West Metro — 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. Ellen DeHaven

9.2/10

$185K–$8.8M · 2 reviews

Ellen DeHaven leads a Coldwell Banker Global Luxury team in Wayzata and held an Active Minnesota resident-salesperson record when checked August 2, 2026. RealTrends reports 9 individual sides and $22.01M for 2025, while Homes.com displayed 82 closed sales and $170.9M over five years. Her $800M career-sales and 300-plus lakeshore-sales figures remain first-party claims, not independently reconciled career totals.

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. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. John Schuster

8.8/10

$15K–$2.9M · 326 reviews

A high-volume Coldwell Banker team with independently verified 2024 production of 282 sides and $125.61M. Zillow displayed 326 team reviews at 5.0 and 217 trailing-year team sales; none should be read as John's individual totals.

9. Daniel Gustafson

8.7/10

$150K–$3M · 1 reviews

Daniel Gustafson is a Coldwell Banker Realty agent in Wayzata. Minnesota Commerce showed salesperson license 40402029 Active through June 30, 2028 when checked August 2, 2026. A separate 2016 Commerce consent order imposed a $5,000 civil penalty, a 30-day suspension, ethics education and mortgage-satisfaction terms; that historical order is not a claim of current suspension.

10. 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.

11. Tom Nicklow

8.6/10

$250K–$1.5M

Tom Nicklow has run Minnetonka Realty, a brokerage carrying the city's name, as broker/owner for the past 14 years, inside a firm with more than three decades of history there. He has sold Twin Cities residential real estate since 1984, holds the NAR's GRI designation, and was named a Mpls/St Paul Magazine "Super Agent" in 2023 and 2024. He works alone rather than leading a team, and covers a broad mix of property types — lakeshore, distressed, land — rather than one narrow niche.

12. 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.

13. Becky O'Brien

8.5/10

$175K–$660K · 66 reviews

A 25+-year Maple Grove veteran whose electrician/housing-inspector background gives real technical edge on rural, acreage, and lakeshore deals.

14. Jon Perkins

8.5/10

$195K–$820K

A 40-year RE/MAX Results veteran whose team posts more closed Brooklyn Park sales than any other agent found in this research.

15. Beth Reilly

8.4/10

$225K–$2.1M

A hyper-local West Bloomington specialist who, with husband-and-wife partner Dan Burling, has built a 13-year practice concentrated almost entirely in one submarket.

16. Kelly Brown

8.4/10

$65K–$2.4M · 173 reviews

A high-volume eXp Realty team with a clearly defined social-media listing strategy and current Plymouth activity. Zillow displayed 173 team reviews at 5.0 and 126 team sales in the prior year; Realtor.com separately displayed 6 verified reviews at 4.5, so both platform snapshots are disclosed rather than blended.

17. Tasha Soundara

8.4/10

$300K–$1.2M

A 25-year Twin Cities veteran who recently rebuilt her practice as the boutique, new-construction-focused Sound Home Group under Real Broker.

18. Carrie Schmitz

8.3/10

$165K–$2.4M · 334 reviews

A 21-year northwest-metro team leader with substantial Maple Grove and Plymouth activity. Zillow displayed 334 team reviews at 5.0, while Realtor.com displayed 6 verified reviews at 4.3; the profile surfaces that platform disagreement instead of presenting only the stronger rating.

19. Gregg Larsen

8.3/10

$275K+

A 30-year Lake Minnetonka waterfront specialist — strong for lakefront or luxury business, less suited to a budget starter-home search.

20. 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.

21. Michael Hall

8.3/10

$350K+ · 58 reviews

A Chanhassen-office broker-owner with a genuine lake-property niche and real, verifiable reviews behind him.

22. 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.

23. AJ Pettersen

8.2/10

$51K–$2.6M · 791 reviews

AJ Pettersen leads The Advisory Realty Group, now part of Pemberton Real Estate following a January 2026 merger. Zillow displayed 791 team reviews at 5.0 and 514 team sales in the trailing 12 months; those figures describe the 38-member team, not AJ's individual production. Pemberton identifies AJ as its Hopkins office leader, while Zillow lists Saint Louis Park among the team's service areas.

24. 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.

25. Mary Pat Nydahl

8.1/10

$400K–$1.8M

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.

26. Jaclyn Gavzy

8.1/10

$450K–$1.8M

A marketing-background Compass agent posting real $10M-plus annual volume across Minneapolis and the West Metro, verified by RealTrends rather than just self-reported.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. Kent Stoa

8.0/10

$350K–$950K

A genuine Chanhassen resident since 2005 who has built his practice specifically around the city and its ISD 112 school district.

30. 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.

31. Chad Anderson

7.9/10

$200K–$1.6M

A Bloomington-headquartered brokerage co-founder whose interest in real estate started young at his grandfather's rental properties, and who now runs his own small local firm.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. Andy and Teresa Mitchell

7.7/10

$285K–$1.7M

An Edina Realty husband-and-wife team with Minnetonka named explicitly as one of four core southwest-metro markets.

36. Sandy Carlson

7.5/10

$275K–$900K

A credentialed Edina Realty broker working Chanhassen's own office, best suited to straightforward buy/sell transactions rather than a specialized niche.

37. Miriam Johnson

7.3/10

$450K–$875K

A solo Coldwell Banker agent with confirmed transactions inside Minnetonka and an unusually hands-on read on home condition from a prior career in TV home improvement.