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My journey to find our first family home started one year and a half ago, knowing very little about the housing market in the USA but that we were late to get our first home. My husband and I are first-time immigrants in our early 40s. I had started looking for houses until I saw one available in my neighborhood and decided to book an appointment. I can´t believe how lucky I was that day. The person who showed me the house was Terrence Doby. He spent two hours with us, answering my million questions. I felt glad and thankful for his attentive listening, honesty, and generosity in sharing his time and knowledge. We finally bought our first house on F...

Allie Payne is a terrific realtor! She knows the market and makes excellent suggestions about prepping a home for sale. She got us top dollar for our Evanston house and then helped us buy our dream condo. She's connected to really terrific landscapers, painters, and contractors. I'd work with her again in a heartbeat.

Allie did an excellent job of presenting my property, dealing with the buyers and following thru on the sale.

I worked with Allie to purchase a rental property in Evanston. She was very easy to work with, responsive to all of my questions and made the overall process run smoothly.

Allie has been my real estate agent through several transactions and always does a great job! Professional, but also thoughtful and kind.

As a first time home buyer Allie was great to work with. She helped with every step of the process. She did a great job helping us navigate the pros and cons of each home we looked at and ultimately helping us decide on a great home. I would recommend Allie to anyone whether your first home or your tenth!

Allie Payne is the absolute best realtor. She is responsive, proactive, really listened to our needs and walked us through every step. Our home search was complicated and long and Allie supported us the whole way through. Additionally, early on I confessed my serious true love of apple pie and for months, I would get texts from Allie saying she left something for us—always a new apple pie! To say she is the very best is just a huge understatement. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone.

Allie Payne and the Compass Evanston team are a delight to work with. Allie was patient, understanding. helpful, and professional as I looked for the "perfect" house for my family in a difficult market. She was highly skilled in negotiations and advocated well for me. She was there every step of the way ensuring a smooth transaction. I'm looking forward to working with her again.

Ally Payne and her team were tremendous and still are being very helpful even after the close of home in Portage Park. Ally was always available to show us a few houses on multiple different occasions and is a very down to Earth easy going person who wasn’t pushy. She has been extremely helpful in referring us to trustworthy contractors and helping us get our home to where we want it before we move in. The whole process was seamless and stress free. Everything went well from her referrals with attorneys and all people involve with our purchase. Thank you Ally for all your help and guidance and hope to see you for future purchases as well Mike and Ca...

I put my condo on the market just as the market was turning. It was my first time selling a property. I spoke to several realtors and I am SO GLAD I went with Catherine Mudd. It was not an easy process, and without getting into details, it was not a "typical" sale. Catherine was on my side every step of the way. She let me have the space I needed to make decisions (i.e. I freak out time) and when I was ready she offered her beautiful and sane voice of reason. Her judgment was solid. During the sale process, she was on top of things when attorneys and property managers were dropping the ball--reviewing documents and finding errors--doing whatever was...

Julie is the best! As first time home buyers she was amazing! She is extremely professional, but at the same time we felt like we were talking to a friend who had our best interest at heart. She listened to us and patiently walked us through many many houses and answered our million questions. We cannot recommend Julie more. If you want a Realtor who is outgoing, talks you through the house and looks out for things that you may not know to look for around the house- she’s your gal!

Julie was fantastic to work with. She’s knowledgeable about comps and repairs, always on top of everything, and I felt like she was really looking out for our best interests. Would definitely work with her again!

Allie was great at exactly what we needed from a realtor: Someone to help us focus, get a leg up in a very competitive market, and offer a winning bid. We saw ONE house with her and that’s all it took!

Dear Terrence, Thank you so much for all of your hard work assisting us in procuring our new dream home. We are grateful to have had you as our agent. You were very thorough, professional and you went above and beyond your expectations as a Real Estate Agent, keeping us informed and giving us great advice in our search. Again, thank you for your help, we are confident that future buyers will be just as happy as we are.

Allie is amazing! She sold my old home (which she helped me find 6 years ago) and helped me find a new home during this pandemic. She was extremely patient with all my many questions. She helped us find the perfect fit for our family. We love our new neighborhood; one that we hadn’t considered until Allie introduced us to it. She listened to us, and that was so instrumental in finding the perfect home for us. With her expertise, we were able to close on our sale and purchase on the same day! It helped relieve a tremendous amount of stress. She was great to work with, and we’d choose her again and again.

Natasha helped us buy a condo. She was more than helpful in finding us a place in Chicago, her diligence, honesty, and kindness were incredibly helpful throughout the transaction. She is always quick to respond and very helpful, she truly cares about her clients. She was extremely communicative and easy to reach to answer any of our questions at all times and made the nightmare that is finding a place in Illinois a breeze!

Buying a real estate is an exciting yet tolling task. Buying a real estate in Evanston, requires knowledge of specific parts of town, as well as many nuances that one can not easily retrieve by searching the web. We were blessed to have Natasha Katz as our realtor! We cannot thank her enough for all of her help! We are so grateful for all of the hard work she had done to not only help us buy a home, but to find a dream-home. Natasha speared no effort to show us as many houses as we wanted, her knowledge of each street and part of Evanston saved us a lot of time, and helped us focus on properties within our budget and that will fit our needs. She was...

