Jennifer brings over 17 years in real estate, twenty-seven years in Manhattan, and a lifetime pursuit of excellence. From her background in competitive tennis to her frenzied dot-com era career, Jennifer has approached challenges with zeal and ambition, and succeeded. Her competitive nature and intense work ethic is responsible for her rapid success in real estate.
Having closed over $1 Billion in transaction volume, Jennifer was named the #1 Agent in Manhattan for 2020, and #5 Nationally! She has consistently been the number one individual agent on the Upper West Side, and always among Douglas Elliman's top ten agents. Jennifer was also the Sales Director for One West End Avenue, which was named the #2 selling New Development for 2018.
For most successful brokers, the inclination would be to expand, and many do go on to build teams. Jennifer prefers to build trust. Hence, when you hire Jen Kalish, you can be assured that you are getting only Jen Kalish, not an assistant. She understands that often the purchase or sale of a property is the largest transaction in her clients' lives, and that communication and response time are paramount to maintaining a successful relationship.
Jennifer is proud to have been described as honest, diligent, responsive, and especially relentless. Jennifer is well known in the real estate community to be a closer, and therefore can simply be judged by her results. Her expertise stretches to all neighborhoods in Manhattan, Florida, and the Hamptons.
When she is not glued to her phone, she enjoys playing tennis, kicking and punching heavy bags, cooking, reading, and spending time with her family.
