Relocation — Minnesota Real-Estate Agents

1. Joe Houghton

9.4/10

$127K–$1.9M

Joe Houghton operates Minnesota Property Group under RE/MAX Results in Plymouth. Minnesota Commerce showed resident-broker license 40503429 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 2, 2026. His biography claims 1,600-plus career sales since 2002, while Zillow separately displayed 1,597 team sales, 20 in the prior 12 months and 183 team reviews at a displayed 5.0.

2. Chad Schwendeman

9.2/10

$11K–$3.2M · 1077 reviews

A high-volume, heavily reviewed Brainerd Lakes team: Zillow displayed 1,077 team reviews at a 5.0 average and 434 team sales in the trailing 12 months when this profile was reviewed. The scale is well documented, though clients should expect a team model rather than assuming Chad personally handles every step.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Jim Dropps

9.1/10

$180K–$1M · 32 reviews

Jim Dropps is the broker-owner of Northeast Real Estate Group and states that he has lived in Northeast Minneapolis since 2004. Zillow displayed 32 reviews at a 5.0 average, 20 sales in the trailing 12 months and 366 total recorded sales when reviewed. His first-party biography supports a construction-family and home-building background, but the exact number of homes built remains a profile claim rather than an audited production metric.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Paul Ryan

9.0/10

$42K–$1.2M · 14 reviews

The most established name on this list — a 31-year broker-owner with a perfect 5.0 rating across 14 Zillow reviews and RE/MAX Hall of Fame recognition.

9. Mary Lindgren

9.0/10

$107K–$420K · 36 reviews

Thirty-plus years deep in the Mower County market with the best-documented review record of any Austin, MN agent we checked.

10. Wendy Carson

8.9/10

$114K–$2.7M · 159 reviews

Wendy Carson is a long-tenured Apple Valley RE/MAX Results agent with a current 159-review Zillow snapshot at 5.0 and independently verified 2024 RealTrends production of 30 sides and $13.28M. She operates as a solo associate across a broad Twin Cities service area.

11. Fritz Kroll

8.9/10

$70K–$2.9M · 159 reviews

A well-documented downtown Minneapolis specialist: Zillow displayed 159 reviews at 5.0 and 25 trailing-year sales, while Homes.com displayed 175 five-year closings with the largest neighborhood concentration in North Loop.

12. Denel Ihde-Sparks

8.9/10

$48K–$2M · 100 reviews

A long-tenured Rochester team leader with a 100-review Zillow team aggregate at 5.0, 87 team sales in the trailing year and a published relocation focus—strong signals that must be interpreted at team, not individual, level.

13. Jeffrey Dewing

8.8/10

$263K–$7.6M · 24 reviews

Jeffrey Dewing is a Coldwell Banker Realty luxury agent in Wayzata with an Active Minnesota resident-salesperson record when checked August 2, 2026. RealTrends reports 46 individual sides and $134.10M in 2025 volume, ranking first in Minnesota by individual volume for that edition. Zillow's separate July 18 snapshot displayed 24 reviews, 35 trailing-12-month sales and 615 total recorded sales.

14. Kristi Weinstock

8.8/10

$475K–$3.9M · 9 reviews

Kristi Weinstock is a Coldwell Banker Realty agent in Excelsior with a first-party Lake Minnetonka and west-metro focus. Zillow displayed nine reviews at a 5.0 average, 53 sales in the trailing 12 months, 814 total recorded sales and a $130,000-to-$4.5 million sold-price range when this profile was reviewed. Coldwell Banker's experience and award statements remain attributed brokerage claims.

15. Jen Kyllonen

8.8/10

$86K–$2M · 23 reviews

A long-tenured Minneapolis Lakes specialist with 23 Zillow reviews at 5.0 and a current public sales record spanning condos through $2M homes; strongest for sellers and buyers who value historic-home judgment, staging, and close-in neighborhood experience.

16. Alex Mayer

8.8/10

$116K–$693K · 45 reviews

A direct-representation Rochester agent with a clearly documented first-time-buyer and Mayo Clinic relocation focus. Zillow displayed 45 reviews at 5.0 and 44 sales in the prior year; larger review totals and ranking claims on his own site are presented separately as first-party claims.

17. Ryan Hanson

8.8/10

$84K–$1.3M

Ryan Hanson leads a Fergus Falls-based Keller Williams team with an Active Minnesota resident-broker record. Homes.com displayed 572 closed sales and $156.4 million over the prior five years, including 310 sales tagged to Fergus Falls; those are platform snapshots, not career totals or a standardized MLS ranking.

