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Editorial evaluation
8.1/ 10
Very good
Strong public evidence, with limitations still worth reviewing
Evidence confidence
Low10/100
Documentation completeness and reliability—not agent quality.
Mary Pat Nydahl is a Chanhassen-based REALTOR with Edina Realty who works with her daughter Erin as the Nydahl Group. She has held a Minnesota license since 2009, after 27 years teaching in Eastern Carver County and Minneapolis Public Schools. The team's stated service area centers on Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, and Carver rather than the wider metro, with listings ranging from modest townhomes to seven-figure acreage parcels. Review counts and sales totals are not published on the sites checked, so her track record is easier to describe qualitatively than to quantify.
Pros
- ✓Seventeen years licensed, all of it centered on the same Chanhassen/Chaska/Victoria/Carver corridor rather than a rotating territory
- ✓Two licensed agents on the team (Mary Pat and daughter Erin Nydahl), which can mean faster response during overlapping showings or deals
- ✓Backed by Edina Realty, one of the larger full-service brokerages in the Twin Cities, for listing syndication and back-office support
Cons
- ✗No sales-volume, homes-sold, or review-count figures are published on Edina Realty's site, the team's own site, or the third-party profiles checked, so performance claims can't be independently sized
- ✗Listing history shown is a generalist mix of townhomes and acreage rather than a documented luxury or waterfront specialty, in a market with several lake-focused competitors
- ✗It's a two-person team, not a single dedicated agent — day-to-day contact on a given deal may end up being Erin rather than Mary Pat
Profile evidence audit
0 of 5 evidence areas have exact citations
This measures what Minnesota Top Agents can trace to a dated URL. It does not measure the agent's quality, and an uncited area is a documentation gap—not proof that the underlying fact is false.
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exact sources
Identity & credentials
GapProfessional identity, brokerage, office, license or team roster.
0 supporting sources
Public reviews
GapA dated public rating, review count or review-platform snapshot.
0 supporting sources
Transaction activity
GapSales, listings, transactions, volume, price range or closing activity.
0 supporting sources
Market & specialty focus
GapService areas, local markets, property types or client specialties.
0 supporting sources
Experience & recognition
GapExperience, tenure, designations, awards or professional recognition.
0 supporting sources
- Official records
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- Independent platforms
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- First-party sources
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Consumer decision guide
Turn this profile into a better interview
These are profile signals and verification prompts—not performance guarantees. Use them to compare the same facts across two or three candidates before signing an agreement.
Published fit signals
0/5 evidence areas cited
- Published service-area signal
- Chanhassen, Victoria, Chaska +8 more
- No exact citation covers this evidence area yet; verify it directly.
- Published specialty signal
- No specialty category assigned
- No exact citation covers this evidence area yet; verify it directly.
- Published working model
- Team agent profile
- No exact citation covers this evidence area yet; verify it directly.
- Published price context
- $400K–$1.8M
- No exact citation covers this evidence area yet; verify it directly.
A citation supports only the claims named in the source register. It does not validate every signal shown in the same evidence area.
Ask in the first interview
- 1
What is your current Minnesota license number and employing brokerage, and where can I verify both?
Confirms current identity and affiliation using the state record rather than a directory claim.
Targets an uncited evidence area
- 2
Which public review profiles best represent your recent work, and how many reviews were added in the last 12 months?
Separates current, attributable feedback from an undated lifetime aggregate.
Targets an uncited evidence area
- 3
How many transactions did you personally close in Chanhassen and the $400K–$1.8M range during the last 12 months?
Requests recent, comparable production and keeps personal results separate from team totals.
Targets an uncited evidence area
- 4
Which neighborhoods in Chanhassen have you worked in most recently, and what local issue materially affected a deal?
Tests current, specific market knowledge instead of relying on a broad service-area label.
Targets an uncited evidence area
- 5
Who will handle showings, negotiations and updates day to day, and when will I work directly with the named agent?
Clarifies which team member is accountable for each stage of the transaction.
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Will you provide a written, itemized explanation of compensation, services, cancellation terms and any additional costs before I sign?
