Barb Palmer

Barb’s contagious energy and savvy business skills have built her a successful and rewarding real estate practice all over the Twin Cities. She is dedicated to providing top notch service while creating an experience that is fun beyond expectations!

Buyers and Sellers appreciate the way she guides them through the process with dedication, assurance and joy. Referrals from past clients and recommendations from family, friends, and colleagues have kept her business flourishing.

When she’s not hard at work helping clients with their real estate needs, you'll most likely find her enjoying local music, walking around her beloved Lake Harriet, or sharing good food with friends. She is a long time Minnesota resident and will be thrilled to show you around her town.  

Dave Palmer

Photo: Josh Kohanek

Dave is Assistant to Barb, dedicated to providing honest, detailed service to all clients, making sure facts are communicated clearly, respecting both sides of any transaction.

Dave comes to real estate after working for 36 years as a Camp Director, and as a leader in non-profit operations. Along the way he’s acquired a wealth of knowledge in negotiating, and his experience in construction has been critical for making decisions in multi-million dollar projects. Dave is perhaps most valued as a colleague, mentor and friend.

Locally grown, Dave enjoys all the area has to offer. Not surprisingly, Dave loves camping and often disappears deep into the woods…but not until after the closing!

Warm

Devoted to keeping hearts & hearths Warm all over our whole community.

Cool

Celebrating Cool fun times with dynamic neighborhoods, local music, and amazing restaurants.

Calm

Keeping Calm and staying aware by embracing tea-time Happy Hour.

Connected

Knowing we're all Connected and welcoming our diversity, grateful to give back any way we can.

Smart

Intelligent and focused on a distinctive client experience where straight forward details meet Smart choices.

Buy

When you're looking to Buy, we have a gift for helping you find a sweet gem where you will sparkle!

Sell

Ready and set, enjoyable house Selling is our specialty...start packing.

Happy

From first meeting to closing and beyond, we'll bring our Happy positive best to your home needs and process.

Buyer

Tracy & Jack

  I absolutely adore the condo Barb found for me 2 years ago. It is her personal attention and dedication to her client's specific style and taste that had me signing after only one showing. She knows exactly what you want before you even see it. Barb and Dave are the ultimate dream team, they rock!

Buyer

Tracy Singleton & Lily

We aren't moving until April. We love the kitty ribbon holder!! So adorable!

Buyers

Lucy Michell, Cooper, Otis & Arlo

We want to thank you for your generous time & dedication in helping us find our dear little home in Bryant. You two are the greatest and we love it here... Even without a garage!

Sarah & Tyson
Buyers

Sarah & Tyson

I don't think we would live in the great house we live in without Barb & Dave Palmer. With their help we were able to find and put an offer on the house the first day it was on the market. It's a great house in a fantastic neighborhood, we are so lucky to live here! We loved spending time with Barb and Dave, it's easy to get excited about house hunting with their enthusiasm! Barb is the best realtor we've ever worked with: smart, fun and honest. Trusting Barb and Dave made buying our house stress free!

Derek & Erin Testimonial
Buyers & Sellers

Derek & Erin

My wife and I worked with Barb and Dave to both sell our old home and find a new one. We first met with them in October on the recommendation of a friend, and they were genuine in their interest to get to know us and what we wanted in our next home. We looked at a few houses that fall, a few more over the winter, and then several in the spring. Barb and Dave were patient, kind, and offered great advice throughout the process. Once we chose a house to buy, they listed our old home to sell in a weekend and it did just that in multiple offers. Barb and Dave are really the complete package-- big picture, expert realty advice coupled with a a personal touch. From sharp housing insights to bringing cookies to showings for our kids to keep them occupied, they do it all. We loved working with them-- and we are finally settling more into our house...one step at a time.

Buyer and Seller

Jeremy & Vanessa Messersmith

Barb and Dave Palmer make buying a house so easy we've done it twice!

