Serving Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Oak Brook, Elmhurst, Westchester, and the surrounding west suburbs, Patricia McGowan has been a trusted guide for individuals and families navigating one of life’s most significant decisions — buying or selling a home. Her deep market knowledge, steadfast dedication, and client-first philosophy have placed her consistently among the top professionals in the Oak Park/River Forest Baird & Warner office.
Throughout her career, Patricia has achieved extraordinary success — including leading the Oak Park Board of Realtors in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008, with a record-setting $42 million in sales in a single year. Her leadership extends beyond sales: she has served on the Board of Directors for the Oak Park Board of Realtors and as a Commissioner on the Community Relations Committee for the Village of Oak Park and most importantly, GIrl Scout leader for six consecutive years.
A proud Oak Park resident, Patricia formerly restored a historic Victorian home in the heart of the community, where she raised her two daughters. When she’s not working, she enjoys traveling, gardening, running, biking, and practicing yoga — passions that reflect her energy and appreciation for balance and the outdoors.
As a full-time Realtor, Patricia provides comprehensive service to buyers, sellers, and developers, blending decades of experience with cutting-edge marketing tools and an understanding of evolving market trends.
Her guiding philosophy is simple yet powerful: treat every client with the same professionalism, timeliness, and courtesy she expects herself. This commitment has earned her a loyal clientele — with over 90% of her business coming from repeat clients and personal referrals.
Whether you’re purchasing your first condo,selling a multi-million-dollar estate or a massive new development, Patricia ensures you receive the same level of exceptional service, integrity, and personalized attention that have defined her career for almost four decades.
Pat was excellent!
Pat was outstanding! As we moved through the prep work, getting the house ready for market, we began calling her "Coach." She offered excellent advice on what to upgrade, repairs to make, the various areas that needed special attention, AND she had a wonderful "rolodex" of people to provide a variety of services, from painters to carpenters, from handy persons to cleaning people. It was ...
If you're selling a home, do yourself a favor and talk to Patricia. Her expertise was essential for our quick and successful home sale. Getting your home ready for sale, setting a price that got rapid attention, and closing the sale. Great advice and a great outcome.
Patricia, who was highly recommended by John Gasa, proved to be an outstanding, energetic real estate agent, her expertise arising from her long term experience helped us navigate a volatile market and successfully sell our home of 34 years and purchase a condominium where we now happily reside. She is an asset to the profession, and we would wholeheartedly recommend her services to anyo...
Pat is very knowledgeable about the local real estate market and was a great asset closing my deal.
Pat McGowan is an excellent realtor! She advised me on how to stage my home, pricing, marketing my home, and getting the best sale in a short time! She listed my home and truly worked the listing! Her knowledge, skills, and expertise are amongst the best in the real estate industry! I look forward to working with Pat on the purchase of my next home!
Patricia McGowan is a homeowners DREAM Realtor. She is a consummate professional who operates with integrity, compassion and kindness. She sold us our first home in IL 24 years ago and has remained in touch with our family over the years. She is extremely knowledgeable about the industry and more importantly, about the community in which we live. When it came time to sell our home, Pat w...
We cannot express enough gratitude for Pat and the incredible support she provided us during our home-buying journey in Oak Park. As out-of-towners stepping into a competitive market, we felt overwhelmed and unsure of where to start. Pat not only helped us navigate this challenging landscape but went above and beyond to ensure we found the perfect home for our family. From our very first...
As a very senior citizen ,I dreaded the thought of going through the whole home sale process. After being introduced to Pat by my son and daughter-in -law ,who had used Pat as an agent several times, my anxiety was put as ease. She had my place sold in two weeks and I was on my way to a new start in my life. Thanks Pat for all your help in making my move go so smoothly.
Pat was incredible throughout the entire home buying process. As first time home buyers we didn't know much, she was very knowledgeable, and informative, responsive and took the time to thoroughly explain throughout the entire process. She was so patient and truly listened to our wants and needs to help us find the perfect home. During a very tough market, Pat made the experience seamles...
