180 closings
Verified transactions over the prior five years, 112 of them buyer side.
Buying a house in Albuquerque from out of state works when somebody local physically stands in the building for you. Melissa Salazar does that as a routine part of her business, not as a favour.
She attends inspections, walkthroughs and final checks in person, and documents each one the same day.
A substantial share of her 112 buyer-side closings were people who had not yet moved to New Mexico.
The weak point in a remote purchase is always the same. A report arrives as a PDF and nobody can tell you what the room smelled like or whether the crack mattered.
Melissa walks the property with the inspector, photographs what the report mentions, and sends it that day.
One out-of-state buyer reported that she was on site for inspections and walkthroughs, left a lockbox in place, and turned the air conditioning on before they arrived in Albuquerque.
Melissa has run her own real estate photography company since 2016. She knows exactly which angle a listing photo uses to make a room look larger.
Her walkthrough videos are shot to show you the opposite: the ceiling height, the actual light at that hour, the condition of the stucco, what the neighbour's lot looks like from the back window.
The paperwork is handled remotely and has been for years. Earnest money, disclosures, inspection objections, the final signing.
Buyers who closed this way describe it as routine rather than stressful, which is the correct outcome.
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.
Yes. Melissa handles remote purchases as a routine part of her business. She attends inspections, walkthroughs and final checks in person on your behalf and documents each stage as it happens. Buyers have closed on Albuquerque houses without visiting.
Melissa does, in person. She walks the house with the inspector and sends documentation the same day rather than forwarding a PDF a week later.
Video walkthroughs shot by someone who photographs houses professionally, which is a meaningful difference. You see the things a listing photo is composed to hide.
She makes the house ready. One buyer reported that she left a lockbox in place and turned the air conditioning on before they landed.
Tell Melissa what you are trying to do and when. If the answer is that you should wait, she will say so.