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ydia I. Villanueva-Soto, president and owner of Tan Travel, has been in the travel industry for twenty seven years.

She has a passion for her clients that the internet or a computer cannot provide. She works with her clients’ needs, and is committed to providing lasting memories. Lydia works to build relationships with her customers, recognizing “they are the bread and butter of my business, and what drives me to work hard every day.”

“Owning a small business has had its ups and downs but I am grateful to our repeat clients and all of their referrals, Tan Travel is here because of that. Our love for the travel industry and the people we have met and continue to serve makes our desire to continue in this once dying industry even greater.”

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Known to her clients as the “Travel Therapist” she craves conversation and the feeling she gets when clients come back from a dream vacation with thanks and appreciation.

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eredith Conn and Lisa Andreoli are known for going the extra mile for their clients. With that in mind, a colleague dubbed them the “Go to Girls” and the name stuck. Both moms of four, they simply do more! Using complimentary marketing styles and collaborative, yet tough negotiating skills, they craft fresh, out-of-the-box solutions. Above all, they strive to make the process easier for their clients. “Real estate transactions are intense but shouldn’t be painful. They should be fun!”

Lisa has a BA in Design/Marketing. An accredited home stager, she helps sellers get top dollar by expertly showcasing their home. Meredith has an MA in Sport Management, is a Professor of Nutrition/ Environmental Sciences at Dominican, and serves on local Sustainability Commissions utilizing her Green Home Designation.

With 20+ combined years selling real estate, they have deep roots in the community. Long time residents of Oak Park/River Forest who’ve lived and worked in Chicago –they are involved in the schools, churches, sports, Farmer’s Market and beyond. Their involvement enhances

traditional Real Estate experiences. “We think it’s important to be well-versed in architectural styles as well as local neighborhoods to help sellers and buyers find the right fit,” says Lisa. “We live here.

We know the streets, restaurants and love to show our local pride,” adds Meredith.

“Plus, the more relaxed the process, the better the outcome and the more friends we win!”

Two recent clients, Kathy and Monte agree: “Meredith and Lisa are a great team. Meredith is spot on with the numbers, provided us with excellent comps and listed our home for the perfect asking price-- we sold in a week! Lisa is the voice of reason when the inevitable complications of real estate transactions come along. She worked 110% on our behalf.

We are empty nesters, and both Meredith and Lisa supported us through the very stressful process of downsizing.”

Lisa and Meredith are affiliated with Baird and Warner, consistently #1 in the local market. To connect with the Go2Girls team, call Lisa 708-557-9546 or Meredith 708-743-6973.

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Get The Most From Your Real Estate Investment With The ATM Team

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ak Park native Tabitha Murphy grew up in a family of nine children, and got her first lessons in negotiation from her father. “With so many mouths to feed, I remember him always looking for a deal,” she says, “That is where it started for me.” Today, Tabitha attributes her success as a Realtor to her deep-seated desire to help people and achieve the greatest outcome for them, whether by negotiating the best price for a seller, or by finding the best value for a buyer.

buyers), and Bonnie Glass, the in-office Buyer’s Agent. Between them all, ATM clients can be confident that the details of their real estate transaction will be covered every step of the way.

Tabitha, along with her husband Adam, make up the ATM Team at Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. With complementary skill sets, the two partners are a highly efficient duo. “My expertise,” Tabitha asserts, “is in preparing a home for the market, staging the home, pricing the home, and negotiating offers to get the best terms and price for our clients.” Adam, on the other hand, has a construction background that makes him an incredible asset to their buyer clients.

Additionally, the ATM Team has three administrative assistants: Crystal Rodriguez, the Listing and Closing Coordinator, Emily Lee, Client Care Coordinator (working with

One of the ways in which the ATM Team helps sellers get the most for their homes is by assisting them with small improvements—what Tabitha calls “flips”—that can yield big gains. Doing these small “flips,” along with proper staging, can help the home attract a larger buyer pool that can lead to higher offers. Tabitha explains, “by making strategic updates to the home we have seen our clients receive big returns on money invested in preparing their homes for sale.”

Our goal is to provide value to the home-buying and selling process every step of the way.

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Pointing to a recent sale they handled in Forest Park, Tabitha recounts how she advised the client to add granite countertops and a new backsplash to their

kitchen, paint the cabinets and replace an old refrigerator. Along with painting a few rooms and cleaning the home, the sellers invested roughly $9,000 before putting the home on the market. The result, according to Tabitha, was selling the house for $18,000 more than what they would have gotten without the updates. Through the collaborative selling process, Tabitha makes it easy for sellers to identify areas in their home where improvements can be made that will achieve a faster sale and increased profit.

