www.negociosnow.com
22 March 2022
Real estate
leader
Eduardo
"Eddie" Garcia
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"D
on't listen to the noise, focus
on your empire"
Eddie Garcia
Age: 37
Title: Managing Broker and
Owner
Name of Organization: Realty of
Chicago
Eduardo "Eddie" Garcia
started Realty of Chicago and
has grown it into a business
with more than 200 agents and
four offices. It has closed more
than $1 billion in sales.
Garcia is an award-winning
business leader with over a
decade of experience in ma
-
nagement and as chief exe-
cutive officer and founder of
Realty of Chicago, the largest
Latino-owned real estate com-
pany in the Chicagoland area.
The company has received
industry-wide recognition for
growth in real estate, housing,
and economic development.
Originally from Mexico
and undocumented, Garcia
came to Chicago at the age
of 5 and became a U.S citizen
at the age of 12. After several
odd jobs in the retail and fai
-
led attempts to earn a college
degree, he stumbled across
real estate and passed the
state examination on the first
attempt. Since then, Realty of
Chicago has become a hou-
sehold name in the industry,
with 200-plus agents, four
office locations, has closed
over $1 billion in sales, and
has received myriad of recog-
nitions and awards including
Chicago's Managing Broker of
the Year Award from the Chi-
cago Association of Realtors
in 2015, Top 1% Producer by
the Association of Realtors
Award in 2013, Top 250 Produ-
cer Award from the National
Association of Hispanic Real
Estate Professional in 2019,
and Crain's Chicago Business
40 Under 40 Award in 2020.
Garcia annually hosts the
Back-to-School event, do-
nating over 2000 backpacks
for children K-12 filled with
school supplies, and hosts the
Turkey Drive event that feeds
over 50,000 disenfranchised
families during the holidays.
He has served on the board
for Youth Crossroads and Boys
Clubs of America in Cicero
and has contributed to various
nonprofit organizations.
Realty of Chicago conti
-
nues to grow and expand its
services throughout Chicago-
land and suburbs.
