Note: Reviews may include other agents on their team
What clients say about this agent....
Mark S.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIEDExcellent realtor. Cherie sold our Lake Zurich home while we were moving to Arizona and made the whole process straightforward. Clear pricing advice, strong marketing, prompt communication, and a clean close. Professional from start to finish. Highly recommend.
Cheryl L.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED The best realtor. Cherie has facilitated 3 transactions for me -- 2 as a seller and 1 as a buyer. Her market knowledge and experience are top notch. She quickly responds to questions and is a good problem solver. If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, I recommend calling Cherie even if your timeline is a year away. And a shout out to Jason -- her teammate. He is also ready to answer questions, set up appointments, take nice photos, and more. Cherie and Jason are the best. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Trisha S.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We were introduced to Cherie because she is a Homes For Heroes Agent, and we are so grateful for that. We we're very appreciative of the knowledge that she brought to the table. We spent multiple weekends and weekdays after work with Cherie looking at houses. She was very comforting and supportive when things didn't go our way with a few homes. In the end it all worked out and we purchased our dream home with Cherie's help. It was amazing that we could count on her to get back to us in a very timely manner, no matter what the day. We would 100% recommend Cherie to anyone looking for an agent!!
Joanne B.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cheri and her staff are exceptionally professional. They are ALWAYS there for you to answer questions or handle whatever comes up. She will do all she can to make the sale or purchase of your home as easy as possible. You won't be disappointed.
Jeanneolmstead
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Every aspect of our experience with Cheri was extremely positive. We would highly recommend her to friends and relatives. She was professional and efficient. Cheri made recommendations for improvements to help make our home more marketable.
Engretire011
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie Zurek is all of the above and more. She is thorough, supportive, friendly, thoughtful, easy to get along with and extremely professional. Cherie guided me through the process, of selling my home, by explaining each and every stage in a way that I could easily understand and answered all my numerous questions promptly and respectfully. She "checked in" frequently just to update me on the progress of the sale, all the way through to the closing. I also received a phone call congratulating me on the sale. Cherie and her associate Jason were a joy to work with, and I will be using Cherie's help in purchasing my next home.
Dianehrdlicka
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Very satisfied with Cherie as our real estate broker...I found her to be extremely knowledgeable and helpful during a stressful time for us. Was very appreciative of the phone calls to keep us up to date on everything going on at the time of sale...
Mbogseth
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED I would not hesitate to recommend Cherie Smith Zurek to anyone buying or selling a home. In addition to a stellar career in real estate, she is always available to help with any issues that can come up during the process. Five stars all the way!
Elizabeth T.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We used Cheri before on my son's first home then later when he sold it. We immediately recognized she knew what she was doing! Her experience in the area and the real estate business is invaluable. We moved out of state a little earlier than we had planned and she and her assistant Jason were very helpful in overseeing a few things we needed to have done at our home. Our sale was not without a few kinks (not because of her) and her knowledge of how to handle everything efficiently and professionally was so appreciated. Cheri was very responsive and also has a very down to earth and calm personality. Cheri and her team are the best. The marketing was exceptional, drone photography and virtual staging were awesome and the pictures were beautiful! We would highly recommend Cheri to anyone looking to sell or buy.
Wendyc1276
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is a fantastic agent, but she is more like having a trusted friend by your side. We had built our first home, so we've never had to buy or sell. Cherie walked us through the entire process, so we knew what to expect. She was also very helpful in getting us referrals to some outstanding local contractors to do some pre-show sprucing up. She and Jason took wonderful pictures and drove up a lot of interest...in fact, it was on the market only 2 days before we got a great offer. Everything is explained fully, she is very responsive if you have a question, and she knows the market inside and out. If you want to sell your home quickly, Cherie and her assistant Jason will get it done for you.
Kwerff
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie was amazing and in tune with our needs and concerns while buying and selling our homes recently. In fact while out looking for a new house, she quickly realized our interests and decided to (as she put it) "kidnap" us, in order to show us a home that ticked different boxes and was in a different town than what we told her we wanted. Turns out she was spot on and we bought the house! Additionally, during the process of selling our home, she did a thorough analysis of like houses and was spot on again when it came to the selling price. Other realtors estimated our appraised house value lower, but Cherie really knew our neighborhood and we ended up with a much higher price than even we expected. She was also phenomenal in helping us to remain calm, especially during the inspection process and closing delays. When there were minor repairs needed, Cherie provided us with some invaluable recommendations and resources that were able to assist immediately helping in finalizing the sale more quickly. You can't go wrong with someone as knowledgeable and understanding as Cherie. She definitely knows her stuff!
William H.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is truly amazing to work with... From start to finish you will be impressed on how quickly she can have her team list your home and in the matter of days, or at least my case a day she will have your house sold.
Abcteachart
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED If you are looking for an honest realtor, who has YOUR needs and concerns as their most important attribute, then you have found that with Cherie Smith Zurek! She has helped me purchase and sell several homes over many years. The most recent was a few weeks ago. Being a single mom, and pursuing one of the most stressful things in life, Cherie was the one person I could trust and rely on. She makes sure you understand all the details and information you need about selling and purchasing a home. She is completely free of deceit and truly sincere. I rarely write reviews, but this time I searched a way to share my true sentiments about this amazing person/realtor...Cherie Smith Zurek!! Her assistant, Jason, and office employees are also amazing and trustworthy!!
Millie D.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie Smith Zurek is a Realtor who packs a lot of punch. Right from the start, she helped review our house, provided a thorough and realistic comparative market analysis and helped us set an inviting and sale-ready home. She and her team helped to take perfect photographs, highlighting features of our home and presented a polished presentation online. She helped us sell our home and our parent's home as well. I highly recommend Cherie and her Remax team for her dedication to making it a seamless and stress-free sale.
Pjackson1225
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED I am so happy I listed my home with Cherie Smith Zurek. She was with me every step of the way from initial assessment through closing. Cherie is a seasoned professional with vast knowledge of the real estate market. She is honest, fair and a calming influence. She was always available and aEURoehands onaEUR? helping with literally anything that needed to be done, staging my home, sourcing contractors for repairs and overseeing them when I was unable to. Cherie gets the job done for her clients.
2donnamiller
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie was a dream of an agent to work with along with her assistant Jason ! She was on top of every aspect of our home sale. Very professional, timely and kept us informed from the beginning to the close . We highly recommend Cherie and Jason.
Tomnor4
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is a terrific agent....hands down the best in Lake Zurich! She successfully represented us in selling our home recently. This was a very difficult transaction with extremely difficult buyers. Cherie maintained her professionalism throughout and helped us navigate through the transaction. She is a true professional and we would recommend her services to anyone.
Rita
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We have worked with Cherie Smith Zurek on four house sales over 25 years. She is knowledgeable, honest and discreet. Because she has experience with construction, we value her insights. She is well-respected by ancillary industries like insulation, air quality, roofers, etc. and is known to be no-nonsense. We recommend her without hesitation. She found a buyer for our home, but due to a sudden, personal issue, we could not proceed with the sale. She was gracious and understanding despite having spent hours with us preparing for the transaction and looking at houses. We will be using her again.
Solotrumpet
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is fantastic to work with! Great communication, fast replies, and she is so knowledgeable about EVERYTHING! She sold both my home and my fiance's home and then helped us find our dream home. She made everything very easy throughout the process. I can't say enough about her and I'd highly recommend her to anyone looking for a real estate agent!
Ngold8
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is an amazing professional. Having bought and sold with her guidance, I can say with complete confidence that her knowledge, honesty, and integrity were key factors in the success of both transactions. Cherie took the time needed to understand and accommodate my needs. I can't imagine going through either process with anyone else.
Etodd112jb
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We contacted Cherie to sell our house based on her many years of experience in the LZ/Lake County market. Her reputation for professionalism and many awards as a top sales person in the area made our decision very easy. We met with Cherie and discussed our plans for the sale of the house. She did a thorough analysis of "like house sales" in our area and we made our decisions on how we wanted to list the property, and the price we wanted to ask. Once on the market, we had numerous offers within 3 days. We made our selection, and had a signed agreement within the first week. We closed 3 weeks later. I would highly recommend Cherie to anyone looking for a real estate professional to handle the sale of their home. I am completely satisfied with the her marketing process, and the outcome of our home sale.
