John Youker's (jyouker) Blog

We would like to welcome Jovany Mendoza and Vicky Eaton to our team here at Keller Williams Realty in Oak Park, IL.  We are glad to be in business with both agents.  Jovany, a resident of Berwyn, follows his cousin, Carlos Cubas here to the office to take advantage of some of our training program...

Everyone knows a GPS is a Global Positioning System, or a device that helps you navigate from point A to point B.  They can be very helpful in driving, hiking, or many other applications.  Do you know what a GPS for your business is? Well, it is the same thing.  A tool that can help you navigate ...

Well, this is a question I am faced with on a daily basis.  And, I am proud to say, YES, it does, however, it is totally dependent on the implementation of the agent.  When agents join Keller Williams Realty, at my office, the first thing I teach them is the six personal perspectives to help them...

Keller Williams Realty Professionals, in Oak Park, IL, has just moved to the #2 position for agent count in the entire Oak Park Board.  After increasing the size of the office by 63% since January 1st of this year, Keller Williams Realty Professionals is now on track to take over the #1 position ...

Today, more than 77,000 agents nationwide, banned together to "Give Where You Live" and give back the the communities that support them throughout the year.  Chicago was no different - In the Oak Park area, just west of the city, our office of just under 50 people decided to do a food drive to s...

Our office is growing and expanding and in this challenging market full of opportunity, we are finding the need to change the way we do business.  Therefore, we are looking for some top quality agents who want to find all the financial success they want or need in 2010. We are looking for the fol...

J.D. Power and Associates names company highest in customer satisfactionfor second year in a row AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 2, 2009) -According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Home Buyer/Seller StudySM, Keller Williams Realty, Inc., the third largest real estate company in North America, rece...

AUSTIN, TEXAS (December 21, 2009) - Keller Williams Realty joined the ranks of the top franchises in the world last week, when the company was ranked as the No. 1 real estate franchise on the 31st Annual Franchise 500 list by Entrepreneur magazine. During the same week, the company was also voted...

We are building a commercial division within our Chicago / Oak Park based Keller Williams office that will have better training and support, better commission splits (100%) available, and better back-end systems than ANY other commercial brokerage in the area.  You have to ask yourself "Why did ...

I found this and wanted to re-post it here for you all to see.  Some great words of advice from the president of KW Commercial: The commercial real estate market has changed - and is changing. Although many believe the market still hasn't hit bottom, one thing is certain, commercial real estate b...