Valerie Almanzar

CEO & Team Leader

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• 6703 Academy Road NE ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109

• +1 (505) 923-4696
• +1 (505) 681-6261
• https://bktalbuquerque.com


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Valerie is a native New Mexican and originally from Santa Fe New Mexico. She graduated from Saint Michaels high school and after graduating she continued her education at the University of New Mexico. In 2006 she graduated with a dual MBA in Marketing and Operations Management. Her undergraduate degree is also a double major in Psychology and Spanish.

Valerie started in real estate in 2006 at Pulte Homes. In 2007 she left new construction and started working with a brokerage that became a RE/MAX franchise.

During that time the market took a dramatic shift and the real estate market quickly took a downturn. During this time while real estate agents were transitioning out of real estate, Valerie’s business was booming. At RE/MAX Valerie quickly became the highest producing agent in her office and she found herself seeking continued education to improve herself, her processes and real estate in general. In 2009, Valerie received the prestigious 40 Under 40 award by New Mexico Business First.

In 2010, Valerie was recognized by REALTOR magazine as a 30 Under 30 . It was also the same year that she joined Keller Williams Realty. It was during this time that she pursued different accreditations. This included the Internet, Marketing Specialist Designation, Certified Residential Specialist, Certified Distressed Property Expert Designation, as well as getting her Luxury Homes Certification and maintaining a membership of the luxury homes division with Keller Williams Realty, as well as the Luxury Homes Institute.

Valerie’s passion is helping clients build wealth through real estate with deep ties in the community and providing numerous resources to achieve their real estate goals. This has been consistently achieved as her business has grown year over year. In 2017, she went into a partnership with the Ben Kinney Companies and through them in 2020 became an Operator/Founding Partner of PLACE, which is an industry leading tech company and private group of the top agents in the industry.
This decision has led to many more opportunities for buyers and sellers and her agents through the technology platform, as well as continuing training and resources that only the top 1% of agents in the country receive. Valerie also saw the value in this company as being a trendsetter and positioning well ahead of the market and trends.

Throughout the years, Valerie has sold some of the highest priced homes around New Mexico; including Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Lunas, Tijeras, Placitas and the East Mountains. Her specialty is real estate and she’s also worked on deals that were the lowest price pieces of land. As a budding residential and commercial developer, there is no residential real estate Valerie cannot help with!

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