ZillowVERIFIEDJudy is by far the very best Real Estate Professional! She helped us to buy our current home. During our process of looking, and we happened to meet Judy at an Open House, who said she would be happy to help us search. We had been looking in another part of Illinois for nearly a year, and we had just sold our house, and we had found no place to move to that we Really liked. We really needed to find a home! I remembered meeting Judy and pulled up an old email from her and contacted her. She said she would be more than happy to help us in our search. Judy went WAY above and beyond any real estate agent we had worked with. With the internet making it so easy for people to search out homes and request viewings and real estate agents to simply provide viewings, Judy went the WAY extra mile to ensure that the homes we found truly met our specifications. For example, she took it upon herself to drive by any of the properties we were interested in, to be sure that they didn't have any of the attributes that would exclude it from our consideration (for example, we have a toddler, and we wanted to be sure that we could have a fence, that we did not back up onto a busy street, that there were no dangerous poles to climb, that there were no dangerous water features, that there were safe stair cases and no carpet as he has allergies...). And, she made recommendations that went beyond what we found on the internet, that absolutely met our criteria. Judy also took the time to introduce us to the local "flavor" of the community, by bringing treats from a local baker, taking us to lunch, showing us the neighborhood, introducing us to neighbors, telling us about schools and local activities. Because she narrowed the search with her "drive-bys" and excluding houses with features that were not compatible, she helped us to find our dream home in just Three days of searching! This is after the experience of a year of looking at every home that we found on the internet, that was not fully researched previous agents! Previous agents simply sent us hundreds of MLS listings with no research into house features that were deal killers for us. We really wasted a year of looking with others, when Judy narrowed our time by truly listening to our needs and investigating before showing for example, spiral staircases and carpet? She told us and we decided to not waste our time by having a showing!Judy's negotiation skills were excellent! My husband wanted the home so much that he almost did not negotiate and we almost paid $20,000 more than our final price. Judy encouraged negotiation, expertly, and our home appraised at slightly higher than our purchase price! If it were not for Judy, we would not have come so close to the fairest price.Judy was incredibly responsive with everything. She even brought our son gifts and treats that motivated him to home search with us. She brought us a closing present (nice touch) answered every question along the way, was responsive before and after the sale with any matters that were challenging for me and that I did not understand.To top it all off, she is a very kind person, who knows everyone in the area and everything about the area and an absolute pleasure to work with. If we ever move again, I would absolutely use Judy. Her expertise, kindness, patience and hard work are immense!!!