A multi-broker family team in Las Cruces, NM. Led by Qualifying Broker Manny Patino. We work with every active Las Cruces home builder, list and sell homes across Doña Ana County, and back every listing with the strongest seller guarantee in town: "if we can't sell it, we'll buy it."
A snapshot of who we are, what we cover, and how to reach us.
Patino Real Estate is a Las Cruces, NM real estate firm built around one principle: representation that actually represents the client. We're a multi-broker family team, not a single agent with a logo, and not a national franchise running off a template. Every transaction goes through brokers who know Las Cruces by name, by neighborhood, by builder, and by the actual conditions in this market.
The firm is led by Qualifying Broker Manny Patino, the listing and new home expert behind the firm's "if we can't sell it, we'll buy it" guarantee. Together with Associate Brokers Gilbert Patino (buyer representation and construction), Brandon Grajeda (creative financing and first-time buyers), Brian Salazar (buyer representation and sales), and Erika Melissa Moya (buyer representation and land), plus our preferred lender Jeff Sauer, Patino covers every part of a Las Cruces real estate transaction in-house.
What separates us in Las Cruces is depth across every active builder. Most agents specialize in one or two builders. We've represented buyers at every active production builder in the city, plus custom builds. The Builder Guide we publish (free PDF download on the homepage) is the most comprehensive Las Cruces builder reference in print or online, because we live in those communities every week.
For sellers, we offer the only meaningful seller guarantee in Las Cruces: "if we can't sell it, we'll buy it." If we list your home and price it on our recommendation and we cannot get it sold, we will make a fair offer to buy it ourselves. No other Las Cruces brokerage backs its listings that way.
For other brokers, we run Patino Academy, a real estate training program that shares what works: listing strategy, buyer representation, new construction, negotiation, contract review, and the systems that turn a part-time agent into a full-time producer. Direct mentorship from a Qualifying Broker.
Five brokers. Five real specialties. One family-led firm. Plus a preferred lender. Every Patino client gets matched with the right specialist for their actual situation, not whoever picks up the phone.
Manny is the firm's Qualifying Broker, the highest license tier in New Mexico, and the listing and new home expert behind the "if we can't sell it, we'll buy it" guarantee. He prices Las Cruces homes correctly, markets them properly, and gets them sold.
Gilbert is the construction specialist. He reads every Hakes Brothers, French Brothers, KT Homes, Edwards Homes, and Desert View Homes contract before our buyers sign. Walk-throughs, punch lists, builder negotiations, Gilbert.
Brandon makes financing work. FHA, VA, USDA, MFA down-payment assistance, builder rate buy-downs, lender shopping. First-time buyer? Talk to Brandon.
Brian is the buyer's agent and sales specialist. Real sales experience, sharp on negotiation, the broker who matches buyers with the right home and walks them all the way to closing.
Erika is a dedicated, bilingual Associate Broker with a background in education and a patient, client-focused approach. She helps buyers, sellers, and families with land, build-ready lots, and homes across Doña Ana County. Founder of Performers of the Mesilla Valley, a 501(c)(3) youth nonprofit.
Jeff originates the majority of Patino's purchase loans across FHA, VA, USDA, conventional, construction, and jumbo. Long-standing personal and professional relationship with Manny.
The Qualifying Broker is the highest license rank in NM, the broker legally responsible for the entire firm. Most LC agents work UNDER one. With Patino, you're working with one.
Five brokers, five specialties. A QB for listings + new homes, a construction specialist, a creative-finance specialist, two buyer specialists, plus a preferred lender. Every situation gets the right person.
Hakes Brothers, French Brothers, KT Homes, Edwards Homes, Desert View Homes, plus custom builders. We've closed buyer-side at all of them.
"If we can't sell it, we'll buy it." Skin in the game on every listing. No other Las Cruces brokerage matches it.
Buying, selling, building new, or relocating to Las Cruces. Call us. We answer the phone.
Manny Patino, Qualifying Broker. Our team — Gilbert Patino, Brandon Grajeda, Brian Salazar, Erika Melissa Moya — works with every active builder and represents buyers free. Meet the team →