If you are looking for an "exceptional" Real Estate Agent, search no further. Patricia is simply the best! Her knowledge and expertise in the business made the sale of our home effortless. Her quick response to all of our questions were invaluable. Patricia, we can't thank you enough.
Patricia was amazing to work with. She is experienced and professional and just a wonderful person to be around. She walked us through all the ups and downs as first time home buyers and did not give up until we found our dream home. Buying a home is a huge life event and Patricia went above and beyond to make sure our needs were met. I can not imagine going through this process with any...
We don’t make any real estate moves without calling in our Broker Patricia McGowan. Pat is simply the best! Over the span of nearly three decades, she has sold two homes of ours, and most recently helped us find our forever dream home that may well be our last major real estate purchase. Each situation was fraught with emotion for various reasons (think selling during an unprecedented ...
Best real estate agent ever! Me and my fiance recently purchased a home in Oak Park and couldn't have imagined doing without Pat's guidance. She was always there when we needed her and help so much! If your looking for the best real estate agent and reading this review you found her, just make the call!!!
Best real estate agent ever! Me and my fiance recently purchased a home in Oak Park and couldn't have imagined doing without Pat's guidance. She was always there when we needed her and help so much! If your looking for the best real estate agent and reading this review you found her, just make the call!!!
It has been absolutely great working with Pat as our agent. We appreciate her years of experience/knowledge as a realtor, honesty and ability to keep us on task! She responds in a timely manner with consistent communication and check-ins. We purchased a home 25 years ago in Oak Park with her and recently when looking for our “forever home” in Oak Brook, immediately thought of her. we...
"Pat McGowan should wear a cape. She's a superhero! Here's why. Earlier this year, I asked one of her former Baird and Warner mentees, who is now a Village of Oak Park official, to recommend the best broker in town. She told me "no one comes close to Pat McGowan." Since Spring, though summer and now fall, I watched Pat navigate market fluctuations, rising interest rates and fickle econom...
'Pat McGowan should wear a cape. She's a superhero! Here's why. Earlier this year, I asked one of her former Baird and Warner mentees, who is now a Village of Oak Park official, to recommend the best broker in town. She told me 'no one comes close to Pat McGowan.' Since Spring, though summer and now fall, I watched Pat navigate market fluctuations, rising interest rates and fickle econom...
Patricia McGowan at Baird & Warner surpassed ALL of our expectations! From beginning to end, Pat was always responsive, easy to work with, and successful at finding solutions. Pat made our home-buying experience easy and fun! She got us into our dream home in less than 6 months. We have been recommending Pat to all of our friends and family. Thank you, Pat!
Pat is the best! We can’t say enough positive things about how knowledgeable she is and how helpful and responsive she was for us. We very enthusiastically recommend Pat!
Mrs McGowan is the consummate professional. She went beyond to help us prepare our home for sale, including supervising some furniture removal when we were not available. She tirelessly worked to help us find a new home when our home sold in 2 days. We appreciates her advice regarding home staging, a real estate attorney and best places to move. Her input was invaluable. We love her and ...
Patricia McGowan of Baird and Warner is the consummate real estate professional. I’ve had the pleasure of working with her on the sale of two properties in Oak Park and was impressed both times with her extensive knowledge of the market and her attention to detail. The result in each case was a successful and smooth transfer of ownership, asking price obtained, stress-free closing and ...
This review comes about a month after we moved into our new home that Pat painstakingly helped and guided us to this past summer. With a crazy market, a tight deadline, and some specific requests we had, Pat was the kind, honest, and supportive expert we needed. I called Pat cold and explained our situation and she even help us find a realtor to sell our house and provided her expert and...
Pat is our family go to person for real estate. We have completed at least 6 transactions with her and could not be more happier. The latest transaction for me was the sale and the purchase of homes in River Forest. My home sold in 48 hours with multiple offers. She is amazing.
I could not recommend Pat highly enough. First, and foremost, Pat is an absolute pleasure to work with. She knows how to make an otherwise stressful process easy on her buyers. She worked diligently to find us a place and ultimately saved us quite a bit of money on the house which we purchased. Five Stars all day!
