The young man stared up from his bed in the stark nursing home with unusually peaceful eyes; he seemed to sense that he would be gone soon. "Thanks for all these months of visits, and your friendship, Jeff” he said. A few hours later, he was gone.
Jeff Cobb relates that as being one of the toughest moments in his long career of volunteerism for people with HIV/AIDS, which began in the late 1980's. He has given many years of his time to patients at both Illinois Masonic Hospital and Chicago's Cook County Hospital. He has helped with numerous runs, walks, concerts, fundraisers, retreats and lately serves as a camp counselor with Families and Children with AIDS Network, "FCAN", www.familiesandchildrensnetwork.org. “I believe the families battling AIDS are probably the most overlooked segment of warriors against this scourge,” Mr. Cobb says. “There has been so much unifying support within the gay and lesbian communities but mainstream families and their children so often just go overlooked,” he continues, “this occurs quite often through ignorance, but all too frequently through societal shame with just admitting their need for help. Reaching out from their isolation to other families in similar situations can be tough, but that can be the start of healing on so very many levels. Camp is awesome for the families too! Many of the kids have never been out of the city! They get to go swimming, boating, horseback riding, roast marshmallows, make crafts, and have fun as all kids ought to. And together, they and their parents get to meet other families facing the same personal fight for their lives.” Mr. Cobb has long been committed to donating 10% of his income to nonprofits, such as FCAN.
Since March of 1989 Jeff has personally sponsored 6 different children through Compassion International, www.compassion.com, and has also served for years on the “overnight shift” with the homeless shelter, West Suburban PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter, www.westsuburbanpads.org ), in Oak Park.
Jeff has formal education in architecture and interior design. He has owned rental properties, as well as being the founder of “At Home with Antiques,” an antiques store in Downtown Forest Park. He has also written and published a book on a Chicago artist friend, which was recently accepted into the Chicago Art Institute's Ryerson Library. The book is available for purchase here http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/stanley-matthew-mitruk/3387435
Service above and beyond has always been a hallmark of Jeff’s endeavors. These values naturally transfer over to his work as a Full Time Realtor as well. First licensed in 1985 and now obsessed with using today’s most up to date technology to its absolute maximum marketing abilities. As a result Jeff offers innovative and far reaching marketing tools, many of which are not offered by the "Bigger Dinosaur" companies. This includes a personal web site for each and every home (www.youraddress.com) as well as an 800# Recorded Message, and a 4 minute full-featured narrated movie of each home, all syndicated to the top Real Estate Web Sites blanketing the Internet. Examples of these marketing tools and so many more are shown on his easy to navigate web site www.JeffCobbsells.com .
Jeff’s buyers aren’t left out in the cold either. Jeff says "The internet is used to its fullest here as well, customers always receive the absolute highest personalized ‘white glove’ service and expert advice from start to finish. Most of his customers are surprised by all of the ‘inside information’ they receive on a property way before they ever even set foot in the door for an on site viewing.”
Even if they aren't planning on buying or selling a home for years, Jeff says "I want everyone to feel comfortable calling me with any questions they may have about real estate in general, whether about their own home or homes in their community. Any process involving real estate should be a joy for the customer, which has always been, and always will be my goal."
  
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