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Meet the team

Emily Paige & Co.

Real estate is bigger than one person. Here is everyone you might work with, and what they actually do for you.

Emily

Emily

Founder · REALTOR®

Emily is a third-generation entrepreneur and the founder of Emily Paige & Co. She studied at UW-Milwaukee and spent years running Silver Springs Auction House before real estate — learning to help people put a value on what they love and find the words for what they are letting go.

She built the business on one idea: a home is never just about the house, it is about the life someone is building around it. Bay View resident, thrifter, dog mom to two, and the author of mke diaries.

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Bailey

Bailey

Buyer Specialist · REALTOR®

Bailey is the Buyer Specialist at Emily Paige & Co. He works directly with buyer clients from the first consultation through closing day — running showings, previewing homes, writing offers, and negotiating in one of the most competitive markets in the country.

Bailey brings the same warmth, patience, and steady honesty Emily built the business on. Backed by weekly strategy sessions with Emily and the full team behind every deal. If you are a first-time buyer worried about basements, offer strategy, or asking too many questions, he is who you want in your corner.

Shelly

Shelly

Executive Assistant

Shelly is the operational backbone of Emily Paige & Co. Ten years in real estate operations, from marketing and listing coordination to contracts and transaction management. She has launched and managed a Keller Williams office from the ground up.

A self-described integrator, she pairs with Emily's vision to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. If your listing is running on schedule, if your vendor is at your door on the right day, if the paperwork is in the right order at the right time — that is Shelly. When she is not keeping the business running, she is keeping up with her two boys.

Cara

Cara

Operations & Analytics

Cara keeps our client operations running from behind the scenes. She owns lead tracking, our follow-up systems, and the analytics that tell us what is working and what to improve. Every conversation gets logged, every client stays visible in the system, and nothing falls off the radar.

Years of experience supporting real estate teams — she has seen every corner of how this work actually gets done. When she is not making sure your file is exactly where it needs to be, she is chasing a very spirited three-year-old around the house.

Madilyn

Madilyn

Transaction Coordinator

Madilyn is our Transaction Coordinator, running the contract-to-close phase of every deal. Deadlines, documents, signatures, handoffs — she is the calm middle of every transaction, keeping your inspection windows, appraisal contingencies, and closing timeline exactly on track.

Started in real estate as a stay-at-home mom and spent six years learning every corner of a transaction before founding her own coordination firm, Mockingbird Transactions. When she is not moving your closing toward the finish line, she is at home with her husband and their two kids.

Julia

Julia

Social & Brand Marketing

Julia runs social and brand storytelling for Emily Paige & Co. through her boutique Milwaukee agency, Charmed Creative Studio. Five years in corporate marketing at ALDI, Panera, and Camping World before founding her own studio.

Her philosophy: a trend is not a strategy. Her job is to protect Emily's voice across every post, every reel, every carousel of a home just closed. If you found us on Instagram or TikTok, that is Julia's work.

The founder's story

Emily Walczak

Founder, Emily Paige & Co. · Realtor at Keller Williams · Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The short version

Real estate through a lifestyle and design lens, a client experience that starts long before the first showing, and a genuine eye for what makes a house feel like the right home for the life you are actually living.

The reason I do this work has almost nothing to do with houses.

I'm a third-generation entrepreneur, raised by a single mother who built her career caring for people at the end of their lives. It's a calling as much as a career, a job that never clocks out. Some of my most formative memories, Christmases, Thanksgivings, ordinary evenings in between, happened in those hallways. I grew up watching her show up, again and again, for people who needed her. It taught me more than a work ethic. It taught me what real pride in your work looks like, and what it means to care deeply about something bigger than yourself.

I studied at UWM. Later, I spent years running Silver Springs Auction House. I learned more there than any classroom taught me. Auction floors are full of stories. Estates. Downsizes. Whole lifetimes, boxed up. A lot of my job was helping people put a value on what they loved, and find the words for what they were letting go. So when real estate came along, I recognized it right away.

Today, I'm the founder of Emily Paige & Co., a residential team at Keller Williams serving buyers and sellers across greater Milwaukee. This work carries weight. More than most people realize until they're inside it. My job is to give you real answers, keep the process simple, and stay with you from the first showing to the closing table.

The moments I love most? A first-time buyer finally exhaling. A seller taking one last walk through an empty house, knowing the next family is going to love it the way they did. Those transitions feel sacred to me. They're the reason I do this.

When I'm not working, you'll find me in Bay View with my two fur babies, thrifting on slow mornings, or writing mke diaries, my little love letter to this city.

If you're thinking about a move, I'd love to hear about it.

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Meet Emily

"A home is never just about the house. It is about the life someone is building around it." The Emily Paige & Co. way
"We were definitely a little nervous to start this journey to buy our first house, but Emily and her team made everything feel easy, and way less intimidating than we thought. No matter how many questions we had, Emily and Bailey were always there for us."
Laux B · Milwaukee · verified Google review
How this actually goes

Three steps, no rush.

The unknown is the scariest part of any move. Here's exactly what to expect after you fill out the questionnaire.

01

We talk.

After you fill out the questionnaire we meet in person. No pressure, no hard sell. Just a real conversation about what you want, what you're worried about, and whether I'm the right fit for you. Phone works too if you're out of area, but I prefer face-to-face for a first meeting.

02

We look.

If you're buying, I send you homes I'd actually recommend and we tour them together. I check the foundations, the roofs, the appliance ages. The things that never show up in the listing photos. If you're selling, we price, prep, and stage.

03

We close.

When we've found it (or sold it), I walk you through every offer, every disclosure, every step to the closing table. My lenders, inspectors, and insurance contacts are on standby. Then, if there's a porch, champagne.

Let's Talk

Ready when you are.

The questionnaire is the fastest way to start. Or reach out however feels easiest.