It was great working with Patricia, she is very professional and knowledgeable in every aspect of real-estate buying and selling and also management of properties.
Patricia is a hard worker. She pays attention to detail. She learns your likes and dislikes and brings listings your way that meet your needs. She went with us for months sometimes looking at 3-6 listings per day. She made time for us and found us the house we wanted for the price we wanted. We were working with rare air and didn’t know it until the end. We appreciate all she did for u...
Pat did a great job listing my rental !! Definitely would use again as well as recommend!!
We don’t make any real estate moves without calling in our Broker Patricia McGowan. Pat is simply the best! Over the span of nearly three decades, she has sold two homes of ours, and most recently helped us find our forever dream home that may well be our last major real estate purchase.Each situation was fraught with emotion for various reasons (think selling during an unprecedented p...
A true professional that enjoys a sterling reputation in the Oak Park area. She has key knowledge and listens carefully to ensure that she understands what your true needs are. She is a credit to the profession
Pat McGowan was great to work with as we navigated the tricky waters of selling our home. She was always responsive to our questions and needs, had a good sense of the local market, and kept us focused on the goal as we weathered various market conditions, including the pandemic. Her positive attitude and energetic spirit helped us to ultimately achieve our goal. We would gladly work wit...
Patricia is an exceptional realtor! She was attentive, concise, understanding, efficient, and caring. A joy to work with! We will be forever grateful for her expertise in selling our house!
Being a first time homebuyer is very intimidating. There is so much that went into purchasing a home, I felt extremely underprepared but thankfully Pat was there to guide my fiancé and me through the process. Having a reliable and knowledgeable agent is key, and she exceeded all expectations. Her expertise was critical when we were viewing homes; she pointed out concerns we would have o...
Patricia was very easy to work with and had a lot of patience. Very kind person and seemed to have our best interest in mind. She had our house sold 5-days after listing it and even got a little more for it than our listing price. Mind you, we were aiming for developers, so that did play a role, but, wow, how fast was that. I definitely recommend Patricia to anyone in the Oak Park/Rive...
Pat is a great professional and person. We have used Pat three times and could not be happier. We have recommended her to others who have retained her and they were very pleased as well. She knows Oak Park and River Forest like the back of her hand.
Pat is an amazing Agent. She is always on point with great ideas. I was able to speak with her daily if necessary. I was out of town a lot but she kept me informed.
We were first-time home buyers and completely new (and nervous!) about the whole process. Patricia made everything extremely easy and was an absolute pleasure to work with. She is extremely professional and reliable and really looked out for our best interest. She was extremely knowledgeable about the area where we were buying. We wouldn't think twice about recommending her or working ...
Pat was so patient with my wife & I throughout the process of buying our 1st home together. We were very picky and were in the market for a very long time. Oak Park was our ideal landing spot and it was critical to work with an agent who was part of the local network. There are a lot of particulars unique to Oak Park and Pat is well versed in them. She always responded quickly to our m...
Pat provided excellent guidance on staging our home for a successful sale. Her insight on a fair listing price was very helpful. She was a professional in all ways and responded quickly to all of our questions.
We engaged Pat after nine months of our condo sitting unsold with another realtor. She had fresh ideas, a candid manner we appreciated and worked with us to strategize the best way to present our unique property. She stayed on top of interested buyers and their agents and she got the job done. Pat is responsive, listens well and worked well with some of our challenges, i.e., trying to ...
Very professional. We have used Pat as our agent for over 20 years. She has assisted us with many real estate transactions. We have recommended her to others.
Very professional. We have used Pat as our agent for over 20 years. She has assisted us with many real estate transactions. We have recommended her to others.
I have worked with Pat since the 90's. I wouldn't work with anyone else. She is a charm and I always feel like we are her only client. She is honest, professional, organized, knowledgeable, adapts at time management and is always pleasant. We adore her as our agent.
I have worked with Pat since the 90's. I wouldn't work with anyone else. She is a charm and I always feel like we are her only client. She is honest, professional, organized, knowledgeable, adapts at time management and is always pleasant. We adore her as our agent.
