Buyer Specialist — Minnesota Real-Estate Agents

1. Bryce Caldwell

9.1/10

$126K–$891K · 27 reviews

Bryce Caldwell is a Minnetonka-based RE/MAX Advantage Plus agent whose strongest public differentiator is a library of sourced west-metro and Lake Minnetonka due-diligence guides. Zillow displayed 27 reviews at 5.0, 17 sales in the prior 12 months, 62 total sales and a $126K–$891K range when reviewed. His own About page claimed 64 career sales, so the two totals remain separate rather than being blended.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Kim Ziton

9.0/10

$69K–$3.4M · 212 reviews

Kim Ziton is a Woodbury-based Keller Williams luxury agent whose first-party site lists extensive production recognition. Zillow independently displayed 212 reviews at 5.0, 81 sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,328 total recorded sales when reviewed. Zillow's profile-level figures are useful public evidence, but they are not an audited MLS production statement.

5. 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.

6. Randa Haug

8.8/10

$15K–$2.3M · 177 reviews

A heavily reviewed Brainerd Lakes agent: Zillow displayed 177 reviews at 5.0, 57 trailing-year sales and a $15K-to-$2.3M range. Reviews frequently mention collaborator Wes, so consumers should clarify working roles.

7. Kevin Kalligher

8.7/10

$104K–$810K · 39 reviews

A high-volume Duluth-Superior agent with a near-perfect, independently verified review record and hundreds of closed sales.

8. Regan Englund

8.6/10

$300K–$900K · 56 reviews

Regan Englund founded the Regan Englund Real Estate Group, a small team working out of Keller Williams Classic Realty NW in Maple Grove. She holds Minnesota real estate license #40370982 and has been active in the market for roughly a decade. Combined Zillow and Google reviews put her near a 4.9 average across 56 ratings, and third-party agent-ranking data credits her group with about 93 closed transactions in the trailing 12 months. She covers a wide range of transaction types rather than a single niche.

9. Beth Nordaune

8.5/10

2 reviews

Beth Nordaune is identified as Enclave Team's founder and team leader. When checked August 19, 2026, Zillow showed 1,330 reviews at 5.0 for the team, while Beth's separate individual profile showed two reviews at 5.0 and no reported sales data. Those records are kept separate, and a current Minnesota Commerce result was not captured during this review.

10. Jordan DeCaro

8.5/10

$17K–$1.2M · 198 reviews

Jordan DeCaro leads the DeCaro Real Estate Team at RE/MAX Results in Duluth. Zillow displayed 198 team reviews at 5.0, 168 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 1,172 total team sales when reviewed. Those are team-level platform figures, not Jordan's individual production. RE/MAX separately named him a 2026 Torchbearer.

11. Nikki Ritter

8.5/10

$300K–$900K · 43 reviews

Nikki Ritter is a RE/MAX Advantage Plus associate working out of the brokerage's Eagan office, with nine years in the business. RealTrends Verified 2025 data ranks her first by sales volume among agents primarily working Eagan, on 45 closed sides worth about $24.7 million. Her review record is real but thin on the platforms most buyers check first, concentrated instead on Experience.com. She works both sides of the transaction rather than specializing in one price tier or property type.

12. Jessica Tietema

8.5/10

$69K–$390K · 18 reviews

A consistently 5-star-rated RE/MAX agent who has guided a steady stream of Mankato-area first-time buyers and sellers over 8 years, with zero negative reviews on record.

13. Moraghan DeRosia

8.5/10

$110K–$2.1M · 3 reviews

A Highland Park specialist with 19 years of experience and a clean 5.0 review record, even if that record is still thin in volume.

14. Clark Diel

8.5/10

$118K–$650K

A 24-year Mankato veteran with 157 closed sales in the last five years and a specialty list built for harder deals such as foreclosures, short sales, and investment property, not just straightforward retail sales.

15. Steve Fiorella

8.5/10

$275K–$750K

A two-decade-plus Apple Valley fixture running a genuine multi-agent team out of RE/MAX Results' own Apple Valley office, with a directly verified license and address.

16. Nancy Sletten

8.5/10

$174K–$587K

A 20+ year Owatonna-area veteran with the broadest specialty list in this set, from VA loans to farm/ranch to new construction, and a 4.9-star reputation on FastExpert.

