Client testimonials

Amy Reynolds who was recommended to me by Andy Sokol is a great realtor! My partner and I listed all of our needs and necessities when it came to finding a rental property. Amy listened to all we had to say and carefully found great listings for us to consider and see in person.

At the time, we were living out of state and decided that we wanted to spend a weekend in Chicago to check the properties ourselves(I would highly recommend you do this if you are in a similar situation as it's easier to get a feel for things in person vs pictures/videos). We looped Amy into the dates that we would be here and she worked her magic and had all of our listings showed to us on a single day. The night before, we saw a listing become available on the market and also asked Amy to include that in the showing. She worked diligently and made it happen come showing day.

She's got great communication skills and made the whole process a breeze! Since we did not have a car with us, she even offered to drive us to the showings and also show us around the neighborhoods. Such a stressful experience if done on your own but again, Amy made it such a great, and easy one.

After all the properties we saw, we finally went with the one that felt the most right to us and Amy amazed us again with negotiating out deals with the property owner/company that managed it. She walked us through the steps on what we needed to do next to secure the property and was available throughout the whole process to help answer all the questions we had as well as being very reassuring throughout the process of application. The market can be competitive and scary for rental properties but having a great realtor definitely gave us a competitive edge and a huge reassurance.

Thank you Amy and thank you Andy Sokol for connecting me to her! You guys have got a great team and I will be using Amy again should I ever need to buy/rent. Sokol group is highly recommended by me and I will be referring any friends who need real estate services!            

-Alex L.

I own (and live in) a six flat building in Logan Square that I manage myself. The apartments all have 3 bedrooms, most with 3 unrelated tenants. My tenant turnover is generally pretty low, and if one roommate moves out, the others usually find a replacement, so I don't often deal with the rental process. Sometimes, though, I need some help, and if I do, I turn to Andy Sokol. I've known him for years, through family, but also through our local Chamber of Commerce, where we've both been active.

Late last year all the tenants in one of my units left at the same time; the place needed a pretty thorough renovation before I could get it on the market, and when that was finally done, I was exhausted, and just wanted to get it filled again, so I turned to Andy. He sent his agent, Amy Reynolds, over.

Amy was both pleasant and professional. She inspected the place thoroughly, walked me through the current requirements of the Chicago Landlord & Tenant ordinance (e.g., written notice about radon exposure? Radon??) and spent time with me bringing me up to speed on what similar places were renting for in Logan Square and the other neighborhoods along the Blue Line and the mid North Side. The rent for the place hadn't changed in a couple of years, and I thought a 20% increase would be possible. Amy convinced me that I was being too conservative, and got me to agree to list the place at 44% over what I had been getting from the previous tenants.

Once the listing was posted, it took about a week. The second set of folks Amy brought, a married couple, both professionally employed, took it at the asking price, pretty much on the spot.
I knew from the background and credit checks Amy shared with me that they could handle the cost with no problems, and there were no credit history issues.

They moved in earlier this month, and everyone (including their parents!) agrees it's a great place for them. And thanks to Amy's good counsel, the renovation work I did will be paid for a good deal sooner than I had expected.

-Paul L.

Amy worked with me in finding the right place to live in Chicago, I switched from renting to buying a place and she was adaptive to it.
Always showed up to property showings and planned multiple of them on same day.
She showed up for my closing which is rare I was told for a real estate agent to do.
Overall, she is a go getter and will get things done as fast as it can go

-Vatan P.

Any Reynolds has been helping my family for years, and we love her. She always finds super high quality tenants in literally less than a week, even when the market is weird or it’s off season. She’s super responsive to text/calls/emails, and is kind, gracious and very professional. I can’t recommend her highly enough - we’re so grateful!

-Anya M.

In the recent housing apartment rush, Amy sent me lists daily so I could see what was in my desired neighborhood and price range. She was great for apartment tours because she helped point things out I wouldn’t have noticed or thought to check. Bless, she even let me use her hotspot so I could apply for the apartment I liked on-site. Thanks again for your help, Amy Reynolds!

-Ashley B.