180 closings
Verified transactions over the prior five years, 112 of them buyer side.
A buyer's agent in Albuquerque earns their place in two moments: the tour, where condition gets read honestly, and the inspection response, where thousands of dollars move one way or the other.
Melissa Salazar has closed 112 buyer-side transactions over the prior five years, worth $44.9 million. That is roughly two thirds of everything she does.
She is also a professional photographer, which is why she sees what a listing is composed to hide.
Most showings are a tour of the staging. Melissa's are not.
Flat and low-slope roofs, evaporative coolers versus refrigerated air, stucco condition, foundation movement in expansive soil, and galvanised plumbing are the five things that cost real money in this market.
She tells you which ones a house has before you fall in love with the kitchen.
In a house drawing twenty offers, the winner is rarely the highest number. It is the one written correctly and submitted fastest.
Clients describe her as available at a moment's notice and drafting offers late into the evening when a listing demands it. They also describe her as non-pushy, and specifically say she kept them inside the budget they set.
An inspection report is a list of findings, not a bill.
Knowing which findings are genuinely expensive and which are routine for a house of that age is where a buyer's agent either saves you money or costs you money. Melissa works this alongside David Stafford, who has renovated over 120 houses in New Mexico.
Verified transactions over the prior five years, 112 of them buyer side.
Total verified sales volume across those transactions, averaging $423,100.
Licensed in New Mexico since 2018, and a professional real estate photographer since 2016.
Finds property that matches what you are trying to do, reads condition honestly, writes an offer structured to be accepted, and negotiates the inspection response. The last two are where the money is, and they are the two most buyers never see.
Compensation is now negotiated explicitly rather than assumed. You will sign a written buyer agreement stating what your broker is paid and by whom. Seller-paid compensation remains common but is agreed deal by deal. Melissa explains how it works on your specific transaction before you tour anything.
112 buyer-side closings over the prior five years, worth $44.9 million, which is roughly two thirds of her total business.
The Albuquerque metro and out to Rio Rancho, Cabezon, Edgewood, Los Lunas, Corrales, Bernalillo, Placitas, Bosque Farms and the East Mountains.
Tell Melissa what you are trying to do and when. If the answer is that you should wait, she will say so.