Native Edge
By Elizabeth Hoppe
By Elizabeth Hoppe
When you build something yourself, from the ground up, you know it inside and out. It’s true when building a business, a relationship, or a home. That’s what makes Coldwell Banker’s Kim Lotka a triple-threat as the Hinsdale area’s go-to real estate agent. She has spent three decades building a reputation as a valuable resource for home buyers and sellers, and she also has helped design and build two dozen beautiful homes in Hinsdale. “It’s my passion to match properties to their potential and match families to homes,” she says. “It helps when you know just about every property in Hinsdale intimately.” She’s worked in Hinsdale her entire career, raised her children here, and become on expert on schools, businesses, suppliers, and financiers. It’s become second nature to find the right home in the right neighborhood for a buyer. And with her network and connections, Lotka can help sellers position their beloved homes and attract the right buyers, usually in far less time than someone with less local knowledge. When you are an integral part of the market, keeping abreast of the market is part of you; it becomes like breathing. “Sometimes, because of connections and references and a far-reaching trust that’s been built up over the years, I’m able to help an owner sell their home before it actually goes on the market. Conversely—and this is really fun—I can pinpoint a buyer for a home within days, so a family’s life isn’t disrupted,” she says. It’s knowing the field, paying attention to details, and treating every transaction as a unique situation it is that has helped Lotka close on more than 50 homes year after year. Her clients like knowing their agent has consistently ranked in the top 1 percent of agents nationwide by NRT, the largest residential real estate brokerage company in the country. “It’s like the construction business,” Kim says. “Whether building from scratch or remodeling an old classic—if the foundation is strong and well planned, everything else will fall into place. But the real magic is in the details. In the ‘what-ifs’. That’s where you can match a home to a buyer and the satisfaction on all sides is amazing.”
Kim Lotka is with Kim Lotka Group, located at 8 E. Hinsdale Avenue in Hinsdale, 630-533-8800, kimlotka.com.
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