Quick-witted, strategic, and a very careful listener make Urban Real Estate’s Leslie McGinty a force to be reckoned with. With a long-time career in sales prior to entering the field of real estate, clients have always relied on her candor to help them navigate their way to the very best deal possible. Today, working with both buyers and sellers, her rules of engagement are no different – If a client doesn’t love the deal, her advice, is to move on until they do.
A graduate from Indiana Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Business Management, Leslie had a long-time career in media and luxury sales before making her transition to real estate. Having worked with some of the biggest names in showbiz, and clients with the most extravagant of requests, not much phases this experienced veteran. Her ability to treat each and every client as the VIP that they are rank among the qualities she takes pride in. Paying particular attention to individual communication styles, negotiation strategies, and personal preferences, Leslie is able to help clients see the properties that make the most sense for the lifestyle they have, or the one they wish to one day achieve. It’s nothing for Leslie to take her cell phone out and start recording guided property tours to clients in other cities soon relocating to Chicago. With a bit of her own color and the property’s views, her clients get a live experience and can proceed with confidence.
Leslie calls Lincoln Square home and has extensive knowledge in the downtown, Near North, and Roscoe Village areas. When she isn’t busy trying to bring solid deals together, Leslie can be found at home with her favorite clients, her two cats Kravitz and Smokey.
Leslie has earned the industry’s coveted real estate certification: Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE) & Accredited Buyer's Respresentive (ABR)