Born, raised, and residing on the near South Side of Chicago, Jim brings extensive experience and local market knowledge of the Chicago real estate market. Jim provides clients with the most precise up-to-date feedback, trends, relevant sales, and values, while giving them a realistic view of the current market. Buying or selling a home is a huge decision. My expertise, dedication, tenacity, and perseverance will ensure a painless and smooth process.
In only his fourth year as a REALTOR®, Jim Hankes won the coveted Chicago Association of REALTORS® 2022 Top Producer award for the McKinley Park neighborhood. Not bad for a neighborhood that has 99 active REALTORS® doing business there!
Jim will follow where his clients and their referrals take him, but he specializes in the near South and Southwest sides of Chicago, along with the Western and Southern suburbs. Single-family homes, condos, and multi-unit investment buildings are his specialties. Jim has become adept at helping seniors sell their homes, working with difficult family situations and estate trustees. He creatively negotiates amicable solutions to complex family situations. He has a team of specialists read: clutter removal, auction, cleaning, and staging services.
Jim draws on his 31 years as a sales and marketing executive when listing or buying properties. His analytical skills are superb, his pricing is precise, and most of his listings sell without any discounts or price reductions in under a week. In addition, Hankes is a Certified Real Estate Negotiation Expert and a Certified Pricing Strategy Advisor.
Jim has a wide array of inspectors, attorneys, lenders and contractors that can help make the transaction as smooth as possible.
Jim is a graduate of DeLaSalle Institute and Northern Illinois University.