Hi Pat, just a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed working with you. Our transaction had some bumps, so it was a pleasure to work together with you to smooth over the rough spots. My clients were so appreciative of all the efforts and so am I. Please extend my appreciation to your clients and wish them well for me in their new chapter. I look forward to working with you in...
All I can say is we sold our house in 3 days, had multiple offers, and sold $500 less than asking price which tells you it was priced right!!!
Hi Pat, just a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed working with you. Our transaction had some bumps, so it was a pleasure to work together with you to smooth over the rough spots. My clients were so appreciative of all the efforts and so am I. Please extend my appreciation to your clients and wish them well for me in their new chapter. I look forward to working with you in...
All I can say is we sold our house in 3 days, had multiple offers, and sold $500 less than asking price which tells you it was priced right!!!
She's great. Have referred people to her. she is very knowledgeable, prompt, and highly skilled.
She's great. Have referred people to her. she is very knowledgeable, prompt, and highly skilled.
Patricia was extremely helpful throughout the entire process of selling our property. I would recommend her services to anyone who is looking for a professional/knowledgeable agent.
Patricia did a superb job!
Pat is probably the best Realtor I have ever worked with. Professional, knowledgeable, honest, and truly dedicated to making her clients feel confident that she will get the job done right. I would definitely recommend her to all my friends.
Patricia is always optimistic about the property in spite of problems. Worked diligently on our behalf.
Pat was hands down flat out AWESOME! She was patient and kind, she never pressured us or tried to upset us. She was like a friend that showed us a bunch of different houses in an area we were interested in living. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Pat McGowan is a true professional who is always very responsive and dependable.
Pat is the consummate professional
Thank you so much for all of your help with getting us out first house! You were great throughout the whole process! Your patience, responsiveness and knowledge helped minimize the stress on our part. We will recommend you to all our friends and family!
It is my pleasure to recommend Patricia McGowan for all of your real estate needs. Patricia was patient, intelligent and extremely knowledgable about the housing market in Oak Park. She had a very keen attention for detail and communicated every update through out the process of selling our home. This was a stressful time in our lives but with Patricia's guidance, we were ...
It is my pleasure to recommend Patricia McGowan for all of your real estate needs. Patricia was patient, intelligent and extremely knowledgable about the housing market in Oak Park. She had a very keen attention for detail and communicated every update through out the process of selling our home. This was a stressful time in our lives but with Patricia's guidance, we were ...
Pat's expertise and professionalism made a daunting task doable! I am so very grateful that my friend introduced Pat to me!
Pat's expertise and professionalism made a daunting task doable! I am so very grateful that my friend introduced Pat to me!
I am so grateful to Pat McGowan for getting me through the past 15 months and my short sale! I am thrilled to say that my house closed today!! Thank you Pat!
I am so grateful to Pat McGowan for getting me through the past 15 months and my short sale! I am thrilled to say that my house closed today!! Thank you Pat!
Pat McGowan is the ultimate professional. I am very impressed with Pat's ability to handle any situation intelligently and calmly with out skipping a beat. Pat also has a beautiful smile and wonderful personality that brings out the best in people. I will be calling Baird & Warner and asking for Pat McGowan on my next deal.
Pat McGowan is the ultimate professional. I am very impressed with Pat's ability to handle any situation intelligently and calmly with out skipping a beat. Pat also has a beautiful smile and wonderful personality that brings out the best in people. I will be calling Baird & Warner and asking for Pat McGowan on my next deal.
Have used Pat for multiple transactions and would use her again if the situation arises. She is very knowledgeable, personable, and helpful. Nothing against B&W, but if Pat goes to work somewhere else, I'm going with her...
Have used Pat for multiple transactions and would use her again if the situation arises. She is very knowledgeable, personable, and helpful. Nothing against B&W, but if Pat goes to work somewhere else, I'm going with her...
Always positive; answer the tough effectively and profession with sensitivity to our concerns. Patricia does her work to be successful. Thanks again!
Always positive; answer the tough effectively and profession with sensitivity to our concerns. Patricia does her work to be successful. Thanks again!
