Top Notch Realty Team needs a logo - please read design brief!!!

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Tagline: please read entire brief Desired Color Scheme: please read entire brief Desired Style: please read entire brief Accepted File Formats: Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff) Project Summary Please provide us with a little background of the company. We are licensed Realtors providing quality professional services in residential real estate including but not limited to working  with buyers looking to buy a property; sellers who want to sell their properties for top value ; tenants looking to lease rental properties; property owners interested in leasing their properties through our company by providing a wide array of property management services;  assisting buyers who are interested in new construction or custom-build homes; helping investors find distressed properties, foreclosure properties, short-sale properties and/or properties under fair market value to increase their net worth; Providing customers with up-to-date information regarding Special Communities: Active Adults, Assisted Living, Accessibility ready; and recruiting Realtors and Brokers to join Keller Williams franchises under our sponsorship. What text should be included in the main part of the logo (if any)? Top Notch Realty Team What type of product or service do you offer? Residential real estate brokerage What do you hope to accomplish with your new identity? Increase internet lead generation to all real estate related services that we are licensed to offer What are your long term goals? Significantly Increase market share in northwest suburbs, open franchise in 3 yrs, build a team producing over 600 million GCI within next 2 years. Recruit mega agents from other companies into KW to increase my profit sharing. Are there any other comments/specific ideas we should keep in mind while designing your project? The majority of internet lead generation is focused on buyers who constitute an 85% of internet transactions via the internet and their average age is 35.  I want a website that is unique, non-traditional,  urban, yet easy to read and navigate. The website should reflect the color scheme of the logo. The log should have word art plus an image. Audience Profile Average age 35-55 approx. Located in rich suburb with high end homes (Barrington, IL) and mostly Caucasian homeowners. Niche marketing to Spanish speaking customer. Perception/Tone/Guidelines Do you have any specific images or icons in mind that you would definitely like to see incorporated into your logo? Please provide files if available. The color scheme I like can be found at http://www.iarchitect.net/topnotch.jpg Communication Strategy What attributes would you like your logo to reflect about your business? Innovative, technologically advance, fresh, unique from the crowd of realtors, personal, professional. What is your tagline or slogan? Oh, happy day! The Top Notch Realty Team did it again! Where will your new logo be used? (print, web, signs, etc.) all, web, printing, signs Competitive Positioning Who are your competitors and what do you think about their logos? (list competitive URLs) http://www.dreamtown.com/ http://www.illinoisrealestate.com/ http://patvallejo.mostreferred.com/ Their logos are traditionally boring, plain, unappealing. This is an example of a unique logo I like: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/ What sets you apart from your competitors? Innovative, hard working, dedicated, thinking big, committed to first-rate excellence Targeted Message State a single-minded word or phrase that will appropriately describe your company. First-rate excellence

Every design category has flexible pricing for all budgets. Logo design starts at £239.