Amit Kapur is the Founder and Chairman of Rama Group International. With 16 years of experience in Real Estate Investment, he leads the well- established team of officials that are responsible for the success of the company, including the exponential growth of finished homes and fundraising. Amit has maintained his focus at Rama Group International in fund procurement, due diligence and financial analysis.
Amit first obtained his Business Commerce Honours Degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, dubbed the Princeton of India, with High Honours. After completing his first degree at the age of 20, he went on to continue his education, establishing further degrees in Accounting and Marketing from the University of Illinois, where he graduated with high scholastic achievements, finishing in the top 10 of his class. He also completed his MBA in Finance, Entrepreneurship and Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management, the prestigious Northwestern Business School. He has had successful tenures with both American Express and McGladrey & Pullen (Big Five Firms) in Tax Accounting and Auditing, respectively. He has also Founded Club Rama Holidays and Jaalster.com, Co-Founded two night clubs, and is concurrently the President of 3 companies, which together exceed more than $15 million in annual revenue.

Jacob Abraham attended Northwestern University and majored in Organizational Behavior. With over 16 years of Finance and Real Estate experience, Jacob has a dynamic understanding of market fluctuation, inefficient sectors and growth segments. Mr. Abraham heads Rama Group International’s Strategy and Performance Management. He is responsible for the design and implementation of Rama Groups unique business model. Mr. Abraham’s objective has been to create an investment platform that is unparalleled in the industry in terms of efficiency, productivity, and quality. A native of Chicago, he has extensive knowledge of various neighbourhoods throughout the city. He has successfully negotiated and pioneered nearly $20 million in acquisition, rehab and sales of various real estate projects. Jacob has leveraged his strong relationships in banking and debt finance to procure project bases in inefficient markets throughout the Chicagoland area.
Prior to Rama Group International, Jacob was a consultant in the mortgage industry working with small to medium banks on the formulation and implementation of strategy and creating performance breakthroughs. He also owned and led branches for First Capital Mortgage and Envision Lending Group. His portfolio consisted of more than $30 million in commercial and residential loans.

Bala Balachandran began his teaching career in 1960 while a graduate student at Annamalai University, India. In 1967 he moved to the University of Dayton and in 1971, to Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, where he taught management courses while working on his doctorate. In 1973 he joined the Kellogg School of Management faculty. He was Chairman of the Department of Accounting Information and Management from 1979 - 1983. In 1984 he was appointed Professor of Accounting Information and Management and was Director of the Accounting Research Centre from 1985-2006.
He is one of three Kellogg faculty members who started the Information Resource Management Program (IRM) at Northwestern in 1974. He has authored more than 55 research articles and is currently writing a managerial accounting textbook with emphasis on cost management in an automated manufacturing environment. He has also founded the Great Lakes Campus in Chennai, India, a Master’s University that has already risen to elite status in the world rankings. He is department editor in accounting for Management Science, associate editor for The Accounting Review and on the editorial boards of Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. His work has earned numerous scholastic honours, awards, and fellowships and serves as an independent consultant to the U.S. Air Force. Professor Balachandran has been on the Board of Directors since Rama Group International’s inception, and his advisory position has catapulted RGI’s ability to raise funds and manage projects. His focus has been on game theoretic cost allocation models, cost management and forecasting.

Omar brings a thoughtful approach to real estate investing and transaction fluency. With over 10 years of expertise in transaction management, strategic planning and negotiating in different channels within the financial services industry, his breadth of experience and foresight provide vital direction needed to address details before they become issues.
Omar provides his clients with up-to-date feedback on the state of the market, its trends, as well as comparable sales and property values - giving realistic projections, whether in the positive or negative direction.
Omar specializes in applying his expertise and market knowledge to broker a smooth real estate transaction and realize goals of his clients with passion and integrity. He has made a high-level of commitment to his real estate education, continuously being mentored and coached by specialists and attending certification training and classes. Omar grew up in Naperville and has lived in various neighborhoods of the city of Chicago since the age of 18. He currently lives Downtown with his wife and son.

