Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES

Current

• Broker at Realty Executives

Past

• President of company at Landau Realty, Inc.
• Broker at RE/MAX
• Assistant to the Managing Partner, Ruby Abrams at Laventhal & Horvath

• Assistant to Ken Smith, Public Relations at United Press International

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Education

• DePaul University
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Sullivan High School, Chicago

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Industry

Real Estate

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Summary

I specialize in residential real estate. It's a full-time job. And, that's all I do. Well, ok, I do blog too...but generally about things of interest in the real estate area.

I'm now considered a "senior" agent and have mentored and guided many younger agents. Some made it; many did not. Most people think that this is an easy job. Not so. We, good agents, may make it seem that way. But, this is a very difficult career to stay in for a long time.

In my experience, the best agents all had former teaching experience and used those skills to communicate with other agents and their clients.

I've won just about every award that our companies offered and completed a class last fall that will help me with my aging clients as well. So now, it's official: Senior Residential Specialist. Should be interesting as we're all getting older!

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Specialties:

I've specialized in several areas.

A) Working with relocating buyers. My blog gives them an idea of what our area is like.
B) Working with move-up buyers. And, in this market, that's tricky!
C) Working with residential sellers. How? By advising and constructing a strategic plan that ends with a sale.

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Experience

• Broker

  Realty Executives

  (Real Estate industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

  I work with many relocating buyers and advise them thorough out their home purchase and beyond.
  
  I also work with first-time buyers and with move-up buyers.
  
  I also work with sellers in the Naperville-Downers Grove area and have been in this field since 1976.
  
  You can read my testimonials on my websites: MoveUPtoNaperville.com and EileenLandau.com
  
  Prior to going into real estate I was a teacher.

• President of company

  Landau Realty, Inc.

  (Real Estate industry)

  May 1994 — December 1996 (2 years 8 months)

  I had my own real estate company for several years and had a wonderful assistant, Delphine. When she decided that she was tired of real estate (and she had been with me for 10 years), I decided to go with John Veneris' office.
  
  I've sold homes in Naperville, Aurora, Woodridge, Lisle, Downers Grove and in several towns in Will county.
  
  At this point in time (2008) I've sold way over 800 homes, and have seen almost everything! From interest rates that climbed to 18% to rates that fell to just below 5%; to conventional mortgages to contract for deed; worked with first-time buyers to relocating buyers to empty nesters moving to retirement communities.

• Broker

  RE/MAX

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Real Estate industry)

  June 1980 — May 1994 (14 years )

  I was one of the first agents to join this "new" company. In fact, they didn't have a balloon logo when I joined. We were a small office of about 12 agents, but we did mega business.
  
  And, we had to get business on our own. Those of us who started at that office paved the way for those who followed. And, today, I think that Re/Max may be the largest real estate company in the United States.

• Assistant to the Managing Partner, Ruby Abrams

  Laventhal & Horvath

  (Accounting industry)

  October 1973 — June 1975 (1 year 9 months)

  I was hired to work for Ruby, who was an ego centric man and required deft handling. During the time I worked there Ruby was demoted. Gone was the corner office and all the prestigious benes. Instead, a large office with outside windows near the elevator was his assigned spot.
  
  My previous experience in working with socially maladjusted children really came in handy.

• Assistant to Ken Smith, Public Relations

  United Press International

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  September 1972 — October 1973 (1 year 2 months)

  We moved to the Manhattan area and as there were no teaching jobs available, I ended up working in the Tribune building at 2nd and 42nd Street.
  
  The place was a mad-house as they were just putting in place an IS&R (Internal search and retriveval system). One of the first computerized systems. The older reporters had a devil of a time trying to learn how to use the machines. There were huge IBM main frames that required their own rooms with constant temperatures and a man in a white lab coat who would take their temperature on an hourly basis!
  
  My Blackberry and I-phone have more power today then this monster system.

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Education

• DePaul University

  MA , English Education , 1964 — 1967

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  BA , English , 1959 — 1963

  Navy Pier was the undergraduate location of the U of Illinois. And, we were lucky as there were NO student assistants teaching our classes! We were also able to tour the ships that came into port on the south side of the pier. Those Russian sailors would flirt and smile!

• Sullivan High School, Chicago

  1955 — 1959

  We're planning our Reunion...the BIG 5-0 for October 10, 2009.
  I've worked on all of our reunions, and thanks to the internet we've been able to find most of our class.

Additional Information

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Interests:

Stock market, property investing, real estate, blogging, writing, gardening, designing, surface design, reading, traveling, concerts. We support the MAC and Kirk Muspratt (who won an award this year) at the College of DuPage.

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Groups:

National Association of REALTORS, Illinois Association of REALTORS, MainStreet Organization of REALTORS, DuPage Opera Theatre Supporter and concert goer, Chicago Symphony Supporter and concert goer, Art Institute of Chicago Supporter and Member, Field Museum Supporter and Member, Chicago Haiku Group (Chi-ku) member, Chicago Philatelic Society (CPS) Member

•    National Assn of REALTORS®

Eileen Landau, BA, MA, e-Pro, OTD, SRES’s Honors:

SRES Certification, 2008 (Senior Real Estate Specialist)
e-PRO Certification, 2005 (Internet Certified)
ABR Certification, 1998 (Accredited Buyer Representative)
Real Estate Certification, 1987 (Certified Residential Specialist)
Hall of Fame, 1990, Re/Max Realtors
Top Office Producer over a period of years

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