Louisa Cranston Rice, Real Estate Agent

Specialties

Families in transition, relocating clients, investor clients, long term rental properties, mid term rental properties, short term rental properties, rural properties, urban properties, suburban properties

Education

Cornish College of the Arts - BFA, Magna Cum Laude, Visual Communication and Design

Charity

Louisa currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Seattle Children's Theater.

About Louisa

Louisa is a Principal Broker with COMPASS and works with a team of incredible agents, including her husband and Managing Broker, Paul Rice.

As a Seattle native, Louisa Cranston grew up amongst the trees, mountains and waterways of the Pacific Northwest, and couldn’t bear to live anywhere else. After receiving a BFA in Visual Communication and Design, Magna Cum Laude, she took her branding and marketing background and substantial high-end hospitality experience into the emerging world of managing vacation rental homes. There she found passion and purpose in helping small local businesses and international companies alike innovate and achieve success.

After 10 years of gaining expertise in the industry, eventually holding the title of General Manager for the largest vacation rental company in North America, Louisa transitioned smoothly into the field of real estate. Her well-honed abilities to support homeowners and guide them in managing their largest assets made this evolution a natural fit. In three years of real estate partnership, she and her husband have successfully closed over 70 transactions, providing their clients with guidance, education and incredible service in process.

Louisa is a proud mother and stepmother to four amazing kids 9 and under. She loves reading, journaling, cooking with Paul as they invent bizarre fusion dishes, and finds purpose in writing and speaking about her family’s experience with her son’s pediatric cancer. Louisa cares for her mental health with frequent yoga, meditation, and extremely hot baths.

Spotlight

Client Testimonials!

"What a pleasant experience! My wife and I recently bought a house and Louisa was amazing to work with. We were able to gain and share information pertaining to the house we wanted through casual and efficient conversations. Louisa was always quick to respond with answers to any questions we had. We never felt pushed or directed outside of our comfort zone. We highly recommend Prosper Northwest Real Estate and we cannot say enough nice things about Louisa!" - Jeremy Nyikos

"Louisa, Paul, and Jessie are the BOMB. I couldn’t imagine working with any one else in the future or even recommending someone else to family and friends. If you’re wanting TOP notch attentiveness, people who really go beyond the above and beyond, and people that get it done and get it done right, look no further my friend. I’m so happy Louisa came into our lives when she did because from the start she made me feel safe about selling, then turning around and buying in this crazy market all while newly pregnant. I truly believe that quality is hard to find in a realtor let alone the whole team! These are honest and good people, with morals and good hearts…. We’re grateful 🙏 and now we’re happy in our new home too!" - Emily Valencia

"Paul and Dave are super friendly and knowledgeable and helped us narrow in on the perfect house for us. Once we had the right house in our sights, Louisa absolutely crushed it getting the deal done!" - Jason Miller

"Calling Paul Rice an amazing realtor would not do him justice—he is so much more than that. He led my wife and I through the longest, most excruciating land purchase process imaginable, one filled with multiple sellers, a late property add, a boundary dispute, lawyer showdowns, wetland restrictions, zoning gotchas, an incredibly unhelpful lending officer and a closing process that dragged on months longer than expected. Paul navigated us through this storm with incredible patience, grace and when needed, some well-directed nudging. His talent and persistence turned what could have been a truly awful process and a failed transaction into a successful closing—and now we get to build our forever home. “Unwavering Real Estate Spirit Guide” or “Sagacious Sherpa to your Dreams” would be a better title to put on his business card than realtor." - Gage Pacifera

"Hands down Paul and Louisa are a great team. Our family has had 3 real estate interactions with them and every detail was thoroughly explained. Their knowledge and personal attention to their listing and/or sale made the transaction go as smoothly as possible." - Kim Henwood