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
4.9

Kevin Hurley
Lake Villa, IL - Dec 2, 2019
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Pat's personal touch and honesty was CRITICAL in getting this deal done. We really appreciated not just her knowledge of the area but how it applied to our particular situation (which was unusual). She also provided several helpful little nudges to remind me to follow up on certain things, which I greatly appreciated. I would absolutely retain Pat again, and I would certainly recommend her to others.

Peter L.
Ingleside, IL - Nov 20, 2019
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars.

Pat was very professional and knowledgeable and gave valuable assistance throughout my purchase. I would not hesitate recommending her to anyone wishing to buy or sell a property around the Chain o' Lakes area. Excellent.

Chris & Brittany
Lake Villa, IL - Nov 15, 2019
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

I wish there was a level above excellent that we could rate her. She was SO responsive, PATIENT, consultative, assertive and insanely helpful. We will recommend her to everyone and anyone we know. This is the third realtor we've worked with and she is above and beyond our favorite.

Overall we are incredibly satisfied with the entire process having Pat as our broker. Moving is so stressful and I believe she played a HUGE part in making this process seamless for us. We love you, Pat!! :)

The purchase went incredibly smooth. We leaned on Pat's expertise on the area, process, market, etc. and she went above and beyond to make the process smooth for us.

Mike C.
Cary, IL - Oct 28, 2019
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.

Good, honest person. Great to work with. Thank you Pat.

Randi Mathis
Fox Lake, IL - Aug 31, 2019
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars.

I had met a broker while doing other business and considered her but she was a half hour away and not all that familiar with waterfront properties. I called Kay Starostovic (sp) , the township supervisor, as my cousin is a great friend of hers, she referred me to Pat and spoke very highly of her. I was impressed with Pat's knowledge of waterfront properties and her longevity in Fox Lake. Pat is very professional and answered all my questions quickly.

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.