"Allie is simply the best. We originally were planning to use another realtor, but luckily met Allie at multiple open houses we were attending."

"Allie Payne is the best! We got it done! We looked at several houses found THE ONE! Ali was very flexible helped with small things after the inspection!"

Allie is great. She helped me sell my single-family home and buy a townhome; she was very responsive throughout the process and still is a great source of home-related recommendations and referrals. On the sales side, she helped me price the home right, so I got multiple full-price cash offers immediately after the first open house. When I was looking at homes to purchase, she was patient and persistent in helping me find the right thing; she even sent a letter to residents of a development I was interested in, to see if she could find a seller for me. She ultimately identified a townhouse building that I wasn't familiar with and guided me through ...

As first-time home buyers, we were looking for a buyer's agent who is not only familiar with the Evanston area but who could guide us through the whole process seamlessly. Allie was the most perfect Realtor® we could have ever hoped for! She found us a condo that was exactly what we wanted in a matter of days, got us through the negotiation and bidding war successfully, and shepherded us through closing all inside of a month and while there's a pandemic going on! Allie was available pretty much all hours of the day to answer our questions, address our concerns, and get us all of the paperwork we needed to sign. Moreover, Allie is well-connected and...

We reached out to Allie to give us some assistance with a house that had come available for sale while we were away on vacation. Her response time was immediate and she provided the professional guidance we needed to begin the huge process of relocating my elderly mother from out of state including referring us to other professionals whose services (inspection, legal) we would require. Allie was patient and very knowledgeable on the walk-throughs allowing us the information and the space to be confident in our purchase decision. With Allie’s assistance, we were able to secure the perfect house in the perfect location for my mom. We are grateful and...

Look no more! Julie is absolutely amazing. I started working with two agents before finding her here, and they were very disappointing. Look no more! Julie is absolutely amazing. I started working with two agents before finding her here, and they were very disappointing. They took days to answer messages, they didn't understand what I was looking for. I was so frustrated. And then I found Julie. She is the opposite. She responds to your messages within minutes, which is important to me. But most importantly, she understands exactly what you want. I felt that she had known me for years! Also, she strikes the perfect balance between having an opinion...

My fiancée and I were referred to Allie by a friend, and we could not be more grateful that we had the opportunity to work with her. We were nervous about the process as first-time home-buyers, but Allie's knowledge, experience, and intuition kept us grounded. She helped us find the perfect home in our preferred area, negotiated an incredible deal for us, and was totally responsive and reliable throughout the process. She coached us toward a very successful transaction, and we learned so much from her along the way. Allie Payne is an absolutely top-notch agent! We highly recommend that you consider working with her for your next home purchase or sale.

I cannot even begin to explain how incredible working with Allie has been! Purchasing a first home is a daunting task for anyone but in our case, it was next level intimidating as we were purchasing a home from out of state and during a global pandemic. Fun! Allie was a total partner in the process, visiting dozens of potential homes while we watched via face time. She was critical and picky on our behalf, which gave me confidence in purchasing a home without ever seeing it in person. We moved in this week and are so so so so thrilled with our home. I'm so grateful to have had Allie by our (virtual) side during this process.

Not only am I highly likely to recommend Julie Bird, I already have recommended her. In the midst of Covid-19, I met Julie because I saw one of her listings. I asked her to show me another because that listing agent was not providing in-person tours. Julie was willing and she provided multiple in-person tours, multiple times and at different times of the day so that I could see it again and again, and then show my husband, and then show my daughter. Julie was very responsive and very knowledgeable about the area and the process (which had changed for Covid-19).

I was referred to Allie by another friend in 2001, after working with an unresponsive Realtor® who lost a deal for me. Allie was totally on top of everything and got me a better deal on my house than I was willing to settle for. I've referred her to many friends since then. Over the years, we became friends, too. We both are board members of a nonprofit organization that helps underserved youth. Allie knows and cares about the community and is a consummate professional.

Allie Payne helped us sell our first house. She had it done within 5 hours of the house being on the market (on a rainy, cold, January day) and found us a new house in our preferred neighborhood immediately. Now we are ready to downsize. She listened to our wants and needs and has already shown us good choices. Always available and ready to find what you need, try working with her!

This was my first solo house buying experience, and Allie made it great. She understood well what I was looking for, kept within my price range, and helped me secure a wonderful house! She also helped me find other professionals I needed to help me upgrade the house and legal representation. I would highly recommend it!

My condo wasn't selling. Then, I switched to Compass and asked Allie what I needed to do to get my condo to sell. Allie suggested painting. She handled all the details, and once my condo went back on the market I had a full-price offer the next day!

Julie is the best! She's responsive and has great ideas! We really lucked out that we were able to work with Julie! She was always on time and flexible in when she could meet us. We highly recommend Julie!

Allie not only found a buyer before the property went public, but she helped with details of home repair and moving and clean up. She was very helpful with the different stages of financial bargaining.