Lead Agent

Overview

The mission of the Ventimiglia Realty Team is to provide the premier customer service experience for each home seller and home buyer we work with. Knowledge we’ve gained through years of working in the local market empowers us to provide our home buyers and sellers with the advice they need to make informed decisions. Whether it’s selling a home, searching for a home, or negotiating a contract, each member of the Ventimiglia Realty Team is an experienced real estate professional who applies their expert skills to each step of the process to help each client achieve an outstanding result.

The Lead Agent is an individual who thrives on taking risks and facing challenges while maintaining a win-win, positive attitude. He/She is attracted to leadership roles, believes in achieving results through empowering others, and is well-liked for his/her optimistic, dynamic personality.

The Lead Agent demonstrates on a daily basis the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and habits of a high-achieving, seasoned agent who is committed to putting clients first, to doing the right thing, and to seeking win-win agreements. The Lead Agent prospects for leads daily, closes those leads to appointments, closes appointments to agreements, and then provides high-level fiduciary advice on pricing strategy and staging the home for sale.

He/She will evaluate showing feedback and reevaluate pricing as needed. Upon receiving or presenting an offer, the Lead Agent will negotiate the offer, write the contract, and oversee the deal through its close.

The Lead Agent also demonstrates a commitment to learning and strives for growth by regularly attending courses, teaching when appropriate, and regularly practicing scripts and dialogues. He/She is committed to investing in team members and regularly provides them with learning and growth opportunities as well.

These are the standards a well-above-average performer will maintain or exceed:

• Work in person Monday
  - Friday as well as on weekends
• Prospect for leads, convert leads to appointments, and close appointments to agreements
• Provide high-level fiduciary advice on pricing strategies and staging homes for sale
• Market the home as appropriate
• Evaluate showing feedback and reevaluate pricing as needed
• Effectively negotiate, or oversee negotiations
• Consult with clients to ensure fiduciary service of the real estate transaction from initial contact through contract to close
• Attend networking, client appreciation, and team events

• Generate leads and close on leads given to them
• Oversee all aspects of transactions from initial contact to contract to close
• Negotiate offers
• Attend listing appointments and hold open houses

• Closed at least 5 real estate transactions in 2025
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities
• Willingness and ability to speak and present in front of groups
• Competence in using real estate tools and CRM platforms
• Active real estate agent license in the state of Illinois
• Minimum 3 years of industry and sales experience
• Marketing materials such as business cards, signs, and flyers will be paid for by Ventimiglia Realty Team. The administrative staff will create order and when appropriate print materials required by Lead Agent.
• Reputation and strength of a successful team
• Coaching, training, and accountability
• Proven plan, systems, models, and scripts provided
• Team support when on vacation
• Full time executive assistant and transaction coordinator
• The last agent who held this position averaged a six figure income over the past five years.
• * Past performance of any agent in this role does not guarantee similar results. Compensation is commission-based and dependent on individual production and market factors.

If you are interested, please send a resume and cover letter to Ha