Goodwin & Associates Real Estate, LLC is a real estate brokerage company founded in 1996 by Mark Goodwin, a University of Illinois graduate and vocational agriculture teacher. The company specializes in the sale of farm, commercial, development, and residential land in the northern two-thirds of Illinois, including the collar counties of Chicago. The firm provides a range of services including entitlement and approval services, valuation services, marketing network, farm management, consulting, institutional special assets representation, site selection, portfolio disposition, and auction services. The company is known for its extensive experience in land sales and its ability to assist clients with 1031 tax exchanges, which can save clients hundreds of thousands of tax dollars. Goodwin & Associates Real Estate, LLC is accredited with the Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) award and is a member of Rotary International and the REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI).