JENNIFER LAPINS has a background in IT and Asset Management Consulting for a Fortune 50 Company. It is with the knowledge and expertise gained here that guides Jennifer as a Real Estate Broker representing both buyers, sellers, investors, and relocation clients.
With her transition from the Corporate world into Real Estate more than 20 years ago, Jennifer’s clients have not only benefited from her capabilities in marketing and negotiation, but have returned time and again as move-up buyers and investors. It is these repeat clients that have allowed her to build an exceptional referral-based real estate practice.
Jennifer’s clients and customers come first and their complete satisfaction is her highest priority. With a fierce focus on maintaining the highest ethical standards in business for new and returning clients, Jennifer provides top-notch service, excellence in negotiating, and superb communication.
Keeping in mind that today’s real estate market is increasingly complicated and fast-paced, buyers and sellers need a broker and brokerage behind them that keeps their interests ahead of all others. With so many variables in a real estate transaction, rest assured that Jennifer always remains the one constant you can rely on to be accessible, involved, and guide you from start to finish. Being a certified e-pro Agent and Negotiation Expert, Jennifer knows how to leverage online media and marketing outlets to showcase your property in the best possible light and to the widest cast of buyers, sellers, and investors. Jennifer continues to learn and evolve as technology changes and improves. Repeat Clients, Relocation, Second Homes, and Estate Sales are a cornerstone of her business.
Striving to have her clients remember the high level of commitment and attention to detail she provides, coupled with her commitment to building relationships that will last far beyond a single transaction, Jennifer looks forward to earning your business time and again.
Jennifer, along with her husband and children, have lived in the Lakeview neighborhood for more than 21 years. They are committed to raising our family in the city where we can enjoy all that the city has to offer. A big proponent of public education, she has spent considerable hours researching the public schools and volunteering in her children’s neighborhood schools. CPS can be complicated as it relates to selective enrollment high schools. Jennifer has personally navigated this process for her now senior in high school and has done so again for her youngest who is now a freshman.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, and a graduate of Indiana University - Bloomington, she is proud to call herself a Chicagoan. Spending her spare time caring for and training their puppy, Gracie. On the golf course, playing pickleball, in the yoga or HIIT studios helps her maintain a calm balance between work, life, fun, and business.
As a REALTOR®, ALLISON KUCHNIA capitalizes on her experience and expertise as a teacher and resident in Chicago to set proper expectations, practice effective time management and execute a seamless buying and selling process for her clients. Maintaining and fostering deep interpersonal relationships, understanding the needs of her clients and making the process enjoyable, she continues to earn her clients’ business authentically.
Allison has called many Chicago neighborhoods home and has a deep understanding of the Chicago experience. In an effort to balance work and life, you can find her taking hot yoga classes or challenging her friends to weekly Fitbit competitions. She enjoys heading to Wrigley Field to attend games with her husband and walking their dog, Cliff, around the neighborhood.
Allison graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, and went on to obtain her Master’s in Education from DePaul University, Chicago. Her goal was to work in the Chicago Public School system as a high school teacher in the social sciences. After 11 years as a teacher, coach and program lead in Chicago, she joined The Lap of Luxury Group with @properties Christie’s International Real Estate in June of 2021. With the backing of a 21 year veteran in the industry and over $150 Million in sales*, this is the perfect place for Allison to launch her Real Estate career.
GUIDING PURPOSE
Everyone should feel as their home or investment is a Lap of Luxury. What that looks like is entirely up to each individual client. How we show up for each client is found in our concise market expertise, consistency in communication, advocacy and a proven track record of success over the last 21 years.
