Janell Schmittling, Homes By Janell

I used Homes By Janell in 2018 to buy my home and again in 2024 to sell it - it was a wonderful experience and smooth process each time. Communication was great and I appreciated all of their updates. Thanks Janell, Lindsey, and the rest of the team! I would definitely recommend them to anyone buying or selling a home.

Tracey has been, by far, the best real estate agent we have ever worked with. She is detail-oriented, punctual, honest, and highly responsive to any of our questions. She constantly kept us in the loop during the whole process while we were out of the local area. We fully trust Tracey and her team. Highly recommend!

My wife and I have had the pleasure of working with Janelle personally, as well as her absolutely fantastic team, on more than one occasion. Whether buying or selling, her honesty, careful and thoughtful writeups, and deep knowledge of the area made us feel like we were in capable hands.

Buying or selling a home in an intensely emotional moment that matters, and having the right chemistry with the right person is critical to everyone's success. I would strongly recommend having Janelle in your corner.

When looking for a realtor, we interviewed three. The reason we chose Janell with Homes by Janell is because she was honest and upfront from the very start. She didn’t sugarcoat anything like the other realtors did, and she gave us an accurate assessment of our property. She did her homework and presented a thorough report with comps in our neighborhood, and what our house should appraise for.

She and her staff worked diligently with us to get our house prepared to sell. To our surprise, it took only two days to receive five offers, with three over the asking price.

Janell and her team exceeded our expectations, and we are so happy we chose her. This was our fourth home, and the selling process went more smoothly than we anticipated. We couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you, again. The Guyer’s

My wife and I worked with Jenny this fall in buying our home in O’Fallon, IL. Our experience with her couldn’t have been better! We really appreciated all the insight and guidance when evaluating homes and placing offers. Jenny’s assistance during the whole process especially during inspections was above and beyond our expectations. We will be recommending Homes by Janell to our friends and family for their future home buying/selling needs!

If you are looking for the best real estate company, look no further. Janell has build the most amazing, thoughtful hardworking team of ladies willing to go above and beyond for your home buying and selling needs.

And a special shout out to Rachel. She’s one of the most patient, understanding, kind and helpful persons I have every met. She goes above and beyond for people that are not even her clients. She’s a straight shooter, keeps her word. We are incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to cross paths with her back in 2019 for the first time. We will never have another realtor as long as we live near Rachel 🥰🥰

You would be doing yourself a disservice if you went with anyone other then Homes by Janel.

Brittney was an absolute rockstar with our recent home purchase in Far Oaks! She showed us houses for nearly 8-months before we landed on the right one. Super responsive and kept us up-to-speed the entire buying process. We would definitely consider working with her and the HBJ team in the future!

I cannot begin to describe the amazing experience my family had with our agent, Rachel Grimm. Our family was making a huge move across country and I needed to find someone we can trust! I reached out to the main office and was connected with Rachel. She made the process so much smoother for us. Rachel was responsive immediately, she stayed in touch with our lender and was always 10 steps ahead of everyone else. Thank you so much for your hard work.

We could not have been happier to work with everyone at Homes by Janell, and specifically Jenny. She was kind, caring, and responsive to any questions that we had throughout the process. Jenny really put the interests of our family first, and it was extremely evident that she truly cared about our family. It's not every day that you find a business that really invests in their clients, but Homes by Janell does just that. We would highly recommend working with them for any of your real estate needs!!

My experience with Janell and team selling our homes was nothing short of 100% customer satisfaction. They treated us like family with courtesy and understanding. If any questions arose, Janell and crew was patient and thorough in a timely manner. All of these ladies went above and beyond with hospitality, knowing this was our first time using a realtor. The first interested party bought from us and every little detail was handled and explained by this company of caring staff. I would highly recommend

Our agent Jenny, was amazing! She has been very dedicated and incredibly responsive to anything we ever had questions on. The work she put in to making our home a reality was above and beyond what I had expected of an agent. The entire staff at Homes by Janell was friendly and made sure that we knew our best interests were at heart. We highly recommend working with their team, especially Jenny :)

Amazing! Everyone in this office is friendly, accommodating, and they all work as one wonderful cohesive unit. I am a first time home buyer, and they were all so patient and understanding. The entire process was way more simple and easy than I had anticipated, all thanks to this group of wonderful ladies! If I could give 10/10 stars, I would!

I am so thankful to have had Janell & her team on our side when relocating from out of state and buying a home in this current market. Tracey Brown was our buying agent and she is phenomenal. She was alway prompt with her responses and booking showings, she stayed on top of everything through a rough and rather frustrating closing, and she helped us stay positive through it all. It was so nice to have the whole team assisting us along the way. The process was seamless and I can’t recommend Homes by Janell enough!

Words cannot even begin to express the gratefulness my family and I feel to have been able to work with Tracey at Homes By Janell. This was the first time we purchased a home and we started the process with an entire continent between us (we lived in Hawaii). She was amazing with the time differences and so patient with us. Tracey made the entire process so smooth, communicated our needs to our builder, and made our first home buying experience a memorable one! 10 out of 10 recommend!

Janell and her team did an amazing job selling our house! She helped provide guidance on preparing the house to sell. The process was smooth throughout and they kept us up to speed with everything. I would definitely recommend Janell and her team at Homes by Janell and will be using them in the future!!

HomesbyJanell has been a great help to us as our realtor. When we sold our house, we are out of state, and Janell made the paperwork for the sale go smoothly and quickly. She took care of the unexpected maintenance that was required. She is easy to reach, and she always kept us informed of the status of our house's sale. Her staff is also welcoming and attentive. Our house was sold in less than a week.

The Homes by Janell team was fabulous during our process of both selling and buying. Our house sold extremely quickly, as they already knew of someone looking for exactly what we were selling. Rachel, who is part of the team found a lot of houses on the market for us that met our criteria. We found our dream home quickly! I would highly recommend The Homes by Janell team to anyone looking to sell or buy! They were very professional and went above and beyond for us!

Words can’t not begin to express how grateful I am to have found Rachel Grimm at Homes by Janell. She helped us to buy our home sight unseen and went above and beyond to make it happen in this tough market. I feel like I not only found an amazing realtor but also a friend. I will recommend this agency and her to everyone I know! ❤ The entire office staff was super friendly and knowledgeable.

We are so thankful we worked with Janell. Janell was actually the selling agent of our home when we initially purchased it. She was very responsive after the sale with a small issue we had, where the realtor we used was not. So when it came time to sell the home just over a year later, we knew we definitely wanted to work with Janell. Janell was very knowledgeable, and was always in contact with us. We had an offer on our home the same day it listed. Janell and her assistant Lindsey guided us through the entire process making everything so easy on us.

Janell and her team are incredible representation for both the buying side and the selling side! Janell sold my house in a very short time, and when the perfect house became available, Janell and Rachel helped me have an offer made and accepted less than 24 hours after the house went on the market! They helped me get my dream house - but if I ever have real estate needs again, I'll be calling Homes by Janell!