Maria Kauffman

Associate Broker and Team Lead

Maria & Jen Collective

 

The Maria & Jen Collective: Your West Michigan Real Estate Family

Maria and Jen have spent over five years cultivating a partnership built on unique strengths and complementary styles. Today, that partnership has grown into the Maria & Jen Collective, a hand-picked team of dedicated Realtors and professional support staff right here in West Michigan.

While we’ve grown, our heartbeat remains the same. We operate as a boutique collective, ensuring that every buyer, seller, and investor receives the concierge-level service Maria and Jen are known for. By combining our strategic expertise with a supportive, small-team approach, we make sure no detail is missed and every client feels like our only client.

At the Maria & Jen Collective, we don’t just move houses; we take care of people. Whether you’re navigating your first home purchase or a complex investment, you have an entire team of thoughtful, local experts in your corner every step of the way.

 

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About Maria Kauffman

Maria Kauffman is an Associate Broker and Trainer with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Michigan, serving clients across West Michigan and the Greater Grand Rapids area. She regularly works with buyers and sellers throughout Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Rockford, Cedar Springs, Ada, Cascade, Forest Hills, Grandville, Wyoming, Kentwood, Walker, Standale, Northview, Belmont, and Comstock Park.

With nearly a decade of active involvement in the Greater Regional Alliance of Realtors (GRAR), she has served on committees including MLS, YPN, and ReBar, is a GRARLA alum, and is currently serving on the 2025 Michigan Association of Realtors Leadership Committee.

Maria's real estate career includes over $50 million in closed sales and five years in leadership and training roles within local brokerages. She has earned 75+ 5-star reviews on Zillow and other major review platforms. She specializes in working with first-time home buyers, new construction, move-up buyers, lakefront properties, condos, and vacant land, as well as guiding sellers through strategic, data-driven listing campaigns. Her core skills and services include creative marketing strategies, digital and social media marketing, video marketing, staging, re-positioning, pricing, negotiation, market analysis, contract management, and agent training and coaching. She holds her ABR and GRI designations and has been recognized multiple years as a Top Realtor by the GRKids.com Grandtastic Awards and Grand Rapids Magazine.

Before real estate, Maria built a successful career in marketing and brand management, working with a major media agency in Chicago, a startup in Seattle, and a Procter & Gamble subsidiary in New England. She earned her MBA from Loyola University Chicago. When she isn't serving clients or training agents, you'll find Maria enjoying life in West Michigan with her husband and two school-aged daughters.

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