Illinois Real Estate Agents Earn Spots In RE/MAX Top 10 For First Quarter Sales

Vicki Geiger of RE/MAX Top Properties in Morris, Ill., emerged as the top RE/MAX agent in northern Illinois outside the Chicago metropolitan area during the first quarter of 2008. It is Geiger’s first appearance in the top spot. She ranked No. 2 for all of 2007.

The real estate agents in this ranking are from the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Grundy, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago.

The ranking reflects the sales performance of both individual agents and sales teams. Teams involve the efforts of two or more licensed individuals. Rankings are based on commissions earned.

The Top 10 Non-Metro northern Illinois real estate agents and teams for the January-March period this year are:

1. Vicki Geiger (team), RE/MAX Top Properties, Morris;
2. James Cesarek (team), RE/MAX Sauk Valley, Sterling, Ill.;
3. Tina Eisler, RE/MAX Property Source, Rockford, Ill.;
4. Sharon Esslinger, RE/MAX Country Crossroads, Viola, Ill.;
5. Eric Bird, RE/MAX Sauk Valley, Sterling;
6. Robert Nieman (team), RE/MAX Property Source, Rockford;
7. Jean Pritchard, RE/MAX Hometown Advantage, Geneseo, Ill.;
8. Susie VanOosten, RE/MAX Homes Unlimited Dixon, Dixon, Ill.;
9. Carla Benesh (team), RE/MAX of Rock Valley, Oregon, Ill.;
10. Starr Zook, RE/MAX On Track, Aledo, Ill.

“The outstanding agents in our non-metro northern RE/MAX Illinois real estate Top 10 are all proven performers, with skills and expertise that benefit their clients and their entire communities. We congratulate each of them for their success in a challenging real estate market,” said Jim Merrion, regional director of RE/MAX Northern Illinois. “They help the RE/MAX network remain the real estate leader.”