Buyer

Claire & Andy & Harliegh

As a first-time home buyer, the process of looking for a home can be dauntig, but with Barb and Dave in my corner, I felt totally taken care of and prepared to "pounce" once we found the perfect place, which we did! Barb and Dave heped me find my dream home within my budget in the neighborhood I was coveting--something I wasn't even sure was possible. They worked tirelessly to help ake that dream come true, making sure I had all the information I eeded to learn along the way as a first-time buyer. I can't imagine going through this exciting and often overwhelming process with anyone else! Even though there were many other interested buysers for our house, I felt I had an advantage because I had them in my corner, making sure I was 100% prepared and ready to go. I can't thank them enough.

Buyer

Julianna

Dave and Barb were both extremely helpful during the purchase of my first home. As a first time home buyer, I had lots of questions and they walked me through the process step by step. They shared a wealth of knowledge which helped me to make a well-educated decision. I appreciated their kindness, honesty, and their great personalities. It was so much fun to work with them. Absolutely a pleasure and I'd recommend them to anyone I know! They are an absolute delight to work with, we were in very good hands.

Buyers

Clark & Abbey

My wife and I interviewed several real estate agents before meeting Dave and Barb. As first-time homebuyers, we wanted to be sure that our agent would be patient with us. Dave and Barb took the time to understand not only what we wanted in a house, but also what we wanted in a lifestyle. They provided us with useful information throughout the entire process, and saved us a ton of time by screening properties in advance and giving us candid and honest advice.

Seller

TJ

It was a difficult time to be a seller, but a recent death in the family requires the sale of an inherited property. Dave and Barb have been great through the entire process. Dave does a wonderful job mining current market data. This helped us set a fair price relative to similar properties. Both he and Barb have gone above and beyond expectations in helping us prepare the property to show in the best possible light. Their marketing efforts have generated good traffic. We are confident the right buyer will find us, would not consider any other agents.

Buyers

Dan & Hanna

Maybe it sounds corny, but Barb and Dave went above and beyond for us. Not only are they extremely friendly, fun, and engaging, but they genuinely cared about getting to know us, what is important to us, and what our style (and lifestyle) is. Barb sent us timely responses and messages throughout the day while house-hunting to let us know about new houses she found on the market, what the yards of neighbors looked like to give us a gauge of neighborhood safety and priorities, and what to expect from various price points and available properties in each of the neighborhoods we were considering.They even set up a mock-viewing of a house they knew we wouldn’t buy just so we had an idea of what type of house/property we could afford in a particular neighborhood. Both Barb and Dave are knowledgeable, thoughtful, and intuitive to their clients needs. We felt so comfortable with them in discussing our desirable house, and never once did we feel that this was simply a client/realtor transaction as they were so invested in us. We fully and highly recommend Barb and Dave, and will definitely contact them again if we decide in the future to purchase another home.

Buyer and Seller

Laura & Mike

Dave & Barb Palmer are a husband/wife team who helped us purchase a home in Minneapolis & sell our home in the suburbs recently. We just happened to meet them while strolling through an Open House when we started looking to "downsize" & move into the city. We just really liked their friendly, relaxed personalities & that was it.... they were our preferred agents to help us on both ends with the transition of selling & buying our homes! They listened to our needs & were so very patient taking us through a lot of listings. Especially since we were wanting to wait a bit, until our youngest graduated from HS. We couldn't ask for better Real Estate agents & I highly recommend Dave or Barb to anyone looking to buy or sell a home! We consider them friends now... they are very wonderful people, who are very special to us :)

Buyer and Seller

Jimmy & Sarah

We can never thank Barb and Dave enough for all that they did for us. In selling our home and buying a new home, they changed our lives. Maybe even saved our marriage. A delight to work with. Wonderful people. Best Realtors ever!

Buyer and Seller

D + E + A

Barb + Dave : We offer this belated token of gratitude for your help with our Homes on Drew Avenue South. Thanks to the both of you for your midwifery through this process... for it often felt like labor, painful and arduous. Yet, ultimately, so triumphant and gratifying. Like Birth. Sincerely. Know that we appreciate your literal and figurative hand-holding. We'd still be on Drew Avenue if it weren't for you. Ha! Come visit us & Have Tea. ❤️ D+E+A