MinnesotaTeam

MinnesotaTeam.com — The Most Connected Approach to Minnesota Real Estate

THE MOST CONNECTED APPROACH TO MINNESOTA REAL ESTATE

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MinnesotaTeam

Led by Mike Wilen, the Minnesota Team at Coldwell Banker is a real estate powerhouse providing exceptional client service, innovative marketing, and access to one of the most connected networks across Minnesota and the U.S.

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Methodology

Today's real estate market rewards nothing less than foresight, precision, and expertise. Through thoughtful strategy, exceptional marketing, and disciplined execution, we create extraordinary real estate experiences that maximize value while making the selling process seamless.

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Mike Wilen

Broker | REALTOR® | Founder

800+ Properties Sold as Listing Agent

Mike Wilen is equal parts real estate broker, marketer, developer, and technologist. Nearly two decades after building an industry footprint, Wilen is following it up with an engineered evolution, a structurally leaner, infinitely more powerful real estate experience at the intersection of white-glove client service and unrivaled expertise, a firm with the marketing and tech prowess of a national brokerage, fully integrated with the global power of a Fortune 500 through Coldwell Banker and Compass.

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Advantage

Our award-winning in-house advertising firm, 1MW.com (1Megawatt) strategizes and produces all creative listing content, along with syndication to a proprietary hyper-local and global distribution network, ensuring your property is showcased at its highest potential. Advanced analytics and behavioral intelligence through Google Analytics and Amazon Pinpoint power targeted email, SMS, desktop, mobile, and social campaigns designed to identify, engage, and convert qualified audiences.

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Adobe
Amazon
Analytics
Apple Business Connect
Aws
Bing
ChatGPT
Claude
Cotality
Crexi
Gemini
Google
Google Ads
Google Cloud
Grok
Hootsuite
HubSpot
Meta (2)
MLSGrid
Northstar copy
Office
Oracle
React
Salesforce
Wordpress
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Property Presentation

Beyond exceptional photography, we engineer listings to perform. Every property is strategically presented through intelligent MLS optimization, SEO-focused property descriptions, compelling storytelling, cinematic photography and videography, drone imagery, virtual staging, architectural renderings, interactive media, and data-rich property insights. Every element is purposefully designed to maximize visibility, capture buyer attention, and increase engagement across search, syndication, and digital marketing channels. AI-powered campaign optimization enables real-time refinements throughout the listing lifecycle, while our data-driven marketing strategy positions your property in front of the right audience, across the right channels, at the right time, delivering measurable exposure, stronger engagement, and exceptional presentation.

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Network

Proprietary marketing network connects individuals with your property listing through a unified platform designed to increase listing visibility and create measurable audience engagement. Developed in-house, a single-entry omnichannel content hub systematically distributes property listings across an expanding network of decision-makers spanning finance, capital management, development, private holdings, venture capital, hospitality, design, family offices, investments, technology, energy, commodities, government, consulting, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, law, the arts, and sports.

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Listing Exposure

We elevate listing syndication beyond standard imagery by combining creative, detailed property presentation with uncompromising data science to capture an unfair share of attention. Your listing is strategically distributed and tracked via multi-touch attribution across search engines, portals, and social platforms, micro-targeting a captive audience through a 75,000,000+ contact database backed by 130 persona-based data points. We expand this exposure locally and globally through Coldwell Banker’s network of 400,000+ professionals and active outreach to over 2,000,000 licensed agents. Utilizing more than 1,300 proprietary digital asset touchpoints, we generate over 22,000 Google search impressions to move your property from mere exposure to actionable opportunity—powering unparalleled visibility across Wilen's exclusively owned network of hyper-local .coms. This is a glimmer:

1MW.COM
BLAINEHOUSES.COM
BLOOMINGTONTOWHOMES.COM
BURNSVILLEHOUSES.COM
BUYERWAREHOUSE.COM
CHANHASSENHOUSES.COM
DEEPHAVENHOMES.COM
EDINAHOUSES.COM
GOLDENVALLEYHOUSES.COM
ILLINOISTEAM.COM
LAKEMINNETONKAGROUP.COM
LAKEMINNETONKAHOUSES.COM
LAKEMINNETONKARENTALS.COM
LAKEMINNETONKATEAM.COM
LAKEMINNETONKATOWNHOMES.COM
LAKEVILLEHOUSES.COM
MAPLEPLAINREALESTATE.COM
MINNEAPOLISNORTHLOOP.COM
MINNESOTAFORECLOSURES.COM
MINNESOTAhomesrealestate.com
minnesotarealestatelistings.com
MINNESOTAREO.COM
MINNESOTATEAM.COM
MINNETRISTAHOMES.COM
mnhomesrealestate.com
mnrealestatelistings.com
NONMLS.COM
propertylistingoffice.com
realestatehedge.com
RICHFIELDHOUSES.COM
SAINTANTHONYHOMES.COM
SAINTLOUISPARKHOUSES.COM
SHAKOPEEHOUSES.COM
SPRINGLAKEPARKHOMES.COM
THENONMLS.COM
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Strategic Selling

This four-phase strategic selling method is designed to generate the best price, in the shortest amount of time.

