Retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher offers Mettawa estate as $9,000 rental. The north suburban Mettawa seven-bedroom former home of retired Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, who is offering the estate as a rental for $9,000 a month.
When it comes to finding an occupant for his seven-bedroom estate in north suburban Mettawa, retired Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is taking a new tactic — and it’s aimed at urban dwellers fearful of the coronavirus.
Urlacher now is offering the 6,829-square-foot mansion, situated on 9.4 acres, as a rental for $9,000 per month. The estate, located 36 miles from the Loop, remains for sale at just under $1.8 million — well below the $3 million he sought when he first listed the property in March 2017.
“We’re offering it either for a long-term rental or for a sale,” said listing agent Alex Wolking of Keller Williams Chicago. “The main reason is, I have had a number of inquiries over the past two weeks from people in the city looking for a summer rental in the country to escape the city and all of the pandemic chaos.”
Editorial note: “Is this marketing or mongering?”
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