Robb Krautbauer
Owner & Qualifying Broker | Luxury Seller Advisor
About
Real estate advice in the order it should happen: goals, then numbers, then strategy.
I am the Owner and Qualifying Broker of Mountain View Realty LLC, holding New Mexico Broker License 19613, and a Luxury Seller Advisor serving the greater Albuquerque metro. With more than 10 years in real estate and over 200 transactions, I focus on helping owners of distinctive properties understand their options before they make one of their most important financial decisions.
- Years in real estate
- 10+
- Years in real estate
- Transactions represented
- 200+
- Transactions represented
- NM Broker License
- 19613
- NM Broker License
- Bernalillo & Sandoval Counties
- 2
- Bernalillo & Sandoval Counties
The origin
Why Mountain View Realty exists.
I built Mountain View Realty around a simple belief: real estate should be about helping people make good decisions, not just getting another listing or closing another transaction.
After more than a decade working with buyers, sellers, investors, seniors, and families throughout the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho area, I have learned that no two real estate situations are exactly alike. Some homeowners want to maximize their sale price. Others value certainty, speed, privacy, or the ability to sell without making repairs. And sometimes the traditional way of selling simply is not the best answer.
That experience changed how I approach real estate. Instead of beginning every seller conversation with "here is what we should list your home for," I prefer to begin with: "What are you trying to accomplish?"
From there, I help the homeowner compare different strategies, including traditional market exposure, luxury marketing, accelerated sale strategies, cash or as-is solutions, auction, and other alternatives when appropriate.
Today I am expanding Mountain View Realty's presence in Albuquerque's luxury and higher-end market while keeping the same personal, hands-on approach that built the company. Luxury to me is not simply a price point. It is a higher standard of preparation, strategy, marketing, communication, and representation.
Mission
Mountain View Realty exists to give homeowners clarity, choice, and confidence when making one of their most important financial decisions.
My mission is to provide highly personalized real estate advice, exceptional marketing, and multiple paths to a successful sale, so every client can choose the strategy that best fits their property, priorities, and future.
The focus
Boutique, personal, and built around distinctive homes.
Mountain View Realty is deliberately a boutique practice. You are not hiring a large team and wondering who actually handles your property. You work directly with me, from the first conversation through closing, and the representation stays personal, hands-on, and strategy-first at every step.
My primary focus is higher-end and luxury residential properties from approximately $600,000 to $2,000,000 and above: custom homes, view and acreage properties, golf and gated communities, and other homes that do not compare neatly to the house down the street. I continue to represent clients outside that range when the situation and the relationship are a good fit.
Boutique by design
A private-client alternative to the large luxury team. The strategy and the marketing are built around your home, not pulled from a shared template.
Personal and hands-on
You work with me, not a roster. I participate in the positioning, marketing, communication, and negotiation personally, start to finish.
Strategy before the sign
Traditional exposure, luxury positioning, accelerated strategies, cash or as-is, and auction are compared on your numbers before any decision is made.
Positioned for the right buyer
Views, acreage, architecture, privacy, and gated communities change who the buyer is. We identify that buyer and reach them directly.
How I work
A few principles that shape every engagement.
Personal, from start to finish
You hire me, not a team roster. I participate