
Looking to sell your property, buy a new home, or just need some expert real estate advice?
Pat loves looking at houses and finding the right house for her buyers, helping make their home ownership dreams come true. Pat truly believes that your home is where you plant your roots to create memories that last a lifetime. Assisting sellers allows Pat to help move them to the next phase of their life. She is licensed in both Illinois and Wisconsin.
In January 2011, Pat purchased the Lakes Realty Group and built a team of experts to make it a strong, local real estate office. Since its purchase, she has brought the company into substantial growth. She sponsors many events and organizations, including the annual Fox Lake TriAthlon, NICC Ice Fishing Derby, St. Bede Halloween Hustle, and more.
She has one son and lives on the lake with her husband, where summers are spent on the water enjoying activities like kayaking, swimming, tubing, and wakeboarding. She enjoys traveling, especially to Europe.
Ratings & Reviews
Pat Smarto did every aspect of the sale of my property in an outstanding way that left me assured that I chose the right agent over others I had considered. Pat is a role model to all real estate agents. Through my observation and research I found that Pat is greatly involved in her community which also contributes to her standing in it and her profession.
All of these attributes gave me a feeling of trust in Pat that you will realize also.My recommendation of Pat Smarto is without reservation!
Pat did what a good realtor should do and that is get as much traffic/showings as possible to sell the home.. Pat is quick to respond to potential buyers and brokers who show interest and works with the seller to make it happen.
My first deal did not happen, not due to any fault on her part, the buyer withdrew but she quickly moved back into action to show the property and get it sold. She has a very positive, forward looking attitude, never gives up.
I highly recommend her as your realtor.
Will definitely work with Patricia Smarto again.
Amazing broker!
Spent the time to understand exactly what we were looking for and then worked closely with us to make it happen. Was always available whenever we needed anything. Her motivation from Day 1 was to find us the best house—not the first house. She gave us objective advice on every listing we looked at. It paid off.
Best thing we did was choose Lakes Realty and Pat Smarto.
We picked Pat specifically, because Lakes Realty had a home listed we were interested in, and when we called, she answered our questions completely and offered to show us the property that same day. Her approach is business first, yet you felt like you had a friend with you while you went through many, many homes.
It was a pleasure to work with an agent with her excellent ethics and professionalism and always without any pushiness. She was patient and factual and we were VERY impressed. Over the course of a year to find the perfect house , we finally found the lake and house to make our forever home. Pat is knowledgeable about the different lakes, and the different communities. She was a joy to spend a lot of time with us and treated us like we were her only clients,
Professional Info
Brokerage
16 E Grand Avenue
Fox Lake, IL 60020
Licensed
IL 471.000052
16 years experience
Awards
- Mainstreet Association Top 1% - 2023
Specialties
- First-time buyers
- Military
- Recreation & Vacation
Designations
- ABR®
- BPOR
- e-PRO®
- PSA
- SFR®
- SRS
Hobbies
- Community Activities
- Entertaining
- Food & Cooking
- Health & Wellness
- Outdoor Activities
- Reading
- Travel
- Volunteering
Education
Associate’s Degree, Business
Top Cities *
Fox Lake
- 31 sales past 3 years
- 44 days on market
- $260K median price
Antioch
- 27 sales past 3 years
- 54 days on market
- $361K median price
Lake Villa
- 19 sales past 3 years
- 48 days on market
- $290K median price
* Sales data is calculated based on transaction information available to Agent Pronto at the time of publishing and may not accurately reflect all transactions for a given agent.