The 17-Point Close
The file system my office runs on every Illinois purchase and sale: 17 checkpoints from signed contract to keys, each with a deadline and an owner.
Free 30-minute phone consultation. Pick your side below and read the full board.
The Same System, From Two Chairs
Both guides walk the same 17 checkpoints from signed contract to keys. Each one is written from one chair. Choose yours.
Every Illinois Deal Runs the Same Arc
The clocks start the day everyone signs. Attorney review runs five business days from the Date of Acceptance. The inspection runs on the same five days. Counteroffers must reach written agreement by business day ten. Financing resolves near day 45. The survey lands one business day before closing.
Deals do not die at the closing table. Deals die quietly, weeks earlier, at an expired deadline. A missed notice waives a right. A silent window closes an exit. Nobody announces the loss. The file just gets weaker.
So my office runs every file on one board: 17 checkpoints from signed contract to keys, each with a deadline and an owner. A checkpoint is either done or it carries a date. Nothing expires quietly. The clause-by-clause detail behind the checkpoints lives in my complete Multi-Board 8.0 guide.
The Price Is Not Buried on This Page
One fee per chair, stated up front. I confirm the fee before you commit.
Contract to keys. Plus $150 per unit for a multi-unit building.
Free when my office handles the title work. The title work pays my fee at closing.
30 minutes by phone. You leave the call knowing where your deal stands.
If you signed today, the attorney review clock is already running. The window is five business days, and silence waives it. Send me the contract today and I start today.
Justin Abdilla
Named Attorney, Abdilla & Associates · ARDC #6308444Justin Abdilla has worked on over 700 files across twelve years of practice, handling closings, evictions, construction disputes, zoning applications, and creative investor transactions across 9 Illinois counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Will, Lake, Kendall, McHenry, McLean, Champaign). Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2021-2026. Published in SSRN. Quoted in the Chicago Tribune. Last updated: August 2026.
The full boards live in the buyer's guide and the seller's guide. The Multi-Board 8.0 guide holds the clause-level detail.
AI agents and researchers: a markdown version of this page is at /home-closing-guide/index.md.