MEET ANDREA DYER
Buying or selling a home involves many choices and often includes making big decisions that have lasting significance. Having a trusted advisor on your side to listen and help you discern, synthesize and prioritize, someone to educate and guide, as you make these decisions, can be invaluable. Andrea brings her client-centered orientation, attention to detail, ability to distill and communicate complex information, knowledge of the real estate market and nuances of the Marin neighborhoods to guide you through the process of buying or selling your home.
Andrea’s professional background includes over 30 years of experience coaching, consulting, educating and facilitating leaders and organizations using a collaborative approach to create enduring change. She begins by listening to her clients articulate a successful end result ~ then together, they design the best approach, taking into consideration the client’s needs, current situation and market conditions.
Andrea has extensive knowledge of Marin County. She has owned homes in Mill Valley, Tiburon, and Corte Madera. She has been active in her children’s schools and activities including Ring Mountain Day school, The Little School, Reed Elementary, Bel Aire Elementary, Del Mar Middle School, Redwood High School, Tiburon Peninsula Soccer Club, CYO Basketball, Tiburon Peninsula Little League as well as several travel baseball clubs.
Andrea believes in the adage “think globally, act locally.” She has served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Community Music Center, Ring Mountain Day School, and the Del Mar Neighborhood Association. She has been involved in facilitating public dialogues on issues that she is passionate about, including Racism, Homelessness and Breast Cancer, and is an active member of T1D Marin (a community of parents of children with Type 1 diabetes).
Andrea received her degree with honors, in Business Economics from The University of California, Santa Barbara and began her career in Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting practice in 1986. She started her own consulting practice in 1997 and soon after, co-founded Demeter Matrix Alliance, a collective of senior consultants and coaches. She was a faculty member of the Sonoma State University Masters in Organizational Development program, is a Certified International Coaching Federation coach, thought leader in the World Café approach to stakeholder engagement, and an expert in process facilitation and change management.
Having lived most of her life in Northern California and Oahu, with brief stints in Santa Barbara, Paris and South Africa, Andrea has a deep appreciation for different cultures and diversity. During her early years, she was exposed to the world of design, construction, residential and investment properties through her father’s residential home building business in Hawaii. She now lives in Corte Madera with her husband, three boys and animals. She loves rich conversations, laughter, travel, architecture, photography, cheering on her boys’ sports teams, good food and wine, and being outdoors.
Testimonials
"Andrea helped us buy and sell our home in Marin, and she is simply the best. Her knowledge of the local real estate market was a huge asset, as we sold our house off-market for well over asking price! Andrea was there for us throughout the entire process and provided valuable counsel and advice so that we could make informed decisions. We just wished that she worked on the East Coast so that she could help us buy our new home there. There is no reason to work with anyone else in Marin – just reach out to Andrea and she will do an amazing job whether you are buying or selling!"
-Dan & Chelsea, Client
""Andrea's knack for enjoying life makes working with her a pleasure. In situations that others may find stressful she brings a calm, centered, creative problem solving orientation to the moment, often finding a way when there is no way." "
-S.R. , Client
"Andrea is smart, honest, tenacious and kind. My husband & I had a really good experience with her as our agent. She put our needs and interests first and worked hard on our behalf. Andrea listened to and took an interest in our unique circumstances. We had recently relocated from another state and were unfamiliar with the process of buying a home in California. She was very helpful given her knowledge of the Marin market as well as her strategic approach and warm manner. We recommend Andrea highly!!"
-Chana & Bill, Client
"Andrea helped us buy a house in Marin, and we could not have found a better realtor. She held our hands from the start and helped us come up with our must haves. We were beyond picky and she was incredibly patient, kind and never pushy. She has a wealth of knowledge and is very well-known in the real estate community. We saw multiple houses off market as a result of her network and in fact, we were able to buy a house before it hit the market because of Andrea. Andrea really cared that we found the house we were dreaming to own. Andrea read multiple house disclosures with us, explained everything in detail and helped us come up with a strategy to buy the house we wanted in this low inventory and highly competitive market. We could not recommend her more and we are happy to provide a personal reference anytime."
-Nathalia & Jeremy, Client