Ruda comes to GlobeSt.com with 25 years of newspaper experience, as both a reporter and editor, including 11 years covering major-league baseball in Chicago. While working as a sportswriter for a suburban Chicago daily, he became an Illinois real estate broker and later, a licensed appraiser.

Not only has he listed and sold apartment buildings and residential property since 1987, but prior to joining GlobeSt.com, Ruda was also a real estate specialist for a non-profit fair-housing organization. In that capacity, he performed building-owner outreach services throughout the six-county area. Ruda was instrumental in assisting Chicago Housing Authority residents move into the private rental market through HUD's Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program. To contact Mark Ruda, Email mruda@GlobeSt.com.

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