Pat Smarto
Lakes Realty Group

Looking to sell your property, buy a new home, or just need some expert real estate advice?

Highlights *
134 recent sales
$20K - $1.5M
52 days on market
ABR® , BPOR , e-PRO® , SFR® , SRS , PSA
15+ years experience
About

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

Lisa Stay
Antioch, IL - Nov 30, 2020
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

We explained our financial situation with Pat, she advised us to talk to someone she knew about a mortgage and her connection got us a higher mortgage at a lower rate then to first person we had been talking to.

She was also very honest with us if a house would work before we wasted time to see it.

Pat is amazing to work with great personality and even with a mask on you could tell she was always smiling:)

We never would have gotten our dream house without her and the Lakes Team we can't thank them enough.

Sean
McHenry, IL - Oct 27, 2020
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Pat was a fantastic partner as we searched for a house on the water; her knowledge of the various areas was an invaluable resource to us as we had very little experience with the area (or waterfront property in general), and her patience and persistence was very appreciated as we looked at house after house in this crazy market environment. Pat clearly has a great deal of expertise, which was helpful in everything from general topics like how well/septic, seawalls, and flood zones work, to her often knowing specifics about individual houses, as she had dealt with so many of them before. Pat was also key during the sign-to-close period, helping us to quickly chase and find resolutions to issues as they popped up.

Thanks again Pat, we're looking forward to working with you on the next one!

Sean & Buffy

Jim Vondrasek
Algonquin, IL - Oct 1, 2020
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Outstanding service is the standard for Pat Smarto and the Lakes Realty team. No matter the simplicity nor the complexity of the transaction you can expect excellence. In a world where less is less, Pat and her team offer more and deliver more. If you believe a realtor does not make a difference, then you have never worked with Pat Smarto.

Genny Lowy
Spring Grove, IL - Sep 23, 2020
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Pat did a great job selling my house. I would highly recommend her and her team to get your house sold!

Suzanne Volpe
McHenry, IL - Sep 3, 2020
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Pat is the BEST! She helped us find our fist home and now our forever home! She is knowledgeable about the entire process and took the time to explain all of it to us on more than one occasion. She also is the most patient person we've ever dealt with. Pat took the time to show us so many houses until we found the right home. I would highly recommend her!!

Pat and her team were efficient and well organized with the sale of our home. They took the time to make sure the process went smoothly. We would highly recommend them!

Pat is amazing! She is knowledgeable, patient, and really takes the time to get to know her clients. She took the time to explain the entire process with our first home, its sale, and the purchase of our forever home. I would recommend her highly to anyone looking to buy or sell!

Professional Info

Brokerage

Lakes Realty Group
16 E Grand Avenue
Fox Lake, IL 60020

Licensed

Licensed REALTOR®
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

Harper College
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.