The #1 RE/MAX Commercial Broker in Illinois
#1 in Illinois — 2022 · 2024 · 2025Representing property owners, investors, and tenants across retail, industrial, office, and multifamily assets throughout Lake County and the Chicago suburbs.
A disciplined, data-informed approach to commercial real estate
Jason Bitton is the #1-ranked RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois (2022, 2024, 2025), based in Libertyville and serving Lake County, the North Shore, the O’Hare industrial corridor, and the greater Chicagoland suburbs. With over a decade of proven results, he represents institutional investors, private owners, developers, and family offices across retail, industrial, warehouse, office, and mixed-use assets.
His experience spans complex asset classes and challenging deal structures, consistently delivering results in high-stakes environments where precision, discretion, and strategic clarity are essential.
Whether advising on value, positioning a property for maximum market exposure, or navigating deal negotiations, Jason brings a disciplined, data-informed approach backed by a deep understanding of real estate fundamentals, capital flow, tenant demand, and market absorption rates.
Expertise Across Core Asset Classes
Jason has successfully represented clients in the acquisition and sale of:
Why Owners List With Jason
Maximum Market Exposure
Every listing runs simultaneously on CoStar, LoopNet (100% uptime), Crexi Pro, and the commercial MLS — with no exposure gaps — plus the JasonCRE private buyer network and platform.
More qualified buyers see the property, more offers compete, and the seller keeps negotiating leverage from list to close.
Pricing & Negotiation Strategy
Every engagement starts with a defensible broker opinion of value — built on real comps, cap rate math, and forward-looking market assumptions. Pricing it right from day one is what draws serious buyers and creates competing interest.
From there, disciplined negotiation converts that interest into the strongest achievable price and terms.
Deal Execution
From LOI to close, Jason quarterbacks every stakeholder — real estate attorneys, land use experts, 1031 exchange specialists, village officials and building departments, lenders and national banks, inspectors, and environmental consultants.
His steady, solution-focused approach has earned a reputation for closing the toughest deals. See the recently closed track record →
Advisory Depth & Analytical Precision
Jason’s advisory services include:
- ✓ Property valuation with forward-looking market assumptions
- ✓ Deal structure analysis that protects client downside
- ✓ Buyer and seller advisory with sensitivity to timing, liquidity, and risk
Academic & Strategic Foundation
Jason earned his BBA in Marketing from the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business. His coursework centered on the disciplines a broker uses daily — Dynamics of Negotiations, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Advertising Theory and Sales Management — alongside Financial Management, Managerial Accounting and Statistics for Business.
He integrates modern tools — including AI-driven property analysis and pricing models — to enhance precision, reduce friction, and deliver superior outcomes.
Serving Lake County & the Chicago Suburbs
Headquartered in Libertyville · active across the North Shore, the Northwest Suburbs, the O’Hare corridor, and greater Chicagoland.
Also serving Waukegan, Fox Lake, Zion, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Deer Park, Lake Bluff, Bannockburn, Mettawa, Riverwoods, Lincolnwood, Northfield, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Niles, Mt. Prospect, Prospect Heights, Hoffman Estates, Franklin Park, Norridge, Crystal Lake, McHenry, Algonquin, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, and the City of Chicago.
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