producer Award from the Chicago Association of Realtors.
Kip's Philosophy on Business
Her referral-based clients recognize and value her dedication to relationships, her honesty, personal service and strong focus on satisfying her client's needs. AS a professional, Kip places service at the heart of her business- focusing on flawless education and information-gathering. She has built a reputation for her steady, seasoned approach to an otherwise demanding process of buying and selling a home.
Kip Karl Selling Services & Career Highlights
Providing customized high-impact marketing and networking support for all of her listings, she provides sellers total exposure in the marketplace. Kips. Concierge services feature access to her wide-ranging resource list of professional trades people- including contractors, stagers, decorators and painters- all of whom can help her sellers achieve the highest value on their home,
Kip Karl was the lead selling agent of Chicago's highest profile detached single-family home development- Kingsbury Estates- a gated enclave of 20 exclusive homes- with residences averaging 10,000 square feet and process ranging from $2.8 million to over $4.5 million.
Kip's Buying Services
While working with buyers, Kip rings the same enthusiasm, commitment and expertise to the job. She is intimately networked with the other top-producing peers in Chicago. Giving her clients access to unique upcoming and off-market listings. When representing clients buying homes, Kip takes tremendous care in understating their needs and carefully matching them to a property using both her professional expertise and personal knowledge of a neighborhood's homes and character.
Kip's Life and Loves
As a sport's and health enthusiast, Kip enjoys daily jogging on the lakefront among other activities. She and her husband are skiers and regularly visit Canada, Colorado and Utah during the winter months. Her daughter Amy was her real estate partner until she relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona. Currently Amy is the Director of Marketing and Business Development for First Arizona Title Agency. Her daughter Melanie resides in Chicago where she works in the nursing field at Northwestern Hospital.
