Buying a home
From the first search through closing day, understand your options and move forward with confidence.
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Illinois · Northwest Indiana · Florida Panhandle
Bilingual Realtor serving Illinois, Northwest Indiana & Florida.
Clear, bilingual guidance for buying, selling, investing, and relocating—wherever life takes you next.
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Browse current homes in Highland and Northwest Indiana.
Looking in Illinois or Florida? Send Maria your wish list below.
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One Realtor. Three markets. Guidance that meets you where you are.
Whether you are buying your first home, preparing to sell, growing an investment portfolio, or planning a move across state lines, Maria keeps the process clear and focused on what matters to you.
How Maria can help
Real guidance for your real estate goals.
Selling your home
Build a smart pricing and marketing plan designed around your home, timeline, and next move.
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Explore residential opportunities with practical guidance on location, numbers, and long-term fit.
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Local guidance across three real estate markets.
Explore buyer, seller, investor, and relocation guidance for South Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana, and the Florida Panhandle. Select an area to learn more.
Relocation without the runaround
Moving across town—or across state lines?
Relocating from Illinois to Northwest Indiana or making the move from the Midwest to Florida? I help buyers and sellers navigate the transition from one market to the next.
Explore relocation guidance →English + Español
Real estate guidance in the language that feels like home.
¿Prefieres hablar de bienes raíces en español? Con gusto te ayudo a comprar, vender o mudarte en Illinois, Indiana o Florida. Más información en español →
Meet Maria
Your advocate at every step.
Before real estate, Maria spent more than a decade designing power plant substations and transmission lines—going from power lines to property lines. Today, Maria Paredes is a bilingual English- and Spanish-speaking REALTOR® licensed in Illinois, Indiana and Florida, helping buyers, sellers, investors and relocating families throughout South Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana and Florida’s Emerald Coast. She combines technical skill, business sense and genuine compassion to guide every move.
Her mission, Breaking Barriers, Building Homes, is rooted in making homeownership more accessible—especially for the Hispanic community—and making sure language is never a roadblock.
Learn more about Maria →Let’s talk about your next move
Ready when you are.
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Licensed in Illinois · Indiana · Florida
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