2299thegreeks
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie did a fine job for us . We had a offer with in 2 weeks which was great .Cherie had good knowledge of the area and we priced right. Cherie was every nice to work with her on the sale of our Townhouse .Thanks Good Work Kurt & Linda
Russell G.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie did an excellent job. She was very helpful with negotiation, market research, and handling the transaction. I would use Cherie again any time. The only reason for 4 stars in local knowledge was that she normally does not do a lot of work in my zip code as she is primarily a bit north of us. However, her market research was still spot on and she still knew a lot about the area. Also, her references on inspectors and lenders turned out to be very good as well.
User12552774
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is very knowledgeable and competint. She will go to great lengths and do whatever is necessary to help you. She even cleaned the toilets when we were out of town to help our home look it's very best! We highly recommend her.
CHRISG120
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie handled the sale of our home in such a professional manner! Throughout the whole sale process, we had so many questions and she patiently answered each one. Cherie is easy to talk to and has a down-to-earth personality. We truly appreciate how hard she worked to help us sell our home, and can highly recommend her as a real estate agent.
Jenny
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie has been helping us for many years searching for house in certain areas and never gave us pressure for buying. We really impressed her knowledge and experience for house hunting. Even finally we decided not buying anymore, she is still very nice to help us. When our family relocated to another city, she helped us to sell the house efficiently and quickly. She helped us to analysis the offers, house fixing etc. She is very professional and experienced realtor. We have pleasure and great time working with her for both buying and selling processes. We highly recommend her as your realtor. John Y
Sheilakain
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED It was a pleasure working with Cherie Smith Zurek. She was very informed, thorough, and a very skilled negotiator. She really worked hard on our behalf. Judging from our fine experience with her, it is no wonder she has such a well-deserved reputation as a top notch real estate professional.
O3cha
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie recently sold our house and we are very happy with how she guided us with making some selling decisions as well as taking us through the entire transaction. She and her staff are extremely helpful and helped us with some minor fixes that were noted in the inspection. She has a very deep institutional knowledge about the local market and at the very onset set our expectation in terms of what will be a realistic closing price. She works very collaboratively with her clients.
Zuser20150906134737466
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Excellent agent!! She sold our home in 5 days! Cherie was very knowledgable and patient. She was willing to educate and guide us using factual market data. Also, she presented us with a worksheet that outlined the financial details (closing costs etc.) of our transaction based on a variety of list price scenarios, which was extremely helpful when deciding on a list price, negotiating and preparing for closing. The worksheet was spot on. Cherie worked 24/7 and always responded to us quickly, made us feel important, and didn't rush our meetings, which was impressive considering how many clients she has. I would hire her again!
Lu A.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is very helpful, knowledgeable and expertise on local real estate transaction. She provided very useful information and suggestion to initiate the listing and guided me through the entire process. I feel the real help from a great agent, and this overthrow my original thought that an agent may not help except for listing the home. I would highly recommend her to my friends.
Chelsiegreeson
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Even in great personal tragedy her performance was exceptional in helping me sell my house. The sale would not have been possible without her knowledge, expertise and understanding of my situation. I would recommend Cherie to anyone needing a great real estate agent
Jahistus
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie helped us buy a house in the past and she helped us sell a house recently. She's efficient, knowledgeable and experienced. I'd recommend her to anyone in the LakeZurich area. She really does an excellent job and she knows her stuff!
Elcapitanreglano
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie has been so wonderful to work with. She is always very responsive and caring...even on personal matters. She took the time to talk with us and answer any and all of our questions. She was available any time we needed her. I highly recommend Cherie Zurek....if you want your home sold...she will get the job done ASAP! She is a gem.
Jaredhade
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Excellent. Great local knowledge, very responsive, personable, goes over the top to make sure everything is right. Highly recommend. Very easy to work with.
Jeanne L.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie helped negotiate the purchase of our home. She was patient, hard working, and provided us with essential, practical advice. She is an expert agent and is highly experienced. She also associates with highly effective and reliable mortgage brokers and service providers. I highly recommend CSZ.
User52309425
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Sold our house in less than 48 hours. Cherie has agents and buyers lined up in advance of the house going on the market. Nobody kows local markets better than her.
