Seller Strategy
The first 14 days decide the price
Across 1,180 jgR listings last year, homes that closed above list had one thing in common: they were priced correctly before the sign went in the ground.
August 2026
Family owned since 1976 · Naperville · Oswego · Hinsdale
Live & love local
Buying, selling, building, relocating, or investing — the outcome depends on who is advising you. Exceptional client service is the rule here, not the exception, because we are deliberate about who wears our name.
The difference
Anyone can get a license. Not everyone should be advising you.
Most brokerages grow by adding names — every license is a business plan. We grew a different way. John Greene left a large Chicagoland brokerage in 1976 precisely because scale had started to cost clients the quality of service and the local, real-time decisions they deserved. Fifty years on, the company is still family owned, still locally run, and still selective.
1976
Founded and still family owned
Standards
Production and education requirements, enforced
Local
Decisions made in the communities we serve
Our standards
What it takes to carry the jgR name
Our mission is to change how people experience real estate, one satisfied client at a time. That only works if the people doing the work are held to something.
01
We don't hire everyone
Every agent is interviewed by brokerage leadership, not funneled through a recruiting form. Licenses are the starting line, not the qualification.
02
Production requirements are real
Our agents carry annual production standards and continuing-education requirements. If someone isn't practicing at that level, they don't stay on the roster.
03
Coached, not left alone
In-house education, marketing, relocation, title, and commercial support means your agent shows up with a whole company behind them.
Live & love local
Our agents coach the teams, sit on the boards, and shop the downtowns they sell in. Last year 41 of them sold a home on a street where they live.
Full service, either direction
One company for the whole move.
Selling, you get pricing built from records rather than estimates, plus a marketing plan with dates. Buying, you get condition and comparables before you write an offer. Either way, relocation, title services, new construction, luxury, and commercial sit under the same roof.
City Guide
Start with the community, then the home
Select a community to see what actually moves value there — boundary lines, rail access, housing stock, and last quarter's median close.
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Interstates & tollways
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Client experience
Exceptional service is the rule, not the exception.
We measure ourselves one satisfied client at a time — first-time buyers, downsizers, builders, investors, and families relocating from out of state.
“She walked us through two neighborhoods and talked us out of the first home. That is the whole job, and it is why we've sent four friends her way.”
“They showed us the pricing work line by line before we signed anything. No pressure, no guessing.”
The jgR Journal
Notes from the negotiating table
Negotiation
What an inspection report is actually worth
A $9,400 credit request and a $9,400 repair are not the same negotiation. How we decide which one to ask for.
July 2026
Local
Reading a school boundary map like an appraiser
Two homes 400 feet apart in Wheaton can carry a 6% valuation difference. The line is the reason.
June 2026
Next step
Tell us what you're trying to do. We'll match you to the right agent.
Whether you're listing this spring, touring this weekend, relocating from another state, or considering a career with us — start with a conversation.