Finding your homein the South Sound.
Nicole Braam & Associates has guided more than a thousand families home across Olympia, Lacey, and the JBLM corridor — voted Best of the South Sound eight years running.
A thousand homes.
One promise:
service first.
Nicole leads Nicole Braam & Associates at Keller Williams South Sound — a team that has helped more than a thousand families buy and sell across Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, DuPont, Yelm, and the communities around Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The team’s work has been recognized year after year: voted The Olympian’s Best of the South Sound every year from 2017 through 2024, and named Best of Zillow from 2019 through 2024 as a Zillow Premier Agent team.
Before building the team, Nicole was CEO and owner of the Better Properties DuPont, Lacey, and Yelm brokerage offices — a business she grew and successfully sold to what is now Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest. That operator’s perspective shows up everywhere in her practice: real systems, real follow-through, and pricing advice grounded in hundreds of her own closings rather than a printout of someone else’s.
The heart of the practice is military relocation. As an Army spouse of more than twenty years, Nicole has lived the PCS move herself — the compressed timelines, the sight-unseen decisions, the VA paperwork — and has guided hundreds of military families through buying and selling around JBLM with video tours, lender introductions, and closings timed to report dates.
The rest of the book is just as broad: first-time buyers, new construction in Lacey’s master-planned communities, lake and Sound-front properties, investment and multi-family purchases, estate sales, and the harder situations — divorce, short sales, foreclosure — where steady, experienced counsel matters most.
The operating principle has never changed: this business is about service, and nobody on the team is happy until you are. Call, text, or write — you will hear back from a person, quickly.
The heart of the South Sound.
Concentration is a feature, not a limitation. Deep familiarity with every neighborhood, every school boundary, and every commute to every JBLM gate is what allows us to move decisively when the opportunity arrives.
Trusted by South Sound families
"We PCSed to JBLM from overseas and bought our house entirely over video tours. Nicole timed the closing to our report date, walked our VA loan past two hiccups, and had keys waiting when we landed. There is no one else I would have trusted with this."
J.M.Lacey · JBLM Relocation
"We interviewed three agents. Nicole was the only one who asked about our kids' school situation before she asked about the house. Two years later we are on our second transaction with her team. There will not be a third agent."
R. & A.S.Olympia · Two Transactions
"Our home went pending in four days, over asking, with a backup offer in hand. The preparation, the photography, the follow-through — the whole process ran like a machine that still returned our calls."
D.L.Lacey · Seller
"When the first offer came in low, Nicole didn't panic and she didn't pressure us. She walked us through the data, advised patience, and we closed five weeks later meaningfully higher. That is what a thousand closings of experience actually looks like."
AnonymousSeller · Thurston County
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Volume, tenure, and a genuinely local track record — more than a thousand homes sold across Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, DuPont, and Yelm, recognition as The Olympian's Best of the South Sound every year from 2017 through 2024, and Best of Zillow from 2019 through 2024. You get big-team systems with one accountable point of contact.
Yes. We run dedicated listing and buyer processes, and we never represent both sides of the same transaction without full written disclosure and your consent.
That's our specialty. Nicole is an Army spouse of more than twenty years and has guided hundreds of military families through the move — video tours before you land, VA-loan-ready lender introductions, and closings timed to your report date.
A walkthrough — in person or by video — followed by a written opinion of value. We review comparable sales, active and pending competition, and what buyers are actually paying for your neighborhood, condition, and lot before presenting a range.
Professional photography, accurate and compelling remarks, NWMLS exposure syndicated everywhere buyers actually look, and the follow-up discipline of a team that answers its phone. Where a quiet pre-market approach serves you better, we'll say so.
Always. Your timing, motivation, and financial position are never shared outside our engagement without your written permission.
Constantly. From first condos to multi-family and rental portfolios around JBLM, we'll walk you through financing options, realistic numbers, and honest advice about when to stretch and when to wait.
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