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Thanks for stopping by—this is a great place to learn more about me and begin your home search journey. Whether you're buying, selling, or relocating, I’d love to guide you every step of the way. Have questions? Just reach out, and I’ll personally invite you to search with me on Zenlist!
With over 30 years of experience in customer service and client relations, I bring strong communication skills, a deep understanding of people, and a commitment to delivering results. My favorite part of being a real estate agent is working closely with clients—listening to their needs, understanding their goals, and helping them find a place they truly love to call home.
I describe myself in six words:
Honest • Caring • Enthusiastic • Creative • Professional • Determined
Whether it’s helping you find your dream home or preparing your property to stand out on the market, I’m fully committed to your success. I also have a natural eye for interior design and a background in marketing, which gives me a unique edge when it comes to staging homes and attracting buyers—sometimes even before your listing officially hits the market!
If you're relocating to the Chicago area, I’d be happy to help you explore different neighborhoods and find the right fit for your lifestyle.
I grew up in Palatine, and my husband Craig and I chose to raise our family in Cary and Trout Valley. We love the community and everything this beautiful area has to offer. Our son, Trace, lives in Park City, Utah, where he works in custom home construction, and our daughter, Sage, lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband Jorge—both work in finance.
In my free time, I love boating on the Fox River, golfing at local courses, biking the Prairie Trail, and (my newest passion) playing pickleball! I also enjoy traveling, exploring new places, and—most of all—spending time with family and friends.
I like Michelle
Michelle was extremely knowledgeable and clearly communicated every step of the way giving great advice, feedback and recommendations. This was the second time I trusted Michelle to represent me in a home sale and the experience was exactly the same, I highly recommend Michelle for anyone in the market either selling or buying. I don't believe you could find better representation.
Love Michelle!!!!
Michelle provided exceptional knowledge and service while selling and then buying a property. I cannot recommend her enough, she had great referrals for lenders, inspector, attorney etc. She assists you through the entire process from start to finish quickly becoming your go to for any and all questions.
Michelle was always in tune with our needs and extremely patient with answering or finding the answer to our constant questions. Great follow through. Highly recommended her services.
Michelle is knowledgable, professional, responsive, and is a great communicator. She led us through our home selling process flawlessly and helped us maximize the value of our sale. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking for a strong advocate in the home selling/buying process.
Michelle rocks! Anyone looking to sell in McHenry and especially Trout Valley should lock her in immediately.
Michelle is awesome! We were having trouble finding a home that was on market that met our criteria and she ended up finding us a property that wasn't even on the market that we absolutely love. She really put a lot of effort into helping us find what we were looking for.
Michelle Mackey was a pleasure to work with as our agent both buying a new house and selling our current house. She is a high energy, positive person. She was highly responsive to our calls/emails/ texts at all hours. She worked hard to get us the best possible value for our house. She was very engaged and constantly working to promote the house until it sold.
Michelle did an outstanding job of getting my father's house on the market, and selling it fast at over-asking and over-market price. She is knowledgeable, friendly, a pleasure to work with, and kept us up to date with every step of the process. I highly recommend Michelle and would definitely use her again in the future.
Michelle was absolutely incredible to work with for the home buying process! She is extremely knowledgeable, patient, and determined to help you find your forever home. The quick communication and resources she shares make the process a breeze. We could not recommend her enough!! :)
Phenomenal realtor with wonderful personal service. Michelle helped us get a home that we had been trying to get for a while and she was right there with us. Our family has used Michelle for both buying and selling and recommend her wholeheartedly!
Michelle was amazing! This was a spur of the moment decision to sell our home, which sold rapidly and with very little time from contracting with her to close. She was great at keeping us on track and directing us to help make our home more presentable and desirable for our buyers in their search for the perfect home! She could have done nothing no better! Highly recommend her if you are...
Michelle is a great Realtor. She really loves to help people through the whole transaction of buying or selling a home! She is professional, caring, experienced and really knows her stuff! I would highly recommend her!
She stuck with us after seeing countless houses and helped make a bunch of offers. Friendly, kind and super supportive
Michelle was so very pleasant to work with! Professional and personable. Very communicative and assisted us greatly every step of the way. Thank you so much for helping us find our new home! We love it
Michelle is incredible. She made the process of home buying an enjoyable experience. Not only did Michelle show us many homes, she listened well to our feedback and tuned her search accordingly. Then once we found the right home, her knowledge of the process and her professional network smoothed the way. We will definitely recommend Michelle in the future!
After Michelle sold our neighbor's house fairly quickly we decided to take the leap and had her over for a consult. She gave us great advice on what improvements were needed prior to listing and we followed her recommendations. The house sold in one day at full list price due, in large part, to her knowledge of sellers interested in our neighborhood. The process went very smoothly with t...
I had the privilege of working with Michelle on a relocation to this area. She was very professional and kept me apprised of new listings that met my criteria. She has great design ideas and helped me pick out everything in the house. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to purchase or sell a home.
Michelle is a great Realtor. She really loves to help people through the whole transaction of buying or selling a home!She is professional, caring, experienced and really knows her stuff! I would highly recommend her!
Michelle was exceptional from our first conversation until the closing table which was literally a span of only 30 days. Her marketing plan created a multiple offer situation in less than a week resulting in a cash contract with minimal contingencies. You can not go wrong working with Michelle!
