With our parents’ passing, we were faced with having to sell their Lake Bluff home. They had purchased it in 1976, and our ties to the house, the neighborhood, and community still ran deep. For us, it was far more than simply selling a house. How lucky we were to have Leslie Gleason guide us through it all. Leslie worked with us to understand our timing and financial goals, and coupled with her 20+ years of market experience, provided us with an invaluable marketing plan. You would think that having three clients selling one property would be challenging, but Leslie always found a way to work around our crazy schedules, whether in person or on the phone. She gave us clear directions when it came to cleaning out the house, making the appropriate improvements, staging to accent the home’s appeal, and creating goals in order to help us meet our deadlines. Mom and Dad’s home and its thoughtful care was Leslie’s focus throughout the entire process, and she represented us with professionalism, dependability and understanding. (We marveled at her ability to recall the smallest details and to provide answers to questions we had forgotten asking!) Most importantly, Leslie understood the sale’s emotional impact on the three of us. She laughed at our stories and encouraged us when the reality of what we were doing was just a little too much. Leslie helped us to keep things in perspective, and ultimately, it was her positive, thoughtful support that saw us through. In the end, we sold our home at the price we wanted, in the timeframe we wanted.

Leslie is an extraordinary realtor who deserves every accolade. Her patience during our 1.5-year search was commendable; she never pressured us, ensuring we found our perfect home. Her professional attitude and wealth of knowledge, accumulated over 20+ years in the industry, were evident in every interaction. Leslie didn't just sell us a house; she guided us through the entire process, educating us and making it remarkably simple. She provided references for all house-related services, from inspections to contractors, streamlining our experience. Leslie's customer focus was unparalleled; she answered every question and addressed every concern promptly and thoroughly. Her diligence and reliability were constants, making us feel secure in our decisions. Working with Leslie was not just a business transaction, but a genuine pleasure.

Exceptional Realtor...I have had the pleasure of working with Leslie Gleason on two different property transactions. I could not have been happier with the experience. From start to finish Leslie, demonstrated unparalleled professionalism, expertise, and dedication. She took her time to truly understand our family needs in helping us find a home during the pandemic and beyond. She ensured that every property we viewed aligned with what we were looking for. Her extensive knowledge of the market and eye for detail helped us find the perfect home during stressful times of low inventory and war sales. She's an excellent communicator and has outstanding responsiveness. I always felt supported and confident throughout the entire journey of buying and selling our home. This is all due to her genuine care for her clients.

Leslie was a truly remarkable buyer’s agent for me during my move from the PNW. She understood what I was looking for and kept me informed about the market here. She was patient and supportive during the lengthy process of selling my small farm during a volatile market. Not only did she find me the perfect home here at the right price, but she made the transition so much easier by introducing me to the area, helping me make connections and answering endless questions. Knowledgeable, professional and welcoming.

Within an hour of talking to Leslie about my needs I received a listing of available homes that met my criteria. Over the next several weeks, I was in frequent contact with Leslie as new home listings were sent to me. After receiving home listings via e-mail, I would mark homes of interest. Leslie would reach out to me to ask if I was interested in seeing the house and when. She was always available to meet me for a home tour. She pointed out things about a home I wasn't aware of and made suggestions on how changes to the home could be made to make the house more livable and a fit for me. I had many questions about the homes we toured -- Leslie always had great answers. She was never pushy and very patient (after many home tours!)
When I got to making an offer, Leslie really helped put together an offer in a multi-offer (5 offer!) scenario where the home was on the market for one day. In the end, I won and don't feel I overpaid -- the comps Leslie put together helped determine a competitive offer. During the home purchase transaction, Leslie remained very hands-on -- my lawyer even commented that she had not seen many agents as "on top of things" as Leslie was. Although this was my third home purchase, I needed a team to complete the home purchase (e.g. inspector, lawyer, lender, etc.) - I leaned on Leslie to provide referrals. The referrals she gave me were all people she has worked extensively with and knows well. I ended up using almost all her referrals and was very happy with their work as well.
The home purchase transaction went thru very smoothly and was not stressful at all. After the sale, Leslie continued to help with more referrals for movers, trades people and decorators.
I can't recommend Leslie enough. You would be hard-pressed to find an agent who knows Lake County as well as Leslie and has the real estate knowledge, network and work ethic.

