Jeff began his real estate career in a family-owned business in Muskegon, where he headed up the company's commercial division in 1977. In 1979, Jeff relocated to Chicago, where he joined the Midwest regional office for Previews, Inc., the largest resort property brokerage firm in the country at that time. Jeff led the nation in Previews' Select Sales Program. In 1989, joined The Hinman Company, a commercial real estate development company located in Kalamazoo, where he became the Director of Marketing and Leasing. Jeff remained at The Hinman Company for 10 years in that capacity and maintained an average tenant occupancy rate of over 90% during his term with the firm. Jeff brings with him a diverse background in national tenant representation and office and retail leasing.

Jeff is also very adept in the site selection process, large land assemblage projects, and quarterbacking the entire due diligence process, permitting, zoning, and closing process. Since joining Signature Associates in 2007, Jeff Chrystal has been primarily an Industrial specialist. He has been involved with numerous transactions combining over a million square feet of industrial space. Some of his former clients have been Kaiser Aluminum, Sterling Industries, Landscape Forms, FBN Sales, Allied Waste, Republic Services, Seneca Medical, Altomec Endoscopy, City Transfer, Stryker, John Tapper Chevrolet, and many others.