Robert Elliott is a Grimes Realty broker/owner whose Minnesota broker license 40369970 was Active when checked August 25, 2026. Zillow displayed 29 sales in the trailing 12 months, 683 total sales and six reviews at 5.0 on his individual profile, with a profile-stated Bemidji-area lake, land and investment focus.

18. Dan Schneider

8.4/10

$200K–$1.2M

A Dale/Grand-neighborhood local whose design-and-staging partnership with his husband is a genuine, uncommon differentiator.

19. Lisa Carter

8.4/10

$150K–$700K · 79 reviews

A high-volume, first-time-buyer-focused veteran with one of the more substantial, independently-verifiable review records of any agent covering Brooklyn Park.

20. Brian Wagner

8.3/10

$180K–$650K

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.

21. Tom Clusiau

8.3/10

$150K–$450K · 58 reviews

A solo Fargo-based RE/MAX Realtor with genuinely verifiable review proof and an explicitly stated Moorhead service radius.

22. Bob Reidell

8.3/10

$150K–$900K

A 46-year Twin Cities veteran whose Grand Avenue team runs almost entirely on repeat clients and referrals.

23. 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.

24. Chris Mosier

8.2/10

$250K–$800K

Chris Mosier has sold real estate in the Lakeville-anchored south metro since 2009, with more than 700 homes closed across Lakeville, Apple Valley, Farmington, Prior Lake and Burnsville. He works as a bilingual (English/Spanish) generalist rather than a niche specialist, covering first-time buyers, move-up sales, new construction and investment property. He recently moved to the newly independent Pemberton Real Estate after several years affiliated with eXp Realty, and no verifiable aggregate review count turned up to back the scattered positive testimonials on his own site and Yelp.

25. Steven Milkovich

8.2/10

$55K–$1.1M · 112 reviews

A NW-metro team lead with nearly a decade of top-5% production, explicitly built around trade-up buyers, first-timers, and luxury clients across Plymouth and its neighboring suburbs.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Sean Drury

8.1/10

$220K–$850K

A veteran Associate Broker and partner at Counselor Realty's Coon Rapids office who stacks four NAR designations behind a practice spanning starter homes, lakeshore, land, and new construction.

29. Michael Hunstad

8.1/10

$220K–$650K

The Managing Broker of Counselor Realty's Coon Rapids office, pairing brokerage-leadership credentials with a stated low-pressure, relationship-first sales style.

30. Julie Diedrich

8.0/10

$240K–$1.4M

A Bloomington native who grew up in and still lives in the city, selling as part of the 30-plus-year Nancy Walker Team at Coldwell Banker.

31. Gary Metchnek

8.0/10

$100K–$860K · 87 reviews

A steady, full-service Edina Realty solo agent with a perfect 5-star record and verified buyer-side experience in Plymouth.

32. Mitch Ashburn

8.0/10

$150K+

A lifelong Kandiyohi County local who traded a 17-year HVAC/construction career for real estate, with reviewers consistently praising his patience and communication.

33. Jason Dowdey

8.0/10

$90K–$600K

A Willmar-based co-owner at Weichert's local office known for drone photography and neighborhood mapping aimed at out-of-town buyers.

34. 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.

35. Dawn Wieland

7.9/10

$250K–$600K

A first-time-buyer-friendly Edina Realty agent out of the Eagan office, praised repeatedly for patience and responsiveness in competitive-market purchases.

36. Aaron Argent

7.9/10

$145K–$630K

A solo agent headquartered in Blaine with a decade-plus track record and a 4.8-star Redfin rating, covering an unusually wide swath of the metro.

37. Corey Johnson

7.9/10

$62K–$860K

A relationship-first Connect Real Estate Group agent with an active, roughly 90-sale track record and consistent praise for patient, step-by-step guidance with first-time buyers and investment purchases.

38. Shannon Barnum

7.9/10

$150K+ · 11 reviews

Broker/owner of an independent, fee-transparent Moorhead-area brokerage with two decades in the local market, working as a two-person team.

39. 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.

40. Krystal Christenson

7.7/10

$120K–$465K

A steadily productive 6-year RE/MAX Results agent with genuine recent Cloquet closings, though based out of Duluth with no public review record yet.

41. Marsha Haugen

7.6/10

$125K–$525K · 1 reviews

A broker/owner who switched into real estate after a 22-year medical-field career, offering direct owner-level access across a wide five-county footprint.

42. Karen Anderson

7.5/10

$150K–$500K

A Moorhead-based RE/MAX agent early in her career whose 2025 production already ranks among the city's busiest, though her track record is still short.