We recently used Leslie to find a home in the Lake Bluff/Lake Forest area. She was very patient in searching for homes. Very persistent. Always on the lookout for us.
Ultimately we found a home in Lake Forest that perfectly met our needs and wants.
Throughout the process she was always on top of things that needed to be done. On time. Excellent communicator!

Leslie helped guide us through our first home buying experience and we are so glad we were in such good hands. She constantly kept in contact with us via email and phone to make sure we wouldn't miss new houses that popped up during such a competitive market and never stopped working until we had the keys in our hands. It was comforting knowing we had a realtor with years of experience to help us find our dream home!

Appreciated all that Leslie did when acting both as a buyer’s agent when I purchased a home a few years back, and then when I recently sold my house as the selling agent. I highly recommend Leslie due to her knowledge of the market, her communication skills, her professionalism, follow up on every detail and ensuring a smooth close process.

Leslie is a well-connected professional agent who will walk you through all of the steps to buy or sell a home! She’s personable, friendly and patient. She really takes the time to set you up for success. You won’t go wrong choosing her as your agent.

Leslie found us our dream house and made the process go smoothly. She worked well with the seller’s agent to make it happen. Highly professional and kept on top of things along the way.

Leslie Gleason was our agent and we could not have been more pleased! She was recommended to us and she was extremely knowledgeable about the market, mortgage lenders and attorneys. She was patient with us, answered all of our questions and was prompt in responding to us with information or requests to view a home. We lived two hours away at the time and worked very hard to meet our schedules. She was always prompt and always did what she said she would do. She was pleasant and willing to go the extra mile for her client. I can highly recommend her for the purchase of your next home or even listing with her. We love our home and she was as excited for us to get it as we were!

Moving across the country was simple with Leslie and friends. Every step of the way my questions were answered, resoucres were found, and I found the perfect place to match our current needs. Leslie is amazing and keeps you informed as you look at property all the way through closing. Definitely give her a call!

This was a positive experience from start to finish due to Leslie's involvement as buyer's agent. She moved the deal forward and kept all parties apprised at all steps. It was a thorny deal but was closed in a timely manner and both parties walked away satisfied.

Leslie has helped us buy two homes in Highland Park, and will be tapped again to help us sell when that time comes. All of the other reviews echo our experience with Leslie; you can’t find a better agent for counsel in a real estate transaction (we have dealt with others). She knows what she is doing and is meticulous as can be. If you forget to do something in the process you can rest assured that she has not. We would be remiss not to mention the depth of her resources for anything and everything you may need related to buying or selling - from attorneys to movers to a variety of contractors; and these are vetted people - they don’t stay on her list if they don’t perform exceptionally well.

My fiancé and I were unable to look at properties together, and she was very flexible with taking us both to properties we liked, separately, over a few weeks' time. She helped us avoid some first-time homebuyer traps, like buying a fixer-upper without having enough time nor patience to fix it up! She introduced us to some great options and humored us on the ones we wanted to see, but that she knew wouldn't end up being the right one for us. When the house we ended up buying came on the market, she took us to a realtors-only showing before the general public came to look. We put in an offer that evening and she helped us get our perfect house for a great price!

We would recommend Leslie to anyone, but especially to other first-time buyers. Going into this process, we had no idea what to expect nor how to conduct this sort of business. She was respectful in her guidance and helpful in offering her many years of experience. She even helped us check to make sure the basement was dry, asked about some really important things in the inspection (that we didn't know were problems!) and generally picked up our slack.

As a first time home buyer she was patient, gave us great information while allowing us to make decisions and was extremely responsive. I would recommend her to anyone!

Experience, assessment and recommendation of Leslie Stollenwerk-Gleason as our Realtor. We recently sold our property in Lake Forest and sincerely feel that the successful sale was attributed in great part to the significant efforts and astute marketing savvy of Leslie as a knowledgeable realtor. Her hard work and commitment were key in not only making significant recommendations for improvements, but scheduling and overseeing the work while we were out of the country. That kind of commitment in today's world is rare indeed!

