
Professional Realtor® with a proven track record specializing in Spring, Texas and surrounding areas.

J ill Wente is an award-winning real estate agent with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene, serving Spring, Klein, and The Woodlands, TX. With over 22 years of real estate experience and $155 million in career sales, Jill has successfully represented over 570 sellers and buyers. She ranks as the #1 listing agent in units among 130 agents at the BHG Gary Greene Champions office.
Jill Wente has also been recognized in the Top 1.5% of Real Estate Professionals Nationwide by RealTrends Verified in 2025. With 525+ five-star reviews across Google, Zillow, HAR, Facebook, and Yelp, Jill has built a reputation for professionalism, tough negotiation skills, modern marketing skills, and consistent results.
Years Experience
In Sold Real Estate
Homes Sold
Houston Five-Star Real Estate Agent Award
Jill Wente has been honored 13 times with the Five Star Real Estate Agent Award, an exclusive recognition earned by fewer than 1% of Houston area agents for exceptional client satisfaction. She has also earned Emerald Elite and Platinum production awards from her brokerage BHG Gary Greene, reflecting sustained sales excellence. She holds multiple professional certifications, including:
- Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) - earned by only 3% of Realtors® nationwide.
- Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) - skilled in working with buyer - clients at every stage of the home-buying process
- Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) - skilled in pricing properties, creating CMAs and working with appraisers
- Certified Home Marketing Specialist (CHMS) - expert in home staging and optimizing buyer appeal
- Master Certified Negotiation Expert (MCNE) - negotiates complex real estate transactions to successful closings.
A technologically advanced agent, Jill Wente leverages AI, social media, and innovative digital marketing strategies to maximize listing exposure and attract qualified buyers. Her background in accounting and data-driven pricing ensures sellers maximize their home values. Jill specializes in serving relocation buyers, new construction clients, move-up buyers, and home sellers in the $300,000 - $800,000 price range. Her commitment to continuing education, client service, and proven negotiation skills make her one of the most trusted and effective realtors in the Spring Texas area.
Jill enjoys traveling and learning about the culture and customs of new places. She's a foodie who's willing to try any food at least once. She appreciates the flavor nuances and complexities of a good glass of wine. She cherishes time spent with her large family and shares a special bond with her sisters. Jill enjoys finding the humor in everyday life and loves when what she says garners a hearty belly laugh.
Jill grew up in Effingham, a small town in Illinois. She is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University where she earned her B.S degree in Accounting. Go Big Blue! She lives in Spring Texas with her husband, Rick Ratchford.
Jill Wente strives to be the best Realtor® any buyer or seller will ever work with in Spring Texas. Here's what a few of her clients have to say.......
- Bill Hawkins
Jill Wente recently sold our home in Spring Texas that had been a difficult listing. I would not sell a home with any other realtor besides Jill. Why? Jill is a Five Star realtor. One has to perform at the top of their profession on a consistent and lengthy basis to receive such a designation. Jill has done so and received this award year after year after year. At our meet and greet get together she offered two transformative suggestions for our home. She continued to propose ideas that led to the sale of our home. Her work ethic was exceptional. She held open houses very frequently. Jill really cares about selling your house. Her advice with negotiations and closing was all we could ask for and resulted in us getting our asking price. Trust her.
- Zoe Elliott
I worked with Jill Wente relocating to the Spring Texas area and she spent time going going through all my questions and telling me things that were important about the area and helping me find great places that met all of my criteria. I would highly recommend her, she is very knowledgeable, experienced and helpful in the house buying process especially coming from out of the area.
- Mike O
Jill Wente is one of the more active and up to date realtors in Spring Texas area. Jill came highly reccommended by close friends who also had a stellar experience in their real estate transactions with her. In my case I had already moved from the area, and needed a competent and dedicated professional who could keep me advised on a timely basis. Jill Wente's direction on how to prepare the home to attract buyers was invaluable. Jill's persona shines when it comes to navigating the myriad of details required in the negotiations with several parties. The important thing here for me was Jill Wente's patience with my busy schedule and the help in completing this transaction even though I always not always readily available. I was also able to complete the closing from my new location without returning to Texas.
- C Keegan
Jill Wente is a hardworking rare gem of a realtor that you can absolutely trust! We have bought and sold numerous homes over the years and we can tell you that Jill is the best realtor we have ever had. You will find as we did, that Jill is hardworking for YOUR sole benefit (trust me, that is a rare find) and did a great job of communicating with us throughout the whole process. You will benefit from her expert negotiating skills and enjoy her delightful personality! It was such a pleasure to work with Jill and we never had to worry about her loyalty to us as a customer.
- Karen Johnson
Extraordinary! Jill Wente’s data-driven approach to setting the price, use of the latest effective marketing tools, artist’s eye for staging and describing the property, negotiating skills, and extensive contact list of contractors sold our house in Spring Texas at the right price quickly. She listened to us and set us on a path that achieved our goals and met our expectations for the sale, all within an aggressive timeline that we set. By following her advice we were able to attract numerous bids and find the right buyer quickly. Jill’s enthusiasm, positivity, boundless energy, problem-solving skills, thorough knowledge of real estate contract laws, dedication, and sincere interest in supporting us throughout the process made our cross-country move go as smoothly as possible. She clearly wanted to win for us. Working with Jill has been truly special.
- Frank Stevens
Jill Wente came highly recommended to us when it came time to sell our home in Spring Texas. Jill was immediately like a best friend coming alongside to support us in every aspect of the process, while never losing sight of the importance the sale of our home played in other financial goals for our retirement. She is a fantastic Realtor with a professional business approach coupled with a winning personality. She was keenly aware of the state of the Spring Texas real estate market and in our neighborhood of Cypresswood. Her efforts brought us to the closing table in the least amount of time with the highest possible financial return on the sale of our home. Jill saved us money by knowing exactly what we needed to do in updates to sell the house. When our home went live online, we saw how Jill had made it sparkle with her staging expertise, excellent choice of video, photos and marketing verbiage. Her accounting proficiency really shined in helping us analyze the multiple offers, guiding us in making the best business decision and in concluding the final negotiations. My wife is a retired Real Estate Agent and was blown away by her first interview with Jill and immediately recognized a true professional standing out above many others.
- Sheryl Buechly
I'm a Real Estate Agent in Cincinnati. Agents know how to choose other agents. We know top performers. We know what to look for in another professional. When my dear clients told me they would be moving to the North Houston Area, I started my search for their Houston agent. I short-listed ten top-performers and Jill Wente was a stand-out in every metric. She quickly responded to my text/email inquiry and was warm and personable on the phone. I found Jill to be extremely intelligent, witty, warm, responsive and organized. Jill Wente was a dream to work with and made our mutual client's distance move seamless and easy. As a twenty-five year real estate professional, Jill has my respect and my recommendation. You will not find better.
Awards and recognition highlight hard work and dedication, but what Jill is most interested in is exceeding the needs of each client