Zuser20140921065833007
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Thanks to Cherie's guidance, we sold the house in less than 48 hours. Amy issues that came up, she was key in getting them resolved. I highly recommend Cherie.
Dvanderweit55
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED I highly recommend Cherie to sell your property. Her marketing expertise, knowledge of the area, and professionalism quickly sold my home and achieved my price goal. From the professional pictures to the final contract negotiation, Cherie made the process easy and stress free.
Zuser20140430184057472
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie's marketing expertise and knowledge of the area gave her the ability to quickly sell my home, and achieve my price goal. She is extremely professional, responsive, and wonderful to work with. It's clear to me why she is the #1 real estate broker in the Lake Zurich area. I highly recommend her.
Kcacolb
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie was able to do what two other realtors tried to do. She was forthright and able to use her years of experience and expertise to guide me thoughtfully through the selling process. I always had confidence in her and her abilities. She even called me from the side of a road one night!! Do not use anyone else to guide you through the buying and selling process particularly in our local area!! Cherie was the best.
Beatricejlee1965
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Priced my home right for a quick sale and guided me through the process. Her investigation of my property was excellent and even looked into the crawl space so there would be no major unknowns.
Jessica
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED EXCELLENT RE AGENT. PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. WHEN SHE SET A MEETING, WE NEVER FELT A PRESSURE TO GO HER WAY IN WRITING A CONTRACT OR RUSHING TO END A MEETING BECAUSE OF HER OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT DAY.
Cmr0488
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is number 1 in Lake Zurich for a reason. She told us what needed to be done for the house to sell and she helped us with her knowledge of how to fix things ourselves, where to go for repair items or who to call to repair the things we couldn't. She recommended painters & handymen that did a great job to get the house ready for listing. When listing time came, the house showed beautifully. Her assistant, Jason did a great job photographing the house. The house sold so fast, we had to really hurry to find a place to live. All in all, it was a great experience. Thank you Cherie & staff.
Slcollidge
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie has helped me to sell two homes. She has provided brochures that showed the homes in the best way and was always available for updates. I would recommend her very highly.
Laurn P.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is very professional, thorough and responsive. She really understands the local market and stayed in touch through out the process of listing, showing and concluding the sale of our home. Her team was accessible and responded to all questions in a timely manner.
Zuser20140717172412046
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We chose Cherie because of her expertise and reputation but she was beyond our expectations. Cherie is one of the special ones that combines total professionalism with a warmth that makes you feel like you have known her all your life. She had extreme knowledge of the local real estate market and does a wonderful job of explaining everything to you so that YOUcan understand. I would recommend Cherie to anyone. Many thanks Cherie, Lin and Ken Slaby
Sergio S.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie is AMAZING. Throughout the selling of my home, she was responsive and provided expert consultation. I appreciate Cherie's market knowledge, follow through, and care. I highly recommend Cherie and her team of experts when buying or selling a home.
Leslie W.
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED My husband and I would highly recommend Cherie to assist them in buying or selling their home. Cherie represents all of the best qualities of a great sales person and personal representative. She is extremely knowledgeable, very professional and always ethical. She always returns your calls or texts and is responsive to all of your needs. She also pulls out the stops to market your home for results. Besides all of that, Cherie is a sheer pleasure to be around. She has the rare gift of making a relative stranger feel like you've known her for years. She knows how to get the job done! Thank you Cherie, Ken & Lin
Cstruble
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED Cherie was a pleasure to work with. She patiently walked us through the process, advised us on how to stage the house ourselves, gave us pictures to use for staging and insisted that we keep them afterward. The listing price she recommended was spot on and got us a very good offer in four days. She provided her comps to the appraiser to ensure no problems there. She was always available to answer questions and make recommendations. She provided beautiful color booklets containing descriptions and pictures of our entire house and left them for everyone that entered the house. In short Cherie was everything we could have hoped for in a real estate agent. We would gladly use her again.
Clboetsch
Review for Member: Cherie Smith Zurek
ZillowVERIFIED We have used Cherie to purchase land, oversee construction of a new home (1990) eventually sell the home (2014) and purchase another (2014)Cherie does her homework on market comps, prices effectively, and was able to sell our home in less than 7 days.Skillful negotiation, well connected, professional.We would not consider using another realtor.
