Marquise Realty

Reach Chris at the company phone numer: 309-692-2176, or by hitting the "contact an agent" button.

Chris attended Grade, Junior, & Senior High in Tremont, Illinois, a small rural town about twenty minutes Southeast of downtown Peoria. Chris is pictured here on the trail along Peoria's riverfront.

He attended college from '87 to '91 at Illinois State University in Normal, where he met his wife, Karen. Graduating with a degree in Finance in '91, he then went into the mortgage industry, working in the Bloomington and Springfield markets before settling down with Karen, pictured on right, in Peoria. Picture taken at the Peoria Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, a conservation organization.

In 1996 he decided to apply the sales skills learned in lending to the Title Insurance industry. He left a successful position at County Title in 2001, starting Marquise Realty, fulfilling the dream of providing the Peoria area with "below-market cost" real estate services.

Chris and Karen were volunteers from 1997 to 2007 at the Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter - PAWS. (To see the animals currently available for adoption, click on the "peoriahs" link under the "Articles & Links" section of this web site). Chris & Karen live in Heritage Lake subdivision in Mackinaw where they spoil their three mix-breed dogs adopted from PAWS: Sampson, Delilah & Grizz. Picture taken at the Hanna City Sportsmen's Club, where Chis & Karen are members.

Chris's hobbies include biking, hiking & photography. Look for more photos under the article "My Photos". Here Karen is patiently (?) posing on a dock at the Hanna City Sportsmen's Club.