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MISSY JERFITA
Broker
Jerfita Team
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff
Realty Group
The JerfitaTeam in the NEWS A former actress and model, Missy Jerfita knows the true
meaning of diligence and perseverance when it comes to
making a success of her career. The daughter of a Realtor
who inspired Jerfita thanks to her “passion and tenacity,”
this real estate professional knows what it means to set
one’s eyes on the prize and work relentlessly to achieve it.
She did just that in her first year in the industry, aspiring
toward $10 million in sales. Her hard work paid off when
she attained her goal, and her team now holds the honor
of ranking as the top team on the North Side for the past
10 years.
Jerfita, who has been quoted as an expert source
in The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and on
WGN radio, believes that these accomplishments are
largely due to the fact that her team is “The Best of the
Best” Realtors. They are all specialists, each of them
focuses either on buyers or sellers to give each client
110 percent attention. Moreover, Jerfita points out, hers
is a “concierge team that can provide and coordinate
referrals for stagers, painters, handymen and cleaning
people,” thereby making her team full service.
As Jerfita explains, “My team stands out in Chicago’s
real estate community because we really care about our
clients’ goals and needs.” For example, there was the
Chicago Bulls player whose home she was asked to sell
with the caveats that she avoid placing it on the Multiple
Listing Service (MLS), promoting it to other brokers,
putting signage in the yard and hosting open houses! “I
asked my client how I was going to sell his home when he
didn’t want anyone to know about it,” she laughingly recalls,
“but I sold it without it going on the market.” And then there
was the time that her client, a 6’7”, 320-pound Chicago
Bears player, needed a home that could accommodate his
stature. “We would go straight to the master bathroom
shower in every home we looked at to see if he could fit
in it!” she remembers. That client, she says, started as a
renter but ultimately bought a $3.6 million home. Jerfita’s
clients range from luxury, first-time buyers, people upsizing
and downsizing to professional athletes.
Having ranked in the top half of the top 1 percent in
Berkshire Hathaway KoenigRubloff in 2014, Jerfita is also
committed to giving back, which is why she established
The Jerfita Key to Success Scholarship for a deserving
Glenbrook South High School senior. She also supports
both Glenview Youth Services and Habitat for Humanity,
the latter of which she donates a portion of her commission
after each transaction. With sales exceeding $60 million
each year, Jerfita continues to surpass clients’ expectations
as well as paying her success forward in the community
where she lives and works.

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