Michelle helped us through a purchase, and a sale of a house. Both went flawless. The sale of the house was in a day, and closed in a month. Thank you Michelle
We saw Michelle’s email blast about it being a good time to sell especially in our scenic neighborhood. Until then we had not seriously considering selling. She leveraged a variety of marketing elements to maximize visibility of our property to help us achieve our best outcome. Michelle’s energy, professionalism and passion for what she does is what makes her stand out!
Michelle was great! Very knowledgeable and a lot of fun! She was very patient also as it was the first time working with a realtor!! Would definitely recommend her and would use her services again! Thank you so much!!
Michelle is extremely knowledgeable and provides a very thorough and consultative partnership throughout the home selling experience. She is a great partner and really made things happen to sell my home that had been on the market previously with others with no success. I highly recommend Michele's services!!
Michelle worked tirelessly throughout the entire process. She keep me informed, offered great advise and I always knew she had my best interests in mind throughout the transaction. Michelle is a true professional and has that unique ability to make a very daunting complex process into something very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend Michelle to my family and friends to handle all o...
Michelle was amazing! This was a spur of the moment decision to sell our home, which sold rapidly and with very little time from contracting with her to close. She was great at keeping us on track and directing us to help make our home more presentable and desirable for our buyers in their search for the perfect home! She could have done nothing no better! Highly recommend her if you are...
Fantastic experience from start to finish! Michelle was able to answer all questions that a first-time homebuyer would have, and was helpful throughout the whole process.
Extremely professional. Very knowledgeable.
When we first sought Michelle’s help, we were just looking for a rental. But as we looked further into the market we decided to look to buy instead and she switched gears without any hiccups. Of course we decided to buy a house in the craziest market, but she worked nonstop to make sure we were constantly seeing places we liked and listened very carefully to the things we were looking ...
My husband and I worked with Michelle while looking for home in Northern Illinois - we ended up buying in another state, but Michelle was courteous, enthusiastic, and on top of her game the entire time we worked with her. If you are looking for a prepared and responsive realtor, we highly recommend working with Michelle!
Michelle helped me find the perfect townhouse to rent in Vernon Hills! She made the search for a home fun and simple. She took me to tour countless places and never rushed me into a decision. I highly recommend working with Michelle to find your home!!
Michelle was absolutely amazing to work with! She helped us find the perfect home and helped us newbie home buyers through everything! She is super knowledgeable and we had a fantastic experience. I would highly recommend!
Michelle is a true professional. Detailed oriented and listens to the buyer's wants and needs in a home.
My boyfriend and I had a wonderful experience working with Michelle to find a place that fit our wish list. She made sure we were constantly receiving notifications of great prospective apartments and was quick to respond to inquiries and follow up with the property owners.
Michelle Mackay is an excellent Realator! She is knowledgable, personable, and accessible. She is intuitively understands what you are looking for without being pushy. She is helpful and engaging, while she patiently waits for your perfect timing. We highly recommend Michelle!
Michelle is kind, enthusiastic, encouraging & supportive. She was especially helpful at the end of our sale when we were already moved out of town & needed help getting inspection repairs done. She went over and above helping to coordinate that. She was always available when we needed help or had questions. Thanks Michelle!
I have been working with Michelle on getting us a home now for a little while, and I must say she is such a sweet, loving, and hardworking woman I know. She works so hard to make sure you get Exactly what it is you need, Want, and is looking for in a home...rather it’s buying or renting.Great person to work with, beautiful inside and out.
Michelle was super helpful in the search for finding a place in the city that was within our budget and checked all of our boxes.
I have been working with Michelle on getting us a home now for a little while, and I must say she is such a sweet, loving, and hardworking woman I know. She works so hard to make sure you get Exactly what it is you need, Want, and is looking for in a home...rather it’s buying or renting. Great person to work with, beautiful inside and out.
My boyfriend and I recently moved to Florida and Michelle helped us immensely with our relocation. Everything went so smoothly and we really had a great experience with her!!! We can’t say enough great things. Highly recommended!
Michelle is an outstanding Realtor. Listens to your needs and found us the perfect home.
I truly enjoyed working with Michelle. She is full of energy and very informative. I thought Michelle's home portfolio and her use of social media marketing help sell this property in 4 days for more than we were asking! How can we complain. Thank you MIchelle Mackey
I have had the opportunity to work with Michelle in an independent environment with various products and services. The success depended on our ability to market ourselves to various groups. Michelle always led the way with innovative approaches to a constantly changing and demanding environment. Michelle continued always to lead team members with excitement and enthusiasm. She was always...
Michelle is a super savvy business woman, extremely creative and focused. She is a pro at sales, customer service and building relationships.
Michelle is a true professional and has a superb eye for color and design. My clients and I have experienced her great results, her attention to detail and cost. She is extremely creative and I marvel at her innate talent. I would recommend her highly and give her a grade of 10 out of 10.
Michelle is extremely detail-oriented. She is very knowledgeable in her field and is dedicated to expanding her knowledge through continuing education. I would highly recommend her.
Michelle has always provided a professional and comprehensiveservice. I have never been disappointed in her attitude,commitment or ability to execute, since our initial encounter.