Mark is a founding agent for the Carmel & Pebble Beach office of Compass and partner for the Bambace Peterson Team. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Monterey County Association of REALTORS®.
In 2018 he and his business partner (and sister-in-law), Dana, saw an innovative and growing company and founded the local Compass presence. Their business savvy and work ethic has resulted in building one of the areas strongest and widely respected real estate teams. The Bambace Peterson team continually ranks in the top 5 in sales volume and transactions for the Monterey Peninsula, Top 100 in Northern California, and Top 100 in small teams across the state of California.
Born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula, Mark has deep roots to the community and is involved with many local foundations and non-profits, Highlights include teaching 2 nights a week for 11 years as a professor of both Strategic Management (Capstone) and Fundamentals of Marketing at California State University Monterey Bay.
Mark was exposed to real estate at a young age with successful parents (Ann Peterson Mahoney and John Mahoney) in both the residential and commercial markets. Once he launched his real estate career, Mark immediately found success as a trusted advisor for clients and was honored as a Rising Star from The California Association of REALTORS® and was also a finalist for Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate International’s Top New Agent.
Prior to becoming a Real Estate Agent he spent 20 years in the technology working in marketing and public relations across 40+ companies ranging from venture-backed startups to established Fortune 500 industry leaders.
Mark holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA in Communications from Oregon State University and graduated from Stevenson School. He lives in Pebble Beach with his wife and two children, who also attend Stevenson. He has been an avid surfer for 35+ years.
Mark was absolutely amazing. Not only was Mark fantastic at his job, but he was also a joy to be around, which is very good quality since you end up spending quite a bit of time together. We were able to have Mark sell our home...
Mark is an exceptional agent from both the seller and buyer perspectives. He exemplifies what it means to show up for his client’s best interests and patiently guides every step of every transaction with utmost efficiency. We a...
Mark, I enjoyed working with you very much! Your management of the process and candid style made it possible for me to do this transaction remotely from Seattle. I felt from the beginning that you were trustworthy and capable a...
Many thanks to Mark Peterson for all of his great work as our trusted Realtor® in Monterey! Mark helped us purchase a home that is perfect for us. We looked at many different properties but in the end, found our dream place. It...
Mark Peterson and his team were outstanding to work with! Mark sold my Big Sur property within the first 30-days and I was so impressed with his creative marketing ideas. His knowledge of the Big Sur real estate market gave me ...
We couldn’t thank Dana and her team more for their assistance with our home purchase within The Santa Lucia Preserve. We have friends who are excellent Realtors® but decided to go with someone with keen local knowledge and feel...
My husband and I were referred to Dana & Mark as a team who were experts in the Carmel area. Since our primary home is outside the Monterey Peninsula we found their knowledge of the area to be invaluable. We learned so much inf...
After spending most of my adult years in Southern California, I decided to return back to the Monterey Peninsula where I grew up. I asked Dana and Mark to be my agents, as they were my friends from my High School days. I had gr...
We worked with another company for a year without success. Then we heard about Compass from a friend from Carmel who said you guys had a different approach that specialized in digital marketing. As a marketeer myself I was intr...
We worked with Dana Bambace on both our purchase and sale. She has it all—energy, focus, and above all else she puts her clients first. Dana looked at countless properties with us over the course of almost a year, with incredib...
Dana and Mark are an amazing team and working with them was a pleasure. They are high energy, creative, and highly skilled. Moreover, they were thoughtful and fun to work with. I recommend them highly to anybody selling (as we ...
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