Commission and services are negotiable; a written proposal makes candidates easier to compare.
Agent overview
Mary Pat Nydahl is a REALTOR with Edina Realty, operating out of the brokerage's Chanhassen office at 2655 W 78th St. She earned her Minnesota real estate license in 2009 after a 27-year teaching career in the Eastern Carver County and Minneapolis Public Schools systems, a background her marketing leans on directly with the line "Teachers Make Great Realtors." In 2021 her daughter Erin joined her, and the two now work together as the Nydahl Group.
The team's stated coverage area is Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, Victoria, Waconia, Minnetrista, Shorewood, Deephaven, Eden Prairie, Shakopee, and Bloomington. Listings pulled from the team's own site show a spread from a $611,500 Waconia townhome to a $1.75 million acreage property in Carver, indicating a full-range residential practice rather than one price tier or property type.
Core specialties
Southwest-metro residential
Buyer and seller work concentrated in Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Carver, and Waconia rather than spread across the full Twin Cities market.
Full-range pricing
Listing examples run from sub-$700K townhomes to acreage properties above $1.5 million rather than one price tier or a single property type.
Commission & fees
Not publicly posted; commission on an Edina Realty listing is negotiated per client rather than fixed.
Who this agent is for
Buyers or sellers already set on the Chanhassen/Chaska/Victoria/Carver area
Her team's listing history and stated coverage concentrate in these specific suburbs rather than the wider metro.
Clients who want a structured, explain-every-step process
Reviews found on independent platforms describe her as patient and communicative, consistent with a 27-year teaching career before real estate.
Not for
Buyers wanting a solo agent or a documented luxury-waterfront specialist rather than a two-person generalist team.
Verdict
A locally rooted, long-tenured team option for the Chanhassen-Victoria-Chaska corridor, with Edina Realty's brand behind it; the lack of published sales or review figures means the case for her rests more on tenure and reputation than on verifiable numbers.
Editorial score: 8.1 / 10 · Very good · Evidence confidence: low (10/100)
Ranking disclosure
Why this ranking appears in this order
This profile evaluates Mary Pat Nydahl against other researched agents using the same scoring model; it is not a statewide MLS production ranking. The displayed order follows the published five-factor score. The math is fixed; the five input scores are editorial evaluations of the public evidence available through July 2026.
- Ranking formula
- Local knowledge 25% + client reviews 25% + market expertise 20% + communication 15% + specialization fit 15%.
- Time period
- Evidence reviewed through July 2026. Review totals are snapshots; career claims may cover longer periods and must state that context.
- Objective vs. editorial
- The weighted calculation is deterministic after the inputs are assigned. Selecting evidence and assigning each dimension score require editorial judgment.
- Commercial independence
- Agents cannot purchase inclusion, a score, numbered position, or favorable verdict. Any sponsorship must appear outside the editorial ranking.
- Transaction-data boundary
- This edition does not use a private MLS feed or a standardized file of verified 2025 closings. Sales volume, homes sold, sale-to-list ratio, and days on market are not assumed when attributable evidence is unavailable.
- Independent corroboration
- Government records control licensing facts. Brokerage, agent, review-platform, award, and production claims are kept distinct; agreement across sources raises confidence but does not erase source limitations.
Evidence captured for this profile
- Minnesota license record
- No license number is stored in this profile; use the state lookup for current status.
- Public review aggregate
- No review aggregate is recorded; missing data is not treated as zero.
- Professional first-party source
- thenydahlgroup.com is linked for direct review of the agent's current public claims.
Exact field-level source URLs are not yet available for every narrative claim. Until they are, production and award statements should be treated as attributed public claims—not as independently audited MLS facts.
Areas served
Common questions about Mary Pat Nydahl
Does Mary Pat Nydahl work alone?
No. She works with her daughter Erin Nydahl as the two-agent Nydahl Group, both licensed REALTORS with Edina Realty.
What towns does she primarily serve?
Her team lists Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, Victoria, Waconia, Minnetrista, Shorewood, Deephaven, Eden Prairie, Shakopee, and Bloomington as its service area.