18. Amanda Armstrong

8.8/10

$63K–$1M · 31 reviews

A Fergus Falls-based RE/MAX agent whose public profiles document an 18-year experience claim, recent local transaction activity and strong review snapshots. Platform totals conflict, so compare the underlying records rather than combining them.

19. Scott Lynch

8.7/10

$180K–$750K · 100 reviews

Scott Lynch has worked full-time in Central Minnesota real estate since 2001 and is currently with Agency North Real Estate in Sartell, just across the river from St. Cloud. Public sources credit him with more than 500 career transactions and roughly $100 million in sales volume, along with a GRI designation. Independent review platforms show consistently high marks, though the exact count varies by source. He works across a broad range of clients rather than one narrow price tier or property type.

20. 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.

21. Brandon Doyle

8.7/10

$220K–$750K · 139 reviews

A second-generation, tech-forward Maple Grove team pairing an outstanding review record with genuine new-construction expertise.

22. Jay Fletch

8.7/10

$200K–$1.2M · 113 reviews

A 30-year veteran team lead with an unusually deep bench of designations and a genuinely five-star, 100-plus-review track record across the Woodbury/St. Croix Valley corridor.

23. Hyounsoo Lathrop

8.7/10

$275K+ · 53 reviews

A Woodbury-office Coldwell Banker luxury specialist with a genuinely perfect review record (53 reviews, 5.0 stars) and a top-1% local production ranking.

24. Beverly J. Van Alstine

8.7/10

$100K–$750K · 31 reviews

Nearly two decades in the Duluth market with genuine rural/lake-home expertise and a strong, independently verified review record.

25. Dan Hennen

8.7/10

$110K–$1.3M · 9 reviews

RE/MAX Advantage Plus presents Dan Hennen as a full-time agent since 1994 in its Shakopee office. Zillow labels the profile as team-led and displayed 9 team reviews at 4.89, while Realtor.com displayed no review aggregate. Those platform records should not be merged or treated as an individual MLS production history.

26. 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.

27. Tyler Miller

8.6/10

$25K–$830K · 283 reviews

Tyler Miller is part of the Blaine-based Obvious Real Estate team at eXp Realty. Birdeye displayed 283 aggregate reviews at 5.0, while Realtor.com displayed 20 years of individual experience, 147 recent sales, and a $25K-to-$830K range. The review and production figures come from different profile scopes, so clients should confirm which team member will handle their transaction.

28. Skip Halverson

8.6/10

$150K–$700K · 7 reviews

A 23-year, Hall-of-Fame RE/MAX producer with a perfect (if thin) review record, built around first-time buyers, lake/recreational property, and round-the-clock availability.

29. Josh Pomerleau

8.6/10

$18K–$1.7M · 321 reviews

Josh Pomerleau co-founded the Pomerleau Team and JPW Realty. Zillow displayed 321 team reviews at 4.9, 338 team sales in the trailing 12 months and 4,892 total team sales when reviewed. Coon Rapids is a named service area, but the operation is based in Maple Grove and its figures cover all team members.

30. 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.

31. Sonja Zoet

8.5/10

$160K–$620K

Sonja Zoet has worked the Mankato-area market since 2013, a hometown return after starting her license in Florida and South Carolina. She spent seven years at True Real Estate, Mankato's largest local brokerage by sales volume, before moving her license to Real Broker, LLC in late 2024 while continuing to run her own team, The Zoet Group. Every review platform checked shows a perfect star rating, though aggregator sites disagree sharply on the exact review count, so no single figure here is treated as authoritative.

32. Lisa Endersbe

8.5/10

$250K–$900K · 24 reviews

A Coldwell Banker team with a verified 5.0-star, 24-review track record on Birdeye, praised for round-the-clock responsiveness and specialist certifications spanning new construction to distressed property.

33. Matt Wieber

8.5/10

$150K+

A top-1% Central Minnesota producer who left the corporate-brokerage track to build his own shop, working everything from starter homes to seven-figure listings.

34. 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.

35. Jenny Cisewski

8.5/10

$110K–$450K

A 34-year Winona-native broker with strong credentials and a loyal local following.

36. Misty May

8.5/10

$25K–$699K · 5 reviews

A 27-year Coldwell Banker professional with recent Apple Valley seller activity and a broad two-state footprint. Zillow displayed 5 reviews at 5.0 and 8 sales in the prior year, while Realtor.com independently displayed 4 verified reviews at 5.0.

