Find the right home.
Make the right move.
Buying a home is about more than finding a property. It is about understanding the market, recognizing value, and making decisions that support the way you want to live.
Kim Marino and Katie Minott combine deep Naperville knowledge, real-time market insight, and a coordinated two-advisor approach to guide you from the first conversation through closing.
A more informed way to buy
Every successful purchase begins with a clear understanding of your priorities. We help you move beyond the listing details and evaluate the complete opportunity, including the home, the location, the market, and its long-term fit.
A search shaped around your life
We begin with your priorities, preferred locations, timing, budget, and the way you want to live. Your search is then refined around the homes and opportunities that genuinely fit.
Access beyond a typical online search
We help you monitor active listings, coming-soon properties, new construction, and private-market possibilities while identifying opportunities that may be difficult to find through national search sites alone.
Local perspective on value
A home’s value is influenced by more than square footage and recent sales. We help you consider condition, location, lot, layout, neighborhood dynamics, competing properties, and future marketability before making a decision.
Guidance through the final details
From pricing and offer terms to inspections, attorney review, appraisal, and closing, we help you understand each decision and move forward with a clear strategy.
A clear plan, from first conversation to closing
Define
Discuss your goals, timing, financing, preferred neighborhoods, and the features that matter most.
Explore
Review real-time listings, private-market possibilities, and carefully selected homes that align with your priorities.
Evaluate
Consider condition, pricing, comparable sales, location, potential improvements, and long-term value before pursuing a property.
Secure
Develop the offer strategy, negotiate the important terms, and navigate inspections, attorney review, financing, and closing.
The search is only the beginning
Finding the home is one part of the process. Kim and Katie help you evaluate the opportunity, shape the offer, and navigate every step from inspection through closing. Their guidance continues well beyond closing, making them a trusted real estate resource for you, your family, and the people you care about.
What buyers are saying
Katie helped us buy our house this year. She was incredibly professional! In a small neighborhood where there are many personal connections, she maintained a perfect balance between expertise and knowledge about the neighborhood with professionalism and discretion. She is responsive, easy to work with, friendly and helpful. We explored many paths to ownership downtown and she patiently walked us through the process - despite the time it took for us to find our perfect place. I can’t say enough great things about working with Katie and Kim. They were fantastic!Lisa K. · Bought in Naperville
Katie and her team were incredible to work with on the purchase of our home in Naperville. We were moving from out of state, and that made seeing properties in this competitive market somewhat difficult. Katie really listened to our wish list for a home, and she helped us set realistic expectations for what could purchase based on budget and our top priorities. She clearly has established relationships with many agents in the area, and she was always responsive. In addition to her incredible knowledge and expertise, she is also just a really enjoyable person to be around! We look forward to working with her again in the future if the need arises. She is the BEST!Randi K. · Bought in Naperville
Tools for your purchase
Your next home starts with a conversation.
Tell Kim & Katie what you are looking for. Every conversation is complimentary and confidential.