Marian Realty, Inc. is a full service property management firm offering honest and dependable management to communities in the Chicago area.
Our mission as a property management company is to provide the highest quality service to our clients, while acting in the most professional and courteous manner. We strive to ensure that the values of the properties we manage are enhanced by the services we provide and that our clients benefit both financially as well as improve their lifestyle by being associated with our company.
Services
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We strive to provide the highest level of management available for Condominiums, Cooperatives and Real Estate Trusts as well as Home Owner’s Associations. In doing so, we’ve established an elegant level of infrastructure aimed at giving our clients what they want when they want it. Our proprietary management software is state of the art and provides financial reports with great detail. We can offer each association a variety of specialized management functions to suit your needs
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We provide landlords and property owners a comprehensive management package. As a landlord your profit is important, and so is your property value. We strive to place the most well qualified tenants and ensure your bottom line is protected. We handle all communications with tenants, and work to perform cost effective turnovers. The key to maintaining a steady tenant base is to have a property your tenants can be proud of. Deferred maintenance plays a serious role in costly tenant turn-over. We will work with you to make improvements to the property that will help increase tenancy rates and reduce turnover.
More about our company
Marian Realty, Inc. was founded in 1977 by George J. Kotnour, Jr.. He started by managing one property, The Carolan Apartments, at 5480 S. Cornell Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood. He then grew the business solo until 2007 when Sara Kennedy joined Marian Realty, Inc. to take the company into the future. George and Sara worked together for 16 years until George officially retired in 2023 and Sara became the president of the company.
Sara Kennedy became a licensed real estate broker in 2006 and earned her CPM (Certified Property Manager) designation from IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) in 2009. She served the Chicago Chapter of IREM in many capacities including President in 2013. She is a graduate of Drake University. She has worked at Marian Realty, Inc. since 2007.
