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Our Team

The CONDOChicago team would like to welcome you. Living in the city has so much to offer from Lincoln Park condos to Gold Coast high rises to West Loop lofts... We pride ourselves on listening to your needs and working within your requirements and budget... please explore this site and its services.

Keeping a pulse on the real estate marketplace is our focus. Buying a home is a huge investment, one that must make sense to your living needs and make sense from a financial investment standpoint. Our team can not only help you locate your home, but also help you through the whole buying process - mortgage approval, inspectors, even home improvement contractors. Our goal is your complete satisfaction. We pride ourselves on our professional consultative style and customer service orientation...

Our Technology

We actively use technology to interact with our buyers, sellers and other service providers in order to streamline the buying and selling process. For instance, you as a consumer are given the ability to take control of your search with the “Search the MLS” feature. When you see a property that interests you, you can easily click on “Contact our Office” to request an appointment to view the property.

CONDOChicago also sends monthly email newsletters featuring our hottest listings distinguishing our client’s properties and marketing them directly to an audience of people who are actively searching for real estate. These listings are not only featured on CONDOChicago.com but on many websites including Realtor.com and Chicago Tribune online. We understand that you have a busy schedule- the more searching and elimination of properties that can be done online- the quicker you will be able to find that perfect home.

Team Background

Stacy Karel
Real Estate Consultant
CONDOChicago.com Founder


As a homeowner, investor and developer of real estate, Stacy Karel brings her passion for real estate to her buyers and sellers. As your listing agent, dont be surprised if she rearranges furniture or stages your bookshelves, she knows what sells. Stacy is an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP Designation) and enjoys bringing that expertise to her sellers. Her marketing plan, agent-to-agent marketing techniques, and use of technology for communication, scheduling and feedback make her a leading real estate consultant at @properties.

With her buyers, Stacy says, "I enjoy listening to my clients to understand their needs. It is like a game... to pull the levers of price, location, and amenities to find that market anomaly for my clients that is the very best deal." Her buyers comment that she is an expert negotiator and goes above and beyond when it comes to getting the deal done and providing recommendations for contractors and other resources.

Prior to joining @properties in 2008, Stacy was the number one agent in her office and was named top individual or group every year since 2003. Her website www.CONDOChicago.com is one of the most successful independent sites in the Chicago-land area with thousands of registered users and hundreds using it monthly to assist in the home buying process. She has also recently launched a site www.LuxuryChicagoCondo.com that highlights the city's luxurious new construction projects.

In 2008 Stacy was responsible for the coordination of a relocation of employees from Illinois to Texas. This move affected over 75 employees with real estate valued over $20,000,000 and was serviced by 18 agents covering the city and suburbs. She developed a website www.ILRelo.com to showcase these listings.

Prior to entering real estate as a full-time agent in 2002, Stacy was a Business Development Manager for Deloitte Consulting. She has a MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with a major in Marketing. Her undergraduate studies were at University of Illinois majoring in Finance.

Stacy is a resident of the Bucktown neighborhood. In her spare time she enjoys travel, theater, movies, wine tasting, skiing and teaching her niece to ice skate.

You can contact Stacy directly at Stacy@CONDOChicago.com or (312) 933-5819.



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