Janene was born and grew up in the Sacramento area of northern California and has 4 children, one of which is also a Realtor, and 9 grandchildren. After many years of being a school bus driver, she decided in 2002 that Real Estate was her passion. So she went to real estate school while continuing to work as a bus driver. She went to work at RE/MAX Gold for her first year of training. Over the years she won several awards for high volume sales with her best being TOP Producer in July of 2008, beating out 1800 agents at Intero Real Estate Silicon Valley. She continued to achieve top sales and earned many Master’s Club awards for a minimum of $5 million in sales volume per year.
In 2016, she decided to take another step to further her career by getting her Broker’s license and opening up Lawrence Real Estate Group. Her team of 5 agents followed her to her newly started brokerage, but she didn’t stop there. After buying a home in Southwest Idaho, she obtained her Idaho Broker’s license there as well and has Lawrence Real Estate Idaho. She spent a few years commuting back and forth from California to Idaho and moving people between both states, but ultimately decided Idaho was not where she truly felt at home.
Janene decided to start visiting Florida where her sister has lived for 15 years; her brother and father also recently made the move to Florida as well. The beach was calling. She drove many miles exploring what part of the state she wanted to buy a home in and after 2 years of searching, found the perfect home here in Ormond-by-the-Sea but still residing in California. Every time she had to go back, she felt the sadness of leaving this beautiful beachside community, so she again started real estate broker training and passed her Florida Broker’s test in July 2024. She chose Realty Pros Assured because after meeting with Bill, Buzzy and a few other RPA agents, she felt this was where she needed to be and where she now calls home!