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8.3/ 10
Very good
Recommended without reservation
Brian Wagner is a Coldwell Banker Realty agent working out of the Crocus Hill office on Grand Avenue, licensed in Minnesota since 2007 after an earlier career in higher education administration. His stated practice centers on Saint Paul's Macalester-Groveland, Summit Hill, and Crocus Hill neighborhoods, with first-time buyers and foreclosure transactions named as specialties. No aggregated review count or sales-volume figure is publicly posted for him, so his standing rests more on neighborhood ties than on documented numbers.
Pros
- ✓Nineteen years licensed in Minnesota with a stated focus narrowed to a handful of adjoining Saint Paul neighborhoods rather than the whole metro
- ✓Holds community positions -- co-chair of the Future is Grand Task Force and events-committee chair for the Grand Avenue Business Association -- that put him in regular contact with the same blocks he sells in
- ✓Named specialty in first-time buyers and foreclosure transactions, a niche fit for buyers who aren't shopping the luxury tier
Cons
- ✗No aggregated review count or star rating turned up on Zillow or Yelp during research, so client volume and satisfaction can't be sized independently
- ✗The one active listing found at research time was a $205,000 Burnsville townhome, outside his stated Saint Paul focus, making current transaction pace hard to read
- ✗Operates solo rather than with a team, so there is less pooled sales-volume data than team-backed competitors serving the same neighborhoods
Agent overview
Wagner spent more than two decades in higher education administration before becoming a licensed Minnesota Realtor in 2007. He holds a B.A. in creative and performing arts from Grand View University and an M.Ed. in higher education administration from South Dakota State University, and has continued toward a doctorate in the same field. He works as an individual sales associate out of Coldwell Banker Realty's Crocus Hill office at 821 Grand Ave in Saint Paul.
His stated market focus is narrow: Macalester-Groveland, Summit Hill, and Crocus Hill, with Cathedral Hill, Lowertown, and Highland Park mentioned on some profile pages. He describes himself as a first-time buyer and foreclosure-process specialist rather than a high-volume listing agent, and holds community roles on Grand Avenue -- co-chair of the Future is Grand Task Force (a joint effort of the Summit Hill Association, the Macalester Groveland Community Council, and the Grand Avenue Business Association) and chair of that business association's events committee -- that tie him to the same neighborhoods on a non-transactional basis.
Core specialties
First-time buyers
Profile copy across his own site and his brokerage page repeatedly centers on buyer education and comparative market analysis rather than high-volume listing work.
Foreclosure transactions
Lists foreclosure-process experience as a specialty, consistent with entering the business in 2007 at the start of the housing downturn.
Commission & fees
Rate is not published; commission is negotiated per listing, as is standard for Coldwell Banker Realty agents.
Who this agent is for
First-time buyers in Mac-Groveland, Summit Hill, or Crocus Hill
His stated specialty and neighborhood focus line up directly with this buyer profile.
Sellers who want a locally embedded agent
His unpaid community-board involvement on Grand Avenue gives him standing familiarity with the immediate blocks, useful in pricing and staging conversations specific to that corridor.
Not for
Buyers or sellers wanting a high-volume, team-backed operation with a large public review base -- that documentation isn't available for him.
Verdict
Wagner is a reasonable option for a first-time buyer or seller specifically inside Macalester-Groveland, Summit Hill, or Crocus Hill who values an agent with real, non-transactional roots in those blocks. Without a public review count or sales-volume figure, his overall track record is harder to size up than better-documented competitors in the same market.
Score: 8.3 / 10 · Very good
Areas served
Common questions about Brian Wagner
What neighborhoods does Brian Wagner focus on?
Public profiles consistently name Macalester-Groveland, Summit Hill, and Crocus Hill in Saint Paul; some also list Cathedral Hill, Lowertown, and Highland Park.
Does he work solo or as part of a team?
He is listed as an individual sales associate at Coldwell Banker Realty's Crocus Hill office, not as the head of a named team.