RE/MAX Northern Illinois Real Estate Network Honors 2009 Top 20 Residential Associates

Elgin, IL, May 28, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network recently honored its associates whose 2009 residential sales achievements earned them coveted spots in its year-end Residential Top 20.

Edward Lukasik, Jr., of RE/MAX Professionals, Bolingbrook, Ill., was named the No. 1 agent for the first time, and Jane Lee of RE/MAX Top Performers, Lake Bluff, Ill., won top-team honors for the sixth consecutive year. A team involves the combined efforts of two or more licensed agents.

Each year, the network gives special recognition to its Top 20 residential agents and Top 20 residential teams, as well as its Top Three Commercial agents and teams.

Here are the Top 20 residential teams and agents for 2009:

Top 20 Teams
1. Jane Lee, RE/MAX Top Performers, Lake Bluff;
2. Leslie McDonnell, RE/MAX Suburban, Libertyville, Ill.;
3. Marge Pawlak, RE/MAX Enterprises, Downers Grove, Ill.;
4. Jim Kennedy, RE/MAX TEAM 2000, Orland Park, Ill.;
5. Linda O’Donnell, RE/MAX Signature, Chicago;
6. Cindy Banks, RE/MAX Cornerstone, West Chicago, Ill.;
7. Alex Rullo, RE/MAX Great American North, Wasco/St. Charles, Ill.;
8. Andee Hausman, RE/MAX Experts, Buffalo Grove, Ill.;
9. Marco Amidei, RE/MAX Suburban, Libertyville
10. Matthew Kombrink, RE/MAX Excels, Geneva, Ill.;
11. Steve Malik, RE/MAX Affiliates, Aurora, Ill.;
12. Bernie Cobb, Jr., RE/MAX of Naperville, Naperville;
13. Diana Ivas, RE/MAX Elite, Hinsdale, Ill.;
14. Paul Wells, RE/MAX of Barrington, Barrington, Ill.;
15. Rosemary West, RE/MAX Realty of Joliet, Joliet, Ill.;
16. Susan Coveny, RE/MAX Prestige, Long Grove, Ill.;
17. Bruce Hackel, RE/MAX South Suburban, Flossmoor, Ill;
18. David Schwabe, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Palatine, Ill.;
19. William White, Jr., RE/MAX of Naperville;
20. Lance Kammes, RE/MAX Suburban, Wheaton, Ill.

Top 20 Agents
1. Edward Lukasik, Jr., RE/MAX Professionals, Bolingbrook;
2. Connie Ritchie, RE/MAX Suburban, Schaumburg, Ill.;
3. Larry Leibovitz, RE/MAX Experts, Buffalo Grove;
4. Joyce Courtney, RE/MAX Great American North, Wasco/St. Charles;
5. Bert Gor, RE/MAX Professionals Select, Naperville;
6. Sharon Gidley, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Algonquin, Ill.;
7. Marlene Granacki, RE/MAX Exclusive Properties, Chicago;
8. Mimi Burke, RE/MAX of Barrington, Barrington;
9. Rozanne Kurman, RE/MAX Showcase, Long Grove;
10. Kristi Gunther, RE/MAX Exclusive Properties, Chicago;
11. Robert O’Hara, RE/MAX Southeast, Lansing, Ill.;
12. Tina Eisler, RE/MAX Property Source, Rockford, Ill.;
13. Robert Padron, RE/MAX Cityview, Chicago;
14. David Cobb, RE/MAX All Properties, New Lenox, Ill.;
15. Val Napadov, RE/MAX North, Northbrook, Ill.;
16. Marc Perlove, RE/MAX Villager, Glenview, Ill.;
17. Erene Panos, RE/MAX Action, Lisle, Ill.;
18. Cherie Smith Zurek, RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, Lake Zurich, Ill.;
19. Kathy Barkulis, RE/MAX Suburban, Arlington Heights, Ill.;
20. Daniel McGovern, RE/MAX Properties Northwest, Park Ridge, Ill.

RE/MAX is the leader in northern Illinois real estate sales and has been number one in the metropolitan Chicago real estate market since 1989. In 2009, the RE/MAX network in northern Illinois closed more than $6 billion in sales.

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network consists of 2,500 associates and 121 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide residential, relocation and commercial real estate services throughout the northern one-third of Illinois. The network’s Web sites, www.illinoisproperty.com and www.remax.com, are two of the most popular real estate Web sites in northern Illinois and nationwide, respectively, according to Compete.com, Comscore and Hitwise, which are online intelligence services.

RE/MAX Northern Illinois is part of RE/MAX International, a global real estate organization with 6,500 independently owned offices and 93,000 member sales associates in 78 nations.

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