Frequently asked questions

Naperville is home base — the john greene office is on Route 59 — but his closings over the last two years span DuPage, Will, Kane and Cook counties: Lisle, Downers Grove, Addison, Elmhurst, Bolingbrook, Mokena, Elgin, Plainfield, Romeoville, Montgomery, Oswego, Lombard and Tinley Park. If you are somewhere in the western or southwestern suburbs, he has almost certainly closed nearby.

It is the most common way people start working with Blake, and most of his five-star reviews come from first-time buyers. The first conversation is not about houses. It is about budget, commute, timeline and what you actually need, followed by a lender introduction if you do not have one. Nothing about the process assumes you have done it before, and asking the same question twice is expected.

More than a walkthrough. Clients consistently describe the same thing: foundations checked, crawlspaces entered, manufacturing dates read off the furnace and water heater, notes taken on everything. The point is that the excitement of liking a house does not stop anyone from finding out what the house will cost to own. Questions he cannot answer on the spot get answered later, including the ones you forget you asked.

Yes, and it has — including buyers arriving from California with no local network at all. The pattern is video tours first to eliminate the wrong homes, orientation on schools, commutes and the differences between towns, then one focused trip to see a real shortlist in person rather than twenty-five houses over three weekends.

Against what actually closed nearby and recently, not against what neighbors are asking. Blake's own sales have run from $68K to $967K, which means the analysis does not start from an assumption about your price band. You get the comparable sales, an honest read on which improvements return their cost before listing and which do not, and a number you can defend to a buyer's appraiser.

His brokerage profile lists Sign Language along with English among the languages he works in, so it is worth raising at the first conversation if signing would make the process easier for you. Scheduling for showings and closing can then be set up accordingly, and Blake will tell you directly what he can cover himself and where an interpreter would serve you better.