About Beyond Properties Realty

Featured Agents

Denise Espinosa

Broker Associate

773-817-9333
denise@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Denise is a Chicago native and now resides in Oak Park. Prior to living in Oak Park, she was a resident of one of its neighbors, Elmwood Park. Denise brings familiarity and knowledge of Chicago Neighborhoods, Oak Park and its surrounding suburbs to her clients. Her attitude is the same in everything she does; She is passionate, personable, accountable, driven and dedicated. She understands that buying or selling a home can be stressful, but to be part of one of her Client’s most important life event is extremely rewarding. Whether it’s their first home, their dream home, rental property, vacation home or investment property, she handles the process with the utmost care and service. Prior to becoming a licensed Real Estate Broker, Denise worked for international corporations in the areas of finance and customer service. She is fluent in Spanish and English, and has a background in education. She taught kindergarten in Chicago. Currently, in addition to her work in real estate, she has a thriving photography business. Denise brings the value of her experiences in customer service, finance, teaching, photography, and entrepreneurial to clients to help them achieve their goals. She enjoys the ongoing relationship she has with her clients long after a sale.

Denise Sacks

Office Manager

708-386-1366
708-217-2111
manager@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Denise grew up in the south suburbs and has enjoyed living in the Oak Park area for over 20 years. She loves the community and the variety of beautiful homes and apartment buildings. Denise has valuable work experience in education and retail. Denise’s study of interior design, love of DIY home projects, and appreciation of architecture have led her to the field of real estate. Denise has many roles at Beyond Properties. In her capacity as the Office Manager, she assists the team with all aspects of client care and the transaction process. With her expertise, she also handles many general business tasks for Beyond Properties. Denise also thrives as a real estate broker. Providing exceptional client service to her clients as they search for the perfect place to call home. As an active real estate entrepreneur in the Oak Park region, she has experience flipping properties, and is a rental property owner.

Erica Cuneen

Managing Broker/Owner

708-386-1366
708-220-2025
erica@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Since beginning her real estate career in 2001, Managing Broker Erica Cuneen has been a top-producing agent and consistently sells at the multi-million dollar level. With primary markets in Chicago, Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest, Erica has experience with varied markets and a diverse group of clients. Above all, Erica recognizes the timeless value of finding the ideal home and community for each of her clients. Exceptional service and the desire to exceed clients’ expectations is Erica’s hallmark. Erica strives to ensure her clients find the home they want and invest in properties that meet their business needs. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she can help you realize the value of your property and handle transactions smoothly. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, educator of deaf students in Ecuador, and bilingual (Spanish) educator in Chicago public schools, Erica appreciates the value of community. In today’s active market, sellers need to set themselves apart. As an environmentally conscious professional, Erica is a certified EcoBroker. Her ability to highlight green features puts sellers’ property at the forefront, and buyers benefit from the energy savings and peace of mind.

Heather Snyder

Marketing Director

heather@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

As an analytical thinker with an artistic sensibility, Heather’s strategic organizational methods, marketing experience, and communications savvy are an asset to the Beyond Properties team. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Heather moved to Chicago and currently calls Oak Park home. She is an entrepreneur who served as Founder, Business Operations Manager, and Director of a performing arts organization from 2007-2018. Currently, she manages branding, marketing strategy and advertising while creating solutions that streamline business operations.

Isaac Jordan

Marketing Assistant

630-386-1366
630-240-3714
isaac@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Since becoming a member of the Beyond Properties team in April 2016, Isaac has been applying his skills as a tech buff, writer and graphic designer to a broad range of office operations. His day-to-day tasks coordinating email campaigns, creating and distributing event flyers, moving furniture between properties, and any other odd job that needs to be completed, all while keeping the computers and software systems running smoothly. He is particularly known for being design-oriented, always looking for ways to improve our marketing materials. Isaac is a recent graduate of Oak Park & River Forest High School where he was a writer and editor for the OPRF Yearbook Staff. He studied Japanese for four years and was an exchange student in Akita during the summer of 2016.

Kristen Hollinden

Broker Associate

708-386-1366
630-567-6570
License Number: 475.184536
kristen@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Kristen and her family have loved living in Oak Park for 10 years. Kristen is actively involved in the Oak Park community with a passion for volunteering, sustainability initiatives, gardening, and running. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Accounting and Finance with previous work experience in small business commercial lending. Kristen joined Beyond Properties in 2017 as a Marketing Coordinator where her skills are used to assist in client care and enhance our marketing presence with clients. Kristen became an Illinois Licensed Broker in January 2019. She loves working on our team and always strives to enrich our client’s real estate experience.

Martha Murphy

Broker Associate

847-977-3456
martha@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

An Oak Park area resident since 1992. A lifelong fascination with real estate lead to work with investors and earn her Illinois Real Estate Broker’s license. She’s found the experience of working with all kinds of buyers and sellers a satisfying joy. She is passionate about natural building, garden design, jewelry design, the performing arts and architecture. Martha comes with a wealth of experience to guide you through the real estate process. It is a pleasure to work at Beyond Properties Realty! I have found it to be a place where kind and intense customer service and professional excellence abound. We are always working creatively to make our clients experience the best as well as being actively part of our wonderful community.

Michele Strimaitis

Broker Associate

312-375-9561
312-375-9561
michele@beyondpropertiesrealty.com

Michele resides in Oak Park and she is an Illinois licensed Broker since 2012. As a result of her art history studies at DePaul, Michele has a deep appreciation for art, history and architecture and a genuine passion for older homes. She loves the Oak Park/River Forest area for several reasons. The diversity in homes, the small town feel, the closeness to Chicago all make living here a great experience for her family. Michele joined Beyond Properties in 2018 after working at @properties and MSK Realty and has been an agent since 2012. Before that she worked as a loan officer. Her love of real estate, the home buying process and genuine desire to help people inspired her to get her brokers license and move into that role on a full-time basis. Michele was attracted to Beyond Properties because she resonates with the same work philosophy and business practices that the company cultivates.

About Beyond Properties Realty

Denise Espinosa

Denise Sacks

Erica Cuneen

Heather Snyder

Isaac Jordan

Kristen Hollinden

Martha Murphy

Michele Strimaitis

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