Find and Compare the Best Real Estate Agents in Oswego, IL

We are Rich and Karen Ayers and weve been in the real estate business for over 15 years. Our journey began in 2000 when we started investing in real estate, but quickly blossomed into receiving our Brokers licenses and opening our own brokerage in 2005. In 2018, we expanded our horizons and started a second real estate team in SW Florida! Our styles and backgrounds are very different creating a unique experience for our clients. Rich is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a BS in Economics and an MBA in Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management. Karen graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in Psychology and received a Masters degree in Training and Development from Roosevelt University. Rich is your go-to guy for all things financial, statistics, pricing strategies, and technology. Karen, on the other hand, is the creative people-person specializing in customer service, marketing, staging, rehab design, and the ability to talk to anyone!

Leda Quiaro holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate from Roosevelt University and an undergraduate degree in Information Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago. After a successful IT career, Leda transitioned to residential real estate, where she has thrived for over 20 years. Her deep understanding of the market, honed through its cycles, allows her to provide invaluable guidance to her clients. Leda is dedicated to delivering exceptional service and tailored advice to first-time homebuyers and seasoned investors alike. For sellers, her strategic approach to marketing and negotiation, combined with the expertise of her dedicated team, ensures properties are showcased to their best advantage and achieve optimal results. Clients appreciate Leda’s professionalism, market expertise, and genuine dedication to helping them achieve their real estate goals.

Nicole grew up on the North side of Chicago and attended Lane Technical High School. In her early 20’s she moved to the western suburbs and graduated from Elmhurst College with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Communications. If being a lifetime student was a career you might find her with a couple of Phd’s by now. She and her husband are both full time real estate agents. Tony is our Creative Director and supports the Team with his excellent Realtor skills as well. They enjoy being with friends, family, Ravinia, Jeeps, traveling and wine! Nicole is very involved in her community. She is the founder of the annual "Bag the Bullies" bags tournament benefitting the Jarrett Payton Foundation and their mission to prevent bullying in our schools. Nicole has most recently been a medical advocate for Guardian Angel Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault shelter and services out of Joliet,IL. Nicole and her husband have also been found serving food or cleaning beds at Hesed House in Aurora.

Thanks for reading my short personal BIO :) I'm a hard working, honest & tirelessly motivated successful real estate mogul. I'm not your typical Broker, I own the company and have successfully sold over 1,000 homes over the 17 years since I founded Advantage Realty Group. I also own & operate a Property Management Division for our company, work with several investors, flip many homes, work with foreclosures, relocations companies & have a niche unlike any others to get homes sold quickly & for top dollar! I have a beautiful family that motivates me daily, love to travel, I'm a sports enthusiast & was once a prior Wisconsin PGA Professional before starting my company in 2004! My clients & lifelong & I appreciate the opportunity to serve YOU!

In Chicago's southwest suburbs, Kathy Dames has become synonymous with residential real estate over the last 38 years. The known #1 REALTOR in Will County, well over 15 years! She entered the real estate business in 1983 after graduating with a degree in marketing from Marketing degree from Northern Illinois University, and in 1986 affiliated with RE/MAX, joining the Joliet office. First mastering residential buyers knowing all interest rate programs. Next leading her to getting her appraisers certification to assist in the best home evaluations with market grown knowledge of every local area. Then Kathy specialized in working with home builders, and over the following two decades played a key role in successfully marketing 18 new communities and 20,000 homes across the southwest suburban area. Kathy holds almost every designation and has vast knowledge of all aspects of the real estate business, and can assist you in making the right decisions rather buying or selling!