Commercial real estate agent and Chicago native Joel Zeid is ready to leave the confines of his parents' house and build some equity for the future by purchasing a hip condo in the city of Chicago. Joel's friend and real estate agent, Lori Miller, takes Joel and his charming but protective mother on a whirlwind house hunt, looking at nearly 60 properties in six days. The problem is he can't get his mortgage broker to call him back, so he doesn't have a budget, much less any prospects, and Joel is unwilling to settle on anything less than a pristine loft-style condo in the trendiest part of town ...