Best First-Time Buyers Real-Estate Agents in Eden Prairie, MN (2026)

1. Graham Smith

9.1/10

$150K–$2.8M · 119 reviews

Graham Smith leads The Graham Smith Team at Keller Williams Integrity Lakes. Zillow displayed 119 team reviews at a 5.0 average, 80 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,419 total team sales when this profile was reviewed. Those figures describe the team—not Graham's individual production—and replace earlier unsourced cross-platform and career-volume totals.

2. Brian Scates

9.0/10

$300K–$1.2M · 155 reviews

Brian Scates leads Scates Real Estate from Wayzata. Redfin displayed 155 reviews at a 4.9 average, license 20529014 and 756 homes closed when reviewed. Zillow separately displayed 120 team reviews, 52 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 941 total team sales. The 800-plus career figure appears in profile biography copy and is kept as an attributed claim rather than an audited individual total.

3. Tom Scott

8.8/10

$139K–$1.7M · 106 reviews

A deeply established Shakopee RE/MAX agent with 106 Zillow reviews at 5.0, 55 trailing-year platform sales and independently verified 2024 production of 35 sides and $17.98M.

4. Karissa White

8.7/10

$250K–$890K · 5 reviews

Karissa White has sold real estate in the Bloomington market for close to two decades, working as an associate with RE/MAX Advantage Plus. Her production is heavily concentrated in Bloomington itself, and trailing five-year transaction data shows a roughly even split between buyer- and seller-side closings. Public reviews are uniformly five stars, but the verified count is small — five on RateMyAgent — thin for a career this long.

5. Jeff Scislow

8.4/10

$200K+

A high-volume RE/MAX veteran with a reported 25+ year career and nearly 3,000 home sales, working from the same Apple Valley office building as the Fiorella Group.

6. David Chase

8.3/10

$184K–$1.4M

A two-decade Twin Cities Realtor and Bloomington broker-owner who has lived in the area since 1982, running his own small independent brokerage rather than a large franchise team.

7. Jordan Schroeder

8.3/10

$101K–$1.1M · 168 reviews

A White Bear Lake-based eXp team lead with 20 years of displayed experience and a large team record. Zillow showed 168 team reviews at 5.0, 33 team sales in the prior year, and 1,259 total team sales, with explicit attribution to the full Real Home Team rather than Jordan alone.

8. Heidi Swanson

8.2/10

$172K–$913K

A boutique Grand Avenue agent whose Old Home Certification is a genuine edge for Saint Paul's historic housing stock.

9. Katie Fears

8.1/10

$180K–$1.2M · 6 reviews

Katie Fears is an active Edina Realty agent in Eden Prairie (part of the Leicht Fears Group) with a fast-growing practice — 61 homes sold and 21 in the last year, at a perfect 5.0 across her reviews. She's a strong, responsive choice for mid-market buyers and sellers across Eden Prairie and the west metro, from first purchases up to about $1.2M.

10. Kelly Arvidson

8.1/10

$240K–$788K

A Burnsville-based solo agent with a decade-plus of closed deals across the south metro, best for buyers and sellers who want one dedicated point of contact rather than a large team.

11. Nate Thompson

7.9/10

$223K–$1.4M · 22 reviews

Nate Thompson is an Edina Realty agent whose brokerage profile focuses on Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, the southwest metro and first-time or move-up buyers. Zillow displayed 22 reviews at a 4.9 average, two sales in the trailing 12 months and 258 total recorded sales when reviewed. The earlier 1993 start-date claim was removed because the attached current sources did not establish it.

12. Eda Rivers

7.8/10

$60K–$1.6M

Eda Rivers is an individual Realtor with Compass Minnesota, based out of the brokerage's office in Edina. Zillow attributes roughly 70 career sales to her, about 14 in the past year, across a price range from around $60,000 to $1.6 million and an average near $409,000. Client accounts on Zillow and her brokerage bio consistently describe her as responsive and patient, particularly with first-time buyers. She works as a solo agent rather than leading a team, so the person a client hires is the person handling the transaction.