Specializing in real-estate since 2004, I provide high level service to my real-estate clients; buyers and sellers alike. Born and raised in Petaluma, I came to Marin County in 2002 and started my career with Frank Howard Allen Realtors. Working alongside one of the most successful agents in Marin County, I became a sponge and mastered the art of market analysis, negotiating through the transaction process, and real-estate marketing while building strong relationships with different agents, lenders, contractors, and other professionals throughout the Bay Area, and specifically in Marin – Sonoma Counties these relationships have benefited my friends and clients.
"We came into the home buying market without ANY knowledge and felt nervous about the whole process! Kristen Palmer is a friendly, knowledgeable, patient, genuine and AMAZING agent. As we started the process of looking for a home, she took the time to help explain how the process works, get us pre-qualified (with a Mortgage Lender) to understand what we can afford, discuss the reality of the current market and what our expectations should be when looking at houses. As we were touring homes, she helped give us the details of the neighborhood based on what was in the listing and also provide us the comp prices of the surrounding homes to give us an idea of what the home will sell for. As we started our first bid on a home, she helped us create an offer that was the winning bid! As we moved through the different stages in the process of closing on our first home we had a few moments of stress and panic, Kristen was there listening to us in our panic and was amazing in providing support based on the insight of real estate industry and experiences. She is wonderful real estate agent and we highly recommend her to anyone wanting to purchase a home! We will use her again and again if we decide to purchase another home!"
"Buying your first home is scary enough, but buying your first home in the middle of a global pandemic? Even more stressful. We felt so lucky to have Kristen as our agent throughout our home-buying process. She was super patient as we learned the ins-and-outs of buying our first home— starting with helping us figure out what was most important to us in a house, then walking us through offer strategy and negotiations, inspections, and eventually helping us land our first home here in Marin. We had the bad luck of having two homes fall through because of seller contingencies, and as heartbreaking as that was at the time, I know it would have been so much worse if we didn’t have Kristen there to guide us through it. And it all worked out, because now we’ve ended up in a home that’s perfect for us! I would highly recommend Kristen to anyone looking for a house in Marin."