Caroline Gau • REALTOR®
Based in the heart of Northbrook, IL, Caroline Gau REALTOR® has carved a niche for herself with over 23 years of unparalleled expertise in the real estate domain of the Chicago suburbs. Caroline deploys her hyper-local knowledge, ensuring her clients save time, money, and sidestep potential pitfalls. Now proudly associated with Real Broker LLC, Caroline is distinguished as one of the top 1% of real estate agents by the North Shore Barrington Association of Realtors (NSBAR )-Northwest. Her credentials extend far beyond just sales figures; she's a Staging Professional, an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR), and a Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE®). In the digital age, Caroline shines online, seamlessly blending technology with her vast real estate know-how. She actively showcases local businesses, offers insightful property tours, and shares invaluable real estate tips across various digital media platforms. On a personal note, Northbrook isn’t just a business locale for Caroline; it's home. She shares her life there with her husband, Derek Gau, and their three sons.WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Authentic.
On the advice of our physicians and our adult children we decided to move to an assisted living facility near one our children in South Carolina. This required not only selling our home of many years but also finding appropriate means of disposing of its contents accumulated in various locations over almost sixty years of marriage. Fortunately, we met and retained the services of Caroline Gau as our real estate agent to list and market our house. She oversaw all the aspects of preparing it for the steps of listing, staging and showing which led to a rapid and fair offer. But beyond this she brought us into contact with numerous honest and skilled service providers to assist in the surprisingly complex
-D. Hensing
Committed.
We just had Caroline sell our second house in as many years, and it was as positive experience in every way as the first one was. In both cases we had other realtors tamping down our price expectations, but Caroline came in with fresh eyes and priced both houses at the level she and we thought was warranted. And then she sold them both within days. And she sold the second one twice (when the initial offer fell through), both times in one day. Though she is definitely a Northbrook specialist, she came up to Lake Vila to sell this latest house, and I would argue that she understood that market better than the local specialists.One of my favorite aspects of working with Caroline is her extensive collection of contacts, trades people, and specialists. And she refers enoug
-Susan W
Driven.
We had a wonderful experience selling our home with Caroline. She sat down with us to walk through our options for selling and brought a variety of research to help us establish our optimal sell price. She handled all the details, was quick to respond to any inquiries we had, and kept us fully in the loop throughout the process. Through a variety of marketing and social media, she was able to quickly promote our home and the house sold in a few days for our asking price. Honestly, she made the process so easy - we cannot recommend her highly enough.
L Allen- Seller

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FEATURED Communities
- 1/41 41Open Sat 12PM-2PM
$1,795,000
3 Beds3.5 Baths3,209 SqFt2104 Shermer RD, Northbrook, IL 60062
Single Family Home
Listed by Carrie McCormick of @properties Christie's International Real Estate
- 1/21 21Open Sat 11AM-1PM
$475,000
4 Beds3 Baths1,953 SqFt1800 Shermer RD, Northbrook, IL 60062
Single Family Home
Listed by Chelsea Gideon of @properties Christie's International Real Estate
- 1/28 28Open Sat 11AM-1PM
$1,390,000
6 Beds5.5 Baths4,271 SqFt4146 Cardinal CT, Northbrook, IL 60062
Single Family Home
Listed by Ruby Park of Coldwell Banker Realty
- 1/40 40Active Under Contract
$899,900
4 Beds3.5 Baths2,826 SqFt2965 Keystone RD, Northbrook, IL 60062
Single Family Home
Listed by Jane Lee of RE/MAX Top Performers
- 1/31 31Open Sat 10AM-12PM
$849,000
5 Beds3.5 Baths2,750 SqFt2272 Asbury RD, Northbrook, IL 60062
Single Family Home
Listed by Carrie McCormick of @properties Christie's International Real Estate
Our Reviews
- Caroline Gau is a patient and knowledgeable professional realtor. She was an indispensable agent and advisor during our search for a home, relocating from California. Throughout the process, she would schedule house tours while investigating circumstances of the real estate. She also considered my opinions, valid or bad, to inform her own search of properties for us to consider. This tact really streamlined the sometimes frustrating search. We are very satisfied with the purchase. Given Caroline’s experience, she shared contacts and information about reputable contractors who could help us settle into the “new” home. If we have to do it again, we will go to Caroline Gau first!Marie Ochi-Jacobs
- Caroline Gau is an extremely gracious and enjoyable agent to have on your side when you're looking for a home in Northbrook and surrounds, and I have no doubt she'd be as great a help to you as she was to us. We could not be happier with the firm grip she maintained on the entire relocation process, or with her admirable network of related businesses, many of whom we were pleased to utilize in order to facilitate our cross-country move. Sign with Caroline confidently, and get a great home out of the deal!Josh Adelson
- GO WITH GAU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Caroline is definitely the best realtor you are going to find in Northbrook and the North Suburb area. After we gave her our listing, she did everything. From marketing our property, staging our home, coordinating with the lawyers, other agents and service contractors, every detail, large or small was taken care of seamlessly. She took the stress out of selling our house, especially for us as we were in California during that time. We could go on and on, we could continue to sing our praise and appreciation for Caroine. Not only is she the finest Real Estate professional, she is a wonderful warm human being that is a pleasure being with. Ron Schwarcz and Leslie HarrisRon Schwarcz
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- 1/56 56
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4 Beds2.5 Baths3,989 SqFt1336 Christina LN, Northbrook, IL 60062
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Listed by Caroline Gau of Real Broker LLC
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1 Bed1.5 Baths1,115 SqFt3085 Pheasant Creek DR #114, Northbrook, IL 60062
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closed
$725,000
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3 Beds3 Baths2,070 SqFt1836 Oak AVE, Northbrook, IL 60062
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Listed by Caroline Gau of Real Broker LLC