Homer Glen Office Is Newest For RE/MAX Network In The Metro Chicago Real Estate Market

Broker/Owner Kathy O’Radnick

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network marked the opening of its newest office serving the metropolitan Chicago real estate market on May 1 with the debut of RE/MAX 1st Service at 15915 S. Crystal Creek Dr. in Homer Glen, IL. The owner of the new franchise is Kathy O’Radnik, an experienced broker/manager who is taking her first plunge into office ownership.

“Having my own RE/MAX office has been a dream of mine for some time,” said O’Radnik, who first entered real estate sales 30 years ago and has extensive experience in real estate sales management and as an instructor of real estate continuing education courses. In addition to managing a RE/MAX office, she has managed offices for Baird & Warner and ERA Real Estate in the southwest suburbs.

“Over the years, I’ve really been impressed with the entrepreneurial skills and professionalism of RE/MAX agents, and those are especially important traits in today’s challenging real estate market,” O’Radnik said.

“In this instance, all the stars aligned properly for me to make my dream come true. The office I was managing consolidated with another office, the opportunity arose to purchase the RE/MAX franchise in Homer Glen, and a number of excellent RE/MAX agents I’d been managing wanted to be based in this community, so creating a new RE/MAX office here seemed like the logical thing to do,” she said.

O’Radnik was fortunate to locate vacant office space in a great location just west of Will-Cook Road and near the Orland Park Sportsplex. The 2,000-square-foot office needed only some basic redecorating to turn it into a functioning real estate office. It has two levels, with training facilities and private offices planned for the upper floor. The office phone number is 708-675-1600.
She also sees the current environment as a good one for attracting top agents to her office.

“When things are going well, agents aren’t that interested in moving or trying new approaches, but in the current market, many skilled agents are looking for help, for ideas, for answers. I think I can provide those for them,” O’Radnik said.
A resident of Orland Park, Ill., O’Radnik has been active in both the real estate industry and her community. She was the first president of the Southwest Suburban Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors®, currently serves as a member of the professional standards committee for the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors® and holds the Certified Residential Broker designation. She has long been heavily involved with St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Orland Park, where she currently serves as the 8th grade religious education chairperson.