Another important factor in selling a home is staging. In addition to her own expertise, Tabitha also works with a local interior designer, Robin Schwadron of R Titus Design, to make sure that her listings look their absolute best. Tabitha notes, “We have found that the homes we stage end up selling faster and for higher prices than the competing homes that haven’t been staged.”

While the ATM Team is dedicated to helping their clients make the best investments possible to maximize their returns, Tabitha is also aware of the strong emotions involved in her business. “We understand the importance of HOME,” she

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says, “It needs to be a place of respite. We know the stress that people are under as they make these large life decisions. Our goal is to provide value to the home-buying and selling process every step of the way.”

Tabitha and Adam Murphy can be reached at Weichert Realtors Nickel Group, located at 101 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park. Call them at 708-674-7081, or email Tabitha@theATMteam.com.

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ori Hannigan remembers the time she built her first chimney after being hired by Edward Cross & Son, Inc. in Oak Park. Mr. Cross put her in his garage on a rainy day, mixed mortar and laid out a pattern for a chimney. He started the structure, handed the trowel and bucket of mortar to Lori, said it was all hers and left.

She wanted to insure she did the best work possible and therefore decided to start the structure over. When Mr. Cross returned two hours later, he was impressed to find a chimney about eight courses tall that was both exactly plumb, or aligned, and level.

Edward Cross & Son, Inc. has been in business since 1937. After years of dedicated, quality work, Lori became the owner in 1987. She continues to strive for perfection in all her projects and does not expect her staff to complete any task she herself cannot do. Whether it is setting up a forty foot ladder or pulling up a heavy bucket of mortar to the roof of a house, Lori shows her employees she is not just the boss, but a determined laborer and tuckpointer. Consequently, she is proud to have made a name for herself in a male dominated industry.

Lori specializes in chimney rebuilding and masonry repairs. With her attention to detail,

Lori and her team use their skills as artists to rebuild and repair old structures to their former glory. She has even worked on many Frank Lloyd Wright homes. The Lori Hannigan project with the biggest challenge, but that resulted in the biggest success, was rebuilding the large chimney on the Adams Home at 710 Augusta in Oak Park. It involved a large scaffolding system, cleaning all the bricks, and restoring the chimney to the exact same design in order to satisfy the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical Board.

Lori helps clients understand the standards of the industry so they know what to expect from contractors in the future. She even teaches her customers about what caused the problems that are being fixed. These qualities truly make Edward Cross & Sons, Inc. a unique business.

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or 17 years, Molly Rudberg-Leshnock has been an entrepreneur focused on executive coaching and leadership training. Working one-on-one with her clients, Molly’s goal is to push them to become their best self, to add speed and power to their careers and to achieve their full leadership potential. “There is nothing more fulfilling professionally,” Molly says, “than partnering with someone to help them make their dreams come true in business and life.”

Encouraging her clients to “stand for their greatness,” Molly shows them how to get out of their own way and move toward a place of empowerment and leadership. “As humans,” she says, “we have automatic ways of operating in our world. My role as a coach is to work with my clients, poking and prodding at their ‘default operating systems’ to help them discover new, more empowered ways of achieving what they desire professionally and personally.”

Molly believes that the business world is out of sync with the realities of today’s working professional. As a result, she sees an epidemic of stress among professionals and executives. “I want to disrupt this increasing pattern of stress and anxiety,” she says,

“and integrate a more centered, peaceful approach to work and life through various tools and techniques.”

Not long ago, a female executive approached Molly at a wellness event with tears in her eyes. She was physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. They began working together the next day with a goal of alleviating work stress and helping her move forward with a successful pregnancy. “One year later,” Molly says, “the woman was the proud mother of healthy twin girls and on permanent leave from her legal practice, pursuing instead her passions in art. She stopped living her life on other people’s terms and relaxed into her own.”

Driving Molly forward is what she sees as the endless potential of human beings. Her favorite part of her work is when someone has a transformational “a-ha” moment, when she sees in her clients an awakening that changes the course of their life and leadership forever.

Molly Rudberg-Leshnock’s office is located at 224 South Marion in Oak Park. She can be reached at 312-286-3346 or mollyrudberg.com.

Collaboration and Teamwork Thrive at the Center of Sandstorm

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hen she was in college, Sandy Marsico discovered her three great passions. As an art major, she loved design, and as a high-achieving math student, she taught herself to code. Then after getting a job selling jeans at the Gap, she discovered that she also loved sales. Combining these three loves—design, sales and technology— Sandy, at the age of 24, created Sandstorm, a digital marketing agency.