Pricing
Mike Wilen has completed more than 10,000 property valuations and developed real estate valuation methodologies used by leading lenders. This provides a unique perspective, and clarity for sellers, before selecting the most effective pricing strategy.

Exclusive
NONMLS.com is the original pre-market and exclusive property syndicate, and one of the most opportunistic acronyms in real estate — and it's only available here. NONMLS introduces your property to qualified audiences, providing direct access to a proprietary network gathering market intelligence, feedback, and insights while controlling exposure.

Coming Soon
Coming Soon establishes the list price, builds anticipation, and initiates distribution to public listing portals and real estate search networks, creating momentum before setting the foundation for private showings and lifestyle promotion.

Active
Represents full MLS and public listing syndication, creating an entrance into the market at large with informed pricing and buy anticipation. Your property listing receives maximum visibility backed by data and information.

Sold
Completing the strategy, the closing phase expertly manages negotiations, data dissemination, and deal management to successfully finalize the transaction.

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Social Media

Social media plays a critical role in any successful real estate marketing campaign, combining compelling narratives, and distinctive visual content to capture attention, and connect with qualified audiences. Your property benefits from a strategic social media approach powered by global brand recognition, expansive networks, influencer connections, targeted distribution, and Mike Wilen's combined audience of over 600,000 followers, generating over 25,000 weekly impressions.

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Press

Our quest to place your property amongst publications, and media outlets is at the heart of every marketing campaign we run. Capturing your property's character will undoubtedly create the opportunity to attract unforgettable press mentions, allowing it to receive the exposure it deserves. Wilen and Minnesota Team listings have been featured across more than 250+ local and national media outlets, including Netflix, HGTV, USA Today, WSJ, NYT, Bring Me The News, Twin Cities Business, and Mansion Global.

Architectural Digest
Artful Living
Bench and Bar
CNBC
Facebook
Fox
Fox 9
Global Luxury
HGTV
Homes
Houzz
Instagram
Linkedin
Mansion Global
Minneapolis Business Journal
MinneapolisSaintPaulMagazine
Netflix
New York Times
Northstar
Parade of Homes
Pioneer Press
Realtor
Robb Report
StarTribune
Trulia
Twin Cities Business
Usa Today
Vimeo
Wall Street Journal
X
Yandex
Youtube
Zillow

Land

There is nothing quite like land — representing possibility, potential, and long-term value — whether undeveloped acreage, farmland, recreational property, infill, development sites, equestrian estates, commercial opportunities, hobby farms, or a single city lot. Each property has a unique story, and identifying its strongest attributes creates a strategy designed to connect with the right audience and realize its highest market potential. The Minnesota Team has guided the sale, financing, and development of over 1,000 acres, helping clients navigate complex land transactions from parcel reconfiguration and rezoning through final sale.

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Commercial

Setting the standard for comprehensive, white-glove commercial real estate services, The Minnesota Team’s commercial division, led by real estate expert Mike Wilen, combines unrivaled expertise with an expansive network across residential, hospitality, and commercial markets. Specializing in small-cap commercial and investment sales, the division provides strategic representation across acute healthcare, retail, restaurant, multifamily, office, hotel, religious, data center, cold storage, and self-storage properties. The team’s experience encompasses the essential processes of marketing and selling commercial real estate, supported by extensive market research, financial analysis, due diligence, and comprehensive reporting designed to maximize property value, uncover opportunities, and achieve the strongest long-term outcomes for every client.

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Builders & Developers

If you are building or developing it, we have the technology, expertise, and talent to sell it. From early-stage positioning through pre-sales strategy, launch campaigns, and final sellout, we transform developments into market-ready opportunities. With expertise in ground-up construction, redevelopment, conversions, and complex real estate projects, we combine strategic planning, market positioning, branding, sales strategy, public relations, digital marketing, and targeted audience development to create demand and accelerate sales. As part of our development services, we provide complimentary custom website builds using React or WordPress, seamlessly integrated with CRM platforms — delivering enterprise-level digital experiences typically valued at more than $30,000.

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Lender Owned

Today, we've assisted more than 50 of the largest and most sophisticated local, global, public, and private lenders, banks, credit unions, and servicers, in the sale and valuation of REO.

MinnesotaForeclosures.com attracts thousands of qualified weekly visitors, delivering targeted exposure backed by proven systems, disciplined processes, and more than a decade of specialized foreclosure expertise. Streamlined property services including re-keying, securing, vacancy inspections with Sheriff's escort, pre-market readiness, municipal registration, professional photography, valuation expertise, and strategic marketing—help reduce time-to-market while positioning each property for maximum market exposure. Wilen has also developed proprietary loss severity methodologies to support more accurate valuation analysis and recovery potential, providing clients with a disciplined, data-informed approach. From Liability to Liquidity.

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Contact

Walking through a property with Mike is definitely a one-of-a-kind experience. Mike Wilen doesn't sell real estate; he shares it. The lifestyle, the area, neighborhood history, architectural details, construction quality, and the feel of rare, exotic hardwoods beneath your stocking feet. Every listing has a unique story, and Mike would love to walk you through it.

Minnesota Team
Mike Wilen Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Realty
612-400-9000
[email protected]