Green Homes Santa Barbara is the brainchild of DeAnn Wilson, Realtor®, Green®, EcoBroker® and Property Manager.

DeAnn grew up in Minnesota with an interest in real estate early on; she worked for real estate agencies throughout her late high school and college years. In 1994 she received a BA degree from the University of St. Thomas in Sociology and Marketing. Out of college she worked for Aveda Corporation as their international marketing manager and later moved on to be the Trade Representative for the State of Minnesota specializing in organic food. She traveled the world matching up buyers and sellers. DeAnn has spent the last 13 years marketing all aspectes of the natural/organic products industry. In 1999 she moved to California and began Bright Ideas Company, a marketing consulting firm that allowed her to work with a variety of different companies and non-profits lending them her creative marketing, fundraising and matchmaking expertise.

DeAnn also enjoys serving the community as a board member of The Sustainability Project this group exists to inspire change in the built environment in order to improve the quality of life, in harmony with nature, for this and future generations. She is also a founding host of Green Drinks Santa Barbara a social networking group of green minded community members that gather each month at different SB locations! On the neighborhood front she helped coordinate the new Food Not Lawns Garden exchanges on the Mesa. Once a month neighbors gather their food harvested from their backyard gardens and fruit trees and an exchange of food, ideas and new found friends happens. She is a member of the Santa Barbara Contractors Association Built Green and a member of the Green Builders Alliance (GBA) look for her and Elizabeth Wagner, her business partner at their annual Earth Day booth.

DeAnn has an uncanny sense of matching up people with just what they need to realize their dreams and goals. This skill coupled with her passion to raise awareness and protect the environment make her ideally situated for growing the budding Green Real Estate market. DeAnn is one of the first of a new breed of Realtors® who are EcoBroker® and Green® certified. This is a value add service DeAnn offers to her clients. "There are tremendous green resources available in the market and as part of my service commitment to my clients, I will help you identify and make sense of these invaluable green opportunities. I am a great facilitator in this regard. I look forward to working with you!"

Contact DeAnn today to show you properties that are Built Green, have green energy saving aspects or could be remodeled green with your personal touch. If you are looking for an investment property she also does property and vacation rental management.