About Maria Palmer

When I first started out in real estate, I was told that in order to make it as an agent, I would have to make 15+ phone calls a day, mail out annoying postcards, and spam family and friends into working with me. To which I said, "then I guess I won't make it in real estate".

Four years later, I'm the busiest individual agent at my office, and I have fallen within the top 9% of all Edina Realty agents. In 2021 I was named a Minneapolis/ St Paul 2021 Super Agent, placing me in the top 5% of all agents based on client satisfaction. I did this simply by word of mouth, and referrals.

While these accolades are humbling, they have never been my focus. My success is measured by my client's success. In making sincere connections with them, listening to them, and putting their needs before my own. This business is not just transactional, it's an emotional process as well - something I think many agents miss.

In October of 2020 I encourged my husband to follow his passions as well, and he is now a licensed contractor and owner of MSP Construction and Design - working side by side with me helping build people their dream homes.

When I’m not selling real estate, I am managing our rental properties, renvoating our single family home in Edina, and hanging out with my husband, Scott and three kids; Evelyn, Owen and Archie.

Katie Derheim, Edina MN

"Maria fought for our new home as if it was her own. She went above and beyond for our needs/wants and was so professional throughout the entire process. She was so helpful on educating us on what was happening every step of the way and always there when we had questions.

On top of her realty skills, she has a strong background in home design and renovation which makes her have three areas of expertise while showing/selling houses. We took several of her suggestions and she continues to be helpful when we need some design advice or wondering if we can knock a wall down.

What I appreciated most throughout the entire process was how honest she was with us as buyers, but also with the seller and building their trust with them. Her professional relationships she builds enhances her reputation and shows people she is educated, driven and not scared of any situation that comes at her.

My husband and I highly recommend Maria as a realtor to make the process fun, educational and rewarding."

Geoffrey Gunkler, Eden Prairie, MN

What a truly remarkable agent Maria Palmer is.

I cannot ever hope to list all of the incredible ways that Maria went above and beyond for us, both in the selling of our old home and in finding and negotiating our new one.

I can say, with certainty, that without her expertise in listing, staging, and photographing our old home, there is no way we could have gotten the price for it that we did.

When it came to finding our new home, Maria was patient, engaged, responsive, and most of all, relentless in pursuit of the best deal on the best home for me and my family.

Oh, and did I mention that she did all of this while 9 months pregnant? I believe she actually set up our closing while being wheeled out of the hospital with her newborn son.

Literally nothing will stop Maria Palmer from working for you. She's amazing.

Kyle Welch, Minneapolis, MN

We had a long wishlist for our house, and Maria helped us check every box! She is incredibly knowledgable and responsive, and she was very good with our kids. Having her in our corner advocating for us made the whole process seem easy. We feel lucky to have worked with Maria to find our unicorn, and we recommend her for any families looking to dive into house hunting.

Shae Fagre, Minnetonka, MN

Maria was incredible to work with while both selling and buying a home. She spent time getting to know us and our needs, offered excellent advice, and really fought hard for us to get us the buy and sell that we wanted. Maria is remarkably detail oriented, professional, and accessible. She clearly explained the process every step of the way, and answered all of our questions. Maria was an absolute pleasure to work with and I couldn't recommend her more!

Mattea Atkinson, Minneapolis MN

Maria is extremely knowledgeable, hardworking, and honest. She went above and beyond to be available to support our home search and find us our “unicorn”. With her help and guidance we were able to compete with several other buyers. Maria is awesome and we so greatly appreciated working with her. 10/10 recommend.

Steven Keane, Golden Valley MN

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! We had a great experience working with Maria when selling our house. She was always prepared, had the answers to all our questions, and helped us through the process to get above our asking price. We would recommend her to anyone looking for an experience and knowledgeable realtor!

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