Randy Romano

About Randy

Randy Romano is an accomplished broker with over a decade of experience helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals. Randy began his sales career working in the competitive world of luxury retail, specializing in men’s designer clothing. He excelled as a top salesman at Bloomingdales and was a member of the President’s Club, with sales of over 1M per year from 2011-13. Transitioning to real estate in 2014, Randy leveraged many of the skills he honed during his retail career, like forging long-term relationships based on trust and loyalty, and taking care of existing clients while simultaneously servicing new ones.

Randy places significant emphasis on the emotional impact of a home. He understands that finding the perfect home is not just about physical attributes, but how a client feels and reacts to a property. During walkthroughs, he engages clients with insightful questions like, “Can you see yourself living in this space? What are you feeling?” Combining empathy and compassion with knowledge and design, Randy’s approach ensures that negative reactions to unchangeable aspects of a property are addressed early, streamlining the process of finding the ideal home.

Throughout his career, Randy has demonstrated a commitment to exceeding client expectations and delivering outstanding results, as displayed in his testimonials. Renowned for his patience and deep understanding of the stakes involved in a real estate transaction, and with his unique blend of retail experience, real estate acumen, and dedication to client satisfaction, Randy is an invaluable partner in any real estate journey.

Outside of real estate, Randy shares his passion for literature with his community. He holds and MFA in Creative Writing and has previously published both fiction and non-fiction, as well as been a writer-in-residence at Ragdale in Lake Forest. He currently serves on the board of the Stories Matter Foundation, a literary nonprofit based in Ravenswood that supports StoryStudio Chicago, Chicago Stories Project, and Chicago Review of Books under its wing. Stories Matter Foundation is dedicated to building communities of storytellers, writers and readers who are trained to question, explore, celebrate and change their worlds using the power of story. If you are interested in becoming a part of the literary community in Chicago, please reach out to Randy at any time.