Today, the Sandstorm team includes strategists, marketers, researchers, designers, copywriters, UX architects, technologists, and data analysts, all collaborating, brainstorming and sharing innovation ideas, trends, inspiration brands and whitespace opportunities. Together, they offers clients a perspective that shows them a different way of thinking. Sandstorm helps clients leverage technology to solve their business and marketing challenges. As Sandy puts it, “We get the opportunity to dream every day for our clients. It’s awesome!”

Sandstorm’s brand strategy, design and web development decisions are driven by research insights and data. Taking nothing for granted, they go directly to their clients’ customers to learn their motivations, behaviors, brand perceptions, and what type of content or functionality they want when they go to a

particular website.

Similarly, Sandstorm takes the same approach to itself, going straight to the employees on decisions related to the agency’s work environment. Recently the staff helped shape a new expansion of the office space. The results included a chef’s kitchen, a no-talking library, and an idea lab with dry erase walls and giant cork board.

For Sandy, creating a great work environment goes beyond the physical space.

Every Sandstormer gets an annual stipend to use for personal growth opportunities including going to conferences, taking classes, joining an association, or getting certified in a new technology. “My personal mission is to provide great jobs to great people.” Sandy says, “Creating jobs is incredibly rewarding. I love that Sandstorm provides a work environment where people can thrive and grow.”

Sandstorm is planning for continued growth by adding positions and expanding its range of services and technologies. In particular, they are building expertise in data analytics to complement their extensive qualitative research.

Sandstorm is located at 4619 N. Ravenswood in Chicago. Find out more about the company at sandstormdesign.com.

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Minimally Invasive Dentistry: When Less is More

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r. Anne Fabricius, owner of Oak Park Prosthodontics, and Dr. Haein Kil are passionate about providing their patients with conservative, minimally invasive dental treatments.

Dr. Fabricius explains that the practice of minimally invasive dentistry begins with establishing the correct diagnoses. “Errors in diagnosis can lead to extensive dental work that may be premature or not even necessary. For example, it is common to see stains around the edges of old fillings. Often, these fillings do not need to be replaced immediately.

Instead, they can be monitored for changes.”

portions of healthy tooth structure to remain intact. Despite the benefits, onlays are performed less frequently by dentists because they require more time to prepare.”

preserved.” Dr. Fabricius further comments, “I perform all of my dentistry with magnification of 4.5x, nearly twice as much as most dentists. Being able to see detail is critical when performing conservative dentistry.”

Dr. Anne M. Fabricius is one of only six women in the Chicagoland area who is board-certified in prosthodontics, and the only in private practice.

She is an expert in cosmetics, crowns, implants, bridges, dentures, and the management of complex dental problems. A graduate of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Fabricius established Oak Park Prosthodontics in 2013.

She offers general dentistry services, such as cleanings; as well as specialty services in the repair and replacement of teeth. In addition to her practice, she has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry.

As a prosthodontist, I have an additional three years of training beyond dental school and can often provide patients with additional treatment options.

- Dr. Fabricius Dr. Fabricius explains that she frequently meets patients that are considering aggressive cosmetic treatments, such as veneers, that can require a substantial amount of healthy tooth to be drilled away. “While veneers are sometimes the appropriate treatment, less invasive treatments, such as whitening and bonding should also be explored. These treatments are not only less expensive, but they often require no drilling.

People are amazed at the results.”

When a tooth does require treatment, all treatment options should be explored. “As a prosthodontist, I have an additional three years of training beyond dental school and can often provide patients with additional treatment options.” Dr. Fabricius further explains, “For example, a tooth that ‘requires’ a crown may be eligible for an onlay. During preparation for a crown, the entire outer surface of a tooth is drilled away.

Alternatively, the preparation of an onlay “When performing any dental treatment, it requires that only the unsound diseased is important that it be done with the utmost tooth structure be removed, allowing large precision and care so that tooth structure is

Dr. Haein Kil, a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, is enthusiastic about providing adults and children with long-lasting comfortable dental care. She is particularly talented with pediatric dentistry and enjoys working with children and their parents to establish a lifetime of healthy teeth.

Dr. Haein Kil is passionate about working with children and their parents to establish a lifetime of healthy teeth.

If you are considering any type of restorative, cosmetic, or implant dentistry, call Dr. Anne Fabricius. Her office, Oak Park Prosthodontics, is located at 185 N. Marion Street in Downtown Oak Park and is easily accessible by car or public transportation.

Visit the website at OakParkImplants.com or call 708-386-0177.

