Kim Kerbis

Kim is a Chicago native and has been a real estate agent since 1997. Her real estate education began while she was a teenager. Kim’s mother, an architect, developed a small condominium project in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Kim functioned as architect, developer and construction manager. Kim and her sister helped with the open houses each weekend. This was in the late 1970's when interest rates were in the high teens, it was a tough market, but they prevailed. Kim feels it was a great education at such an early age.

Kim enjoys working with a broad range of clients - from first time buyers to sophisticated sellers - and she feels the variety is energizing. Each client is unique, just as every property is unique. She believes her talent is in finding the perfect match between buyer and seller.

Kim previously worked in educational administration. She is organized, methodical, and thorough, yet keeps a creative edge. Kim has a sincere desire to inform and educate her clients about marketplace trends, neighborhoods and specific properties. An educated client makes more informed decisions during what she says can be a very emotional process. When Kim and her husband renovated a 4-unit apartment building, she got a great education about costs and issues in rehabbing which she at once shared with her clients considering a similar investment.

Kim loves what she does, and her enthusiasm is obvious. So many of her friends became her clients, and many of her clients have become friends. She lets them know she has their best interests in mind, and they trust her. that's one of the best parts of Kim’s job and a great gift.

Kim is committed to being a great agent. in 2005 she received @properties prestigious road to Rolex award, and she stays at the top of her game by investing in her professional education. Kim is among a small number of agents to keep a managing broker’s license. Kim also holds CRS (certified residential specialist) and GRI (graduate, realtor institute) designations, which are awarded to fewer than 4% of agents nationwide. In 2009, she added the CNE (certified negotiation expert) designation and in 2014 she added the ABR (accredited buyer representative) designation.
Kim is professional, ethical conduct is especially important to her. She is the former chair of the Chicago association of realtors (car) ethics & grievance committee and served on the committee from 2005-2009. In 2009, she joined car’s professional standards committee. at the request of @properties, Kim has represented @properties at the national level; since 2012, Kim NAR been on the board of directors for the national association of realtors (NAR), voting on critical issues effecting the greater real estate community. As part of @’s new agent training, Kim teaches “kerb” appeal, a lively class where she shares her years of experience and mentors’ new agents on how best to work with and serve buyer clients.

Kim and fellow @properties agent Kevin van Eck founded the lake effect Chicago group as a division of @properties in 2010. Lake effect is a boutique team that provides good old-fashioned, concierge-style customer service in a digital age and a modern world.

Kim has lived and worked in Los Angeles and Denver and holds licenses in California and Colorado. If someone is considering diversifying their real estate portfolio Kim can refer them to some great agents.

Kim grew up in Lincoln Park and has lived in almost every neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. Before there was a Starbucks on every corner and
currently lives in north center/Lincoln square. She is a graduate of Chicago’s Francis W. Parker school and is vice-president of its’ alumni association. Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois Chicago and a master’s degree in film studies from the university of Iowa. Kim is an avid tennis player whose personal interests include cinema, art, literature, architecture, photography, surrealism, psychoanalysis and road trips.