Pat is simply the best agent I have ever worked with. She is professionalism incarnate, yet personable as well. If I am ever buying a house in this area, I would use Pat. But we have moved to Germany, so this is not likely in the near future.
Pat is simply the best agent I have ever worked with. She is professionalism incarnate, yet personable as well. If I am ever buying a house in this area, I would use Pat. But we have moved to Germany, so this is not likely in the near future.
Patricia does everything right.
Patricia does everything right.
We have worked with Patricia McGowan several times the last few years. She always provided top-notch service.
We have worked with Patricia McGowan several times the last few years. She always provided top-notch service.
If it were practical, Pat would be my real estate agent for life. However, I now live in Georgia and regrettably am not likely to ever see her again. I typically do not respond to program or people evaluations. It is because I do not believe them to generally be an effective method for determining or judging satisfactory performance. Most of us are average, but we wish to be judged exc...
If it were practical, Pat would be my real estate agent for life. However, I now live in Georgia and regrettably am not likely to ever see her again. I typically do not respond to program or people evaluations. It is because I do not believe them to generally be an effective method for determining or judging satisfactory performance. Most of us are average, but we wish to be judged e...
We are moving out of state so would not be able to use Pat again. We really enjoyed working with her
We are moving out of state so would not be able to use Pat again. We really enjoyed working with her
Very helpful, I will definitely do business with her again. Also I will like to thank the entire staff of the office for their help when I needed.
Very helpful, I will definitely do business with her again. Also I will like to thank the entire staff of the office for their help when I needed.
Pat was absolutely the most resourceful agent I could have possibly envisioned, especially considering the unforeseen bumps on the road we came along that she was fully prepared to wrestle into alignment. Simply the best!
Pat was absolutely the most resourceful agent I could have possibly envisioned, especially considering the unforeseen bumps on the road we came along that she was fully prepared to wrestle into alignment. Simply the best!
Pat was great to work with. She was very responsive and made me feel like I was her only client. It was a good experience.
Pat was great to work with. She was very responsive and made me feel like I was her only client. It was a good experience.
Pat was an excellent partner in purchasing our new home. This is our second transaction with her, and I continue to be very impressed by the level of personal attention and guidance/insight that she gave my wife and me in this transaction. She was a tremendously helpful resource to us.
Pat was an excellent partner in purchasing our new home. This is our second transaction with her, and I continue to be very impressed by the level of personal attention and guidance/insight that she gave my wife and me in this transaction. She was a tremendously helpful resource to us.
I have worked with Pat on the sale of two homes and the purchase of two homes. Always the best service and a very good friend.
I have worked with Pat on the sale of two homes and the purchase of two homes. Always the best service and a very good friend.
Pat is very professional, got the house sold for a good price, even in this market. She obviously worked very hard for me.
Pat is very professional, got the house sold for a good price, even in this market. She obviously worked very hard for me.
I love working with Pat. She is one of the most knowledgeable people I know. I appreciate her professionalism and her dedication to making sure my goals are met.
Thanks for being a knowledgeable, and ethical Realtor. You saved me time and money
Thank you so much for everything. We are so happy! I know it was a long tough road and we appreciate all your work and guidance through the process.
Very knowledgeable with the local area, very good in the process management of the transaction. Even while on the road, Patricia always managed to return my phone calls or responded to emails in a more than reasonable time. This transaction was pretty clear and obviously I was the one selected and all because of the high level of negotiating skills Patricia has.
Thank you very much for all your effort and hard work for helping us selling our condo and buying our house; your extraordinary job is appreciated.
Pat was absolutely the very best Realtor we have ever used. If there was a score higher than 5 Pat would have received it. Her knowledge of Oak Park made the difference plus her helping us find the house that met our expectations was challenging but she never lost focus. She definitely had our best interest in mind. We will miss our daily interactions with Pat!
Pat is the best, I have used her to buy and sell 4 of my personal properties along with my sister's 2. She is well known in the community. I always refer Pat to friends and family. She always has made me feel like I am her only client. She is the greatest