DR. FABRICIUS IS ONE OF ONLY 37 BOARD-CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS IN CROWNS, IMPLANTS, AND DENTURES IN ILLINOIS education: northwestern university, Ba, Biological Sciences, Cum Laude Harvard school of dental medicine, Doctor Of Dental Medicine university of illinois at chicago Certificate In Prosthodontics

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There’s No Place Like Home

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n 2006, Dorothy Gillian began her real estate career, just as the housing market was about to suffer its worst downturn in a generation. Yet through the difficult years that followed between 2007 and 2010, Dorothy honed and strengthened her skills. Today, Dorothy heads up the Gillian Team which has become one of the top real estate teams in the area and the number one team in Forest Park In 2010, April Baker was looking for a house and was referred to Dorothy by a mutual friend. During her home search, April came to see Dorothy not only as a great Realtor, but also as a wonderful friend and advocate. When April decided

to change careers, she contacted Dorothy to “pick her brain.” It was during that meeting that an idea took shape. Dorothy’s business had taken off and she needed help. April was looking for a change. A partnership, they realized would be just what they each needed, while at the same time greatly expanding and enhancing the services they could provide to their clients.

Last year, Dorothy’s daughter, Anna Gillian, joined the Gillian Team and took it to yet a new level of service. With her previous experience as an architect, Anna understands design, and is able to help clients fully visualize a home’s potential.

“We offer a perspective that stems from each of our varied backgrounds,” says Dorothy, “Our past experiences in the corporate world, rehabbing homes, downsizing, and buying our first homes allows us to understand our clients’ needs on a personal level.” Indeed, it is that personal approach that is the cornerstone of what Dorothy, April and Anna do.

“The relationships we build with our clients,” April says, “is what motivates us to continue the excellent level of service we’re known for!”

The Gillian Team also takes advantage of the latest technology in real estate marketing. For instance, they elevate the

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rawing from a varied wealth of experience, Erica Cuneen brings a unique approach to her work.

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Working with the highest standards of professionalism, service and integrity, Erica thrives not only on helping families find their next home, but also on mentoring brokers in her office; growing them from good to great.

Helping others succeed is one of Erica’s deepest values. Her ability to assemble a winning team and to craft unique solutions for her clients despite market conditions, has lead to the exponential growth of her business.

Erica has become especially known as an expert resource for real estate investors, advising both experienced professionals and newcomers alike. She is the founder and facilitator for an Oak Park area real estate investment group that meets monthly.

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n real estate finding the best outcome for your client often begins by seeing hidden potential. Cynthia Howe Gajewski is a Realtor whose experience in home renovation and restoration makes her a valuable resource to homeowners and buyers. Also an accomplished photographer, Cynthia is a woman with vision who loves to find the opportunities in homes that others may have missed.

Cynthia traces her interest in real estate back to her childhood when she was fascinated by the grandeur of her grandparent’s Italianate Victorian farmhouse. “I admire the character and charm of older homes,” she says, “especially the variety of homes in our Oak Park and River Forest neighborhoods.”

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“It is so satisfying to see that chemistry happen,” she says, “I tell my buyers that buying a home is an emotional experience with practical considerations. A house can have everything on your wish list, but if you don’t get that ‘yes’ feeling, then the list doesn’t matter. You can’t make yourself fall in love.”

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Cynthia stresses that her personal experience with home ownership and renovation are among the most important assets that she brings to her clients. “I’ve been down that renovation road a few times,” she says, “I know my market, and I know what improvements and upgrades really matter.”

If you are looking to buy or sell your home, contact Cynthia Howe Gajewski at Beyond Properties Realty, 312-933-8440 or cynthia@ beyondpropertiesrealty.com for a free consultation.

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icki May loves property! For years, she would pass by apartment buildings, homes and storefronts and think about ways to upgrade for appearance and function. It seemed only natural then that she would go into the real estate investment business. After 12 years of managing her own residential rental properties, she joined Beyond Properties Realty in 2012 as a Property Manager.

With currently five investment properties of her own, Vicki approaches property management with a deep understanding of the demands of managing repairs and maintenance, tenant choice, and value remodeling. Her own experience has helped her connect with her clients and understand their need for effective and efficient property management. “My own investments,” she maintains, “have taught me the art of setting rents, managing costs, and getting higher yields. I understand the challenges of dealing with a wide range of tenants. If I can help a property owner be more profitable and have a more stable building, that’s a good day’s work.”

Vicki really feels that she has found a home as Property Manager at Beyond

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Whether you have a large rental portfolio, one or two small buildings, or are just getting started as an investor; whether you need help managing a property, need help finding a great tenant, or just need to ask some questions about being a landlord -- contact Vicki at 708-714-0686 or vicki@ beyondpropertiesrealty.com.

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