Buying, selling or renting a home is both a business transaction and a highly personal endeavor. Bari Levine has built a successful real estate practice by guiding her clients through both sides of this process with a rare combination of market expertise, marketing savvy, patience & empathy.
Bari has grown to become one of the top 25 agents in @Properties and the top 1% of all agents in Chicago. She has been a top producing agent in Chicago since 2012 and was even featured on an episode of House Hunters. Bari is able to sell real estate quickly and efficiently with an average market time of 20 days, which is 43 days faster than the average Chicago agent, and for an average of 98% of the list price.
Bari has been involved in more than 600+ real estate transactions since she began in the business in 2004. She works with buyers, sellers and renters in prime Downtown, North, South, and West Side Chicago neighborhoods. She maintains an in-depth knowledge of current market conditions and values, not only neighborhood by neighborhood but block by block and building by building.
Bari also devotes a great deal of time and energy to marketing. She leverages the full arsenal of @properties’ marketing resources to generate maximum exposure for her seller-clients, and is hands-on in everything from developing marketing concepts to writing property descriptions.
Bari loves the personal aspect of real estate. She wants her clients to have fun, be comfortable and enjoy the meaningful experience of buying or selling a home. To that end, she delivers on her promise of frequent communication, honest feedback, patience and attention to detail.
Bari joined @properties in 2004 and was one of the firm’s first 200 agents. She currently leads the Bari and Elena Real Estate Group which has grown to become one of the top 5 teams within @Properties with over 62M in sales in 2016. The group works collaboratively to offer clients a single-source solution to long-term real estate needs across a range of housing types and locations in Chicago.
A Deerfield, IL native, Bari is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. She currently resides in River North with her husband and spends her free time playing guitar and piano, volunteering as the president for the @Gives Back charity program, or playing tennis.

Rubina Bokhari helps her clients make one of the most important decisions of their lives with a skillset unparalleled by others in the business. She prioritises her clients’ goals by representing their best interests in buying and selling with professionalism, integrity, market expertise, perseverance, and most importantly, results. Rubina is actively engaged in her business every day of the week, and she provides guidance to her clients every step of the way to ensure smooth and successful transactions. Rubina has received only five star reviews throughout her entire career. She attests this to her continued dedication to her clients.
Neighbourhood knowledge and market insight, along with outstanding personal service, are the cornerstones of Rubina’s business. As part of a leading international brokerage in the Chicagoland area, she can offer you advanced tools and resources necessary to make informed buying and selling decisions. Rubina specialises in areas including Lakeshore East, Gold Coast, Old Town, Lincoln Park, River North, Streeterville, West Loop, South Loop, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Ukrainian Village, West Town, Hinsdale and the North Shore. Before becoming one of Chicago’s Top Brokers, Rubina graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Management Information Systems and started her career as an IT Consultant. After four years in the industry, Rubina was recruited by Discover Financials to work in their Risk Management department. Rubina continued her thirteen year career in Risk Management and worked for large banks such as HSBC and CapitalOne before deciding to make the leap into what she now loves doing the most, real estate. Rubina has been a real estate broker for nine years and is very excited to be a part of the Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty family.
Rubina works hard to stay competitive by training and educating herself in the evolving real estate market. She holds a number of designations within the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Her designations include: Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE), Brokers Price Opinion (BPO) accreditation, Sellers Representative Specialist (SRS), and most recently, Rubina completed her Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist™ (CLHMS) designation. Evaluating properties depends now more than ever on professional expertise and competence, the best use of technology, and a commitment to approach the valuation assignment from all pertinent perspectives. These designations have a powerfully competitive edge over other agents because of their ability to uncover information effectively, get more during sales negotiations, and retain control over desired outcomes.
Rubina has always believed in giving back to the community, and she founded the organisation known as Brokers Who Give Back. BWGB is made up of real estate brokers who have committed to donating a portion of their commission from every transaction to the buyer’s or seller’s charity of choice. In addition to monetary donations, brokers donate their time by volunteering for different causes. Brokers who participate in BWGB are dedicated to providing those in need with access to a greater quality of life.
In her free time, Rubina enjoys working out, travelling, dining at new restaurants in Chicago, cheering on her favourite Chicago sports teams and spending time with her daughter who currently attends NYU in New York City. She speaks multiple languages including English, Urdu, Hindi and Farsi. Rubina currently resides in Chicago’s beautiful Streeterville neighbourhood.