Leslie was very kind and went out of her way to make it easy for us to manage our daily lives during the many showings of our home. All of these personal and professional attributes made it possible for us to successfully sell our home during a significant down market period in real estate at the time. Every effort was made to showcase the home to as many realtors, brokers and potential buyers as possible which we know was absolutely key to selling our home.

We appreciate every effort Leslie made to contribute to its successful sale and closing. Her representation of our economic point of view was truly right on target and we felt the relationship between us was not only comfortable but quite straight forward and helpful. It takes an expert to balance such a sensitive, significant and impactful life event and Leslie is highly qualified to do so with understanding and experience. We could not recommend anyone better than Leslie Stollenwerk-Gleason.

If you would like to successfully sell your home, let Leslie do it for you. You will never regret your decision to do so. You will be thanking her for a comfortable, successful experience. By the way, her willingness to take the time to share her knowledge of movers, estate sales companies, and even real estate lawyers made the post sale part of moving far less problematic and painful than we had experienced in any of our previous 8 moves. We did this move to meet a 5 week closing deadline and met it with 2 weeks to spare. Thank you, Leslie, for all your hard work, kindness and expertise. It was a pleasure working with you.

Leslie was an amazing realtor to work with on the closing of our home. As a first-time home buyer she was extremely knowledgeable in all areas of the home buyer process and really helped us look for what we needed in a home. She was quick to respond to questions and always tried to get us in to as many showings as possible. Leslie never skipped a beat and was always two steps ahead on providing us with information and making sure we had the right contacts.

She successfully marketed our existing property and found our wonderful new home. I'm sure were weren't her first picky clients, but she delivered a property that fit our very particular search criteria. Leslie was communicative and very responsive throughout the process, in relaying leads for our property, identifying potential targets for our search, and answering a myriad of questions along the way. We appreciated Leslie's persistence, incredible professionalism, and knowledge of the Lake Forest area. She struck the perfect balance, providing the advice and information that we needed while leaving us to make the decisions.

Throughout the process of listing and selling we found Leslie to be attentive, diligent and focused on meeting the needs of her clients. Leslie was always available to provide assistance, and information. Leslie was our agent for the purchase of a new home, and she was our agent for the sale of our old home

Leslie was referred to me from a close friend and was my realtor for my recent home purchase. I was very particular about the location, condition and future resale value of my new home and Leslie guided me through numerous neighborhoods and types of home in the North Shore area. She was extremely knowledgeable about the types of homes in each neighborhood, price ranges, and surrounding community and very patient in the home search process. She was extremely professional in her dealings with the sellers and the purchase went through without a hitch. I found my home within the timeframe I had allotted which made the move/transition a smooth process.

Leslie helped my fiance and I find our first home in Lake Villa. She was incredible to work with and extremely beneficial in helping us understand the process of buying our first home. She was prompt and always responded quickly to our questions, working whenever we needed her to. I'd recommend Leslie to anyone looking for a home in the Chicagoland area.

Leslie helped us find our home in Glenview. She did an excellent job of representing us, and we are very happy with our new home! Leslie is a professional who operates her business with integrity and honesty.

Leslie was the Selling Agent for our home in Lake Forest, IL. and the Buying Agent for our purchase of a home in Hoffman Estates, IL.
Leslie was very patient with us through the selling cycle and we are convinced if we had followed her advice on pricing in the beginning of our home sale endeavor we would have accomplished the sale much earlier and at a much better price. She prevailed and when we finally followed her advice the deed was accomplished.
During our frantic search (small window after sale) for the right home that would fit both my wife and my desires, we progressed through our perceived needs from a senior living situation to a very substantial ranch. Again, Leslie was very accommodating, showing us homes in each category and area as we ourselves began to understand what we really wanted. She found us the perfect home that suited all our needs in a community that we can thrive in.

Leslie handled the sale of my lake house in a knowledgeable and professional manner. The brochure she used showcased the beauty of the home and it sold within two weeks!

Leslie represented the seller when we were buying our home, and her marketing really sold us on our home as well as our new neighborhood. She provided significant details about the benefits of our home, its location and neighborhood that persuaded us to make Villa Turicum our new home, and we have never regretted the decision. We looked at many other homes, and Leslie's sales efforts really stood out in a difficult marketing environment.