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.

38. Celeste Liesch

8.4/10

$100K–$475K · 18 reviews

An Edina Realty top-3%-companywide producer with the best verified review score in this Winona lineup.

39. 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.

40. John & Michele Anselmo

8.4/10

$250K–$900K

A husband-and-wife team with combined licenses dating to 1999 and 2001 — Michele is the Shakopee RE/MAX office's broker of record — with a genuine new-construction angle through John's separate homebuilding company.

41. 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.

42. Debbie Niemeyer

8.3/10

$100K–$600K

A three-decade St. Cloud native with Coldwell Banker's top-2%-nationally recognition, sold as one half of an established two-agent team rather than solo.

43. Michael Jordan

8.3/10

$220K–$913K · 1 reviews

A lifelong Northfield resident since 1983 with the highest sales volume of this group and a genuine new-construction/relocation specialty, though his public review count is thin.

44. 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.

45. Richard McDonough

8.2/10

$370K–$2.4M

Richard McDonough is a fourth-generation Stillwater resident who has worked as a real estate broker in the city for roughly three decades and holds dual licensure in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He practices as an associate broker with Lakes Sotheby's International Realty out of its downtown Stillwater office, with current and recent listings concentrated in the historic Main Street corridor. Third-party transaction data (homes.com) shows 84 closed sales over the past five years worth about $41.9 million; that figure, and the 238 sold listings shown on his own brokerage profile, are both well below the '450+ career transactions' cited in his marketing, a gap that is not explained anywhere public.

46. Ryan Haagenson

8.2/10

$244K–$1.6M

A RE/MAX Hall-of-Famer with 16-plus years and a broad Twin Cities book of business, best for clients who want an experienced generalist rather than one narrow specialty.

47. Lana Kalinowski

8.2/10

$350K–$2.4M

A relocation and move-up/downsize specialist ranked in Edina Realty's top 10% company-wide, best suited to luxury and life-transition clients in the $350K-$2.4M range.

48. 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.

49. Mark Reiland

8.1/10

$275K–$850K · 15 reviews

Mark Reiland has worked the south metro out of RE/MAX Advantage Plus's Savage office since 2000 and leads the small Reiland Team there. His public review record is real but thin — 15 Google reviews at 4.2 stars — and his brokerage profile lists a wide, generalist range of specialties rather than a narrow focus. Recorded sales cluster in Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Savage, consistent with a Scott County-centered practice. He holds a Certified Distressed Property Expert designation, relevant to short-sale and foreclosure work.

50. Melissa Welsh

8.1/10

$120K–$550K

A Sartell-based Coldwell Banker branch VP with 13 years in the business and dual credentials in military relocation and probate sales, covering an unusually wide swath of Central Minnesota.

51. Cherie Burke

8.1/10

$130K–$450K · 10 reviews

A relocation-focused Keller Williams generalist with a perfect, if modest, verified review record.

52. Chad Piepho

8.0/10

$200K–$1.5M · 6 reviews

Chad Piepho has worked in Minnesota real estate since 2003 and has been based in the Brainerd Lakes area since 2008, now serving as broker/owner of Counselor Realty's Brainerd office. His public review footprint is thin for that tenure — six ratings on one aggregator site, all five stars — so there is limited independent volume to judge consistency against. His stated coverage is concentrated on specific lake chains (Gull Lake, Whitefish Chain) and nearby towns rather than the broader Brainerd market as a whole.

53. Wendy Giles

8.0/10

$100K–$800K

A 27-year Bemidji-area veteran at RE/MAX Results with an unusually broad specialty list, from rentals to lakefront lifestyle to development land.

54. Sam Schoenborn

8.0/10

$135K–$2.6M

A Stillwater-born, fourth-generation agent on Coldwell Banker's Nyberg Group with solid five-year production despite a comparatively short seven years personally licensed.

55. 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.

56. Kerri DeBaere

7.9/10

$300K+

A Stillwater-based Lakes Sotheby's advisor with a clear, well-documented niche in Woodbury-area luxury sales and senior downsizing — but no public review count to independently verify her volume.

57. 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.

58. Jonathan Brenny

7.8/10

$200K–$700K

A relocation-focused Edina Realty agent embedded in one of Maple Grove's longest-running, highest-volume local teams — strong institutional backing, thinner individual public track record.

59. 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.