
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
4.9
I would go back to Pat and lakes realty right away if I was looking for something else. They are also the first company I would recommend to friends or family.
We very much enjoyed working with Pat. When we met up with Pat it always felt like meeting a friend. We appreciated that Pat let the house speak for itself rather than trying to push a list of "selling points". She let us tour each home in our own way. We loved that Pat helped us to determine if a house would meet our needs by asking specific questions to help us think about it. We were always glad to have Pat on our side when we would see and hear some of the other realtors out with their clients. We had a pretty long wish list and went through several attempts to buy a home and Pat stuck with us through it all. She was also able to suggest other people we needed in the home buying process. We would definitely work with Pat again.
Thanks Pat for your patience with out questions. It was a great sale since it took less than 24 hours.
Mrs. Smarto is the most knowledgeable, professional real estate agent I've ever worked with! Mrs. Smarto let the house sell itself and followed up with every concern I had. She expertly pointed me in the right direction for all my home buyer needs through the entire home buying experience! I will recommend Mrs. Smarto for any future buying or selling homeowner!
This agent has set the standard for all other agents. Mrs. Smarto's outstanding wealth of knowledge make her an indespinsible asset to Lakes Realty! Her business acumen is second to none and her people skills make her a top notch professional. No other agents I've worked with come close to her stellar ability! And no, we're not related! Her last name says it all!
Patricia listened to exactly what we were looking for when assisting us with buying a home and made selling our home as easy as the process can be! I would recommend her and Lakes Realty to anyone looking to buy or sell a home.
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.