{"id":7139,"date":"2025-11-08T16:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T23:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:27:25","slug":"kathy-meyer-advocate-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/kathy-meyer-advocate-for-all","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Meyer: Advocate for All"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMy sole intention in my business is to be my clients\u2019 number one advocate,\u201d says REALTOR\u00ae Kathy Meyer. \u201cI always go the extra mile in my clients\u2019 best interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That simple but powerful mindset captures the essence of Kathy\u2019s real estate career. She grew up with a natural passion for communicating the facts and human connections. After graduating from Columbia College in Chicago with a degree in communications, specializing in radio and television, she worked in many jobs throughout media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

She did radio voiceover work for WGN, interned as a news writer and reporter for WXRT and WBBM-AM, and served as news director at WBEE radio before becoming a jazz radio personality. She pivoted to advertising, working as a creative writer and producer while also lending her voice and face as talent for numerous clients. At the same time, she worked as a fitness instructor at health clubs across Chicagoland. \u201cI even had a cable TV fitness show and a radio show called the Fit Wits,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motherhood shifted Kathy\u2019s trajectory in the most meaningful way. With three kids\u2014 Melissa, Madeline, and Matt\u2014 she chose to prioritize family over seventy-hour workweeks. She stepped away from advertising but stayed active through teaching fitness and eventually pursued a Master of Science in exercise physiology at Benedictine University. She later worked in cardiac rehabilitation at Hinsdale Hospital, where her patients, many of them seniors, taught her lasting lessons about resilience and gratitude. \u201cThat was such an insightful period of my life,\u201d Kathy says. \u201cI loved to hear their stories and see them succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As her children\u2019s sports schedules took the family across the country, Kathy found herself becoming the unofficial interior decorator for friends and family. A fellow hockey mom and seasoned REALTOR\u00ae noticed Kathy\u2019s warmth and people skills and suggested they team up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne day Kris asked me if I would like to partner with her since she said I was the one who was the \u2018people person\u2019 and she was the one who was very skilled in the background workings of the business,\u201d Kathy says. \u201cIn those days, we were creating our own flyers and brochures and using a very basic form of the multiple listing service\u2014the MLS\u2014and other digital platforms. She was very smart and took me under her wing and became my mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy got her license in 2006, just before the financial meltdowns that started in 2007. Starting a new career in the face of difficult circumstances was a trial by fire. But she was up for the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest challenge of my real estate career was getting my license a year and a half before the market crashed,\u201d she says. \u201cPrice reductions and open houses where no one came were the norm; it was heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, she pressed on, fueled by a belief that her advocacy mattered. \u201cBeing with people and again helping them is just like cardiac rehab to overcome obstacles,\u201d Kathy says. \u201cI truly love what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Today, Kathy is a powerhouse REALTOR\u00ae with Realty Executives Midwest<\/a>. She combines her media savvy, wellness mindset, and innate empathy to guide clients through one of the most significant decisions of their lives. Whether she\u2019s staging a home from her personal locker of decor items or trimming overgrown landscaping for a client who\u2019s already moved out, Kathy gives her all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind getting my hands dirty to prepare the house,\u201d she says. \u201cIf the front of the house needs extra mulch or flowers, I literally bring the mulch, plant the flowers, and bring over potted plants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This hands-on dedication hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed. One Naperville neighbor hired Kathy after watching her clean up a nearby yard herself. And she cherishes a handwritten letter from clients who compared her service to that of a skilled surgeon. \u201cI had a surgeon and his wife tell me I was the surgeon and they were the patients who got the best care, advice, and outcome for their future,\u201d she jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But Kathy\u2019s life is about more than business. She and her husband Hal have raised three successful children\u2014an attorney, a neurosurgery PA, and an engineering consultant\u2014and now enjoy four grandsons. Family gatherings are epic, often reaching up to sixty people during Christmas. And when it\u2019s time to recharge, Kathy heads to Eagle River, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGive me a boat and a beautiful day on the lake with those I love and I\u2019m in heaven,\u201d she says. She also supports causes close to her heart, especially Tunnel to Towers, which builds homes for wounded veterans and the families of fallen heroes. A woman of deep faith, Kathy believes in living with integrity, compassion, and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Looking ahead, she has no plans to slow down. \u201cI am ever so grateful to have the constant support of my absolutely incredible managing broker, Jana Pinc, and my profoundly wise and talented office manager, Joli Simo. With them, nothing is impossible,\u201d she says. \u201cMy future is to keep improving myself so I can continue to represent people with the competence, knowledge, experience, and tenacity that is necessary to be their best advocate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact Information:<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Kathy Meyer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realty Executives Midwest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

630-202-5260<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KathyMeyer@RealtyExecutives.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1310 Plainfield Road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darien, IL 60561<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*This article was republished with permission by DuPage Real Producers. Original article by Lauren Young and photos by KDE Photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about DuPage Real Producers, visit DuPageRealProducers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMy sole intention in my business is to be my clients\u2019 number one advocate,\u201d says REALTOR\u00ae Kathy Meyer. \u201cI always go the extra mile in my clients\u2019 best interests.\u201d That simple but powerful mindset captures the essence of Kathy\u2019s real estate career. She grew up with a natural passion for communicating the facts and human … Continue reading Kathy Meyer: Advocate for All<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[265,19,3],"tags":[3498,59,71],"yst_prominent_words":[1611,3188,1583,2283,1139,3549,1363,796,1984,792,2282,4963],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7146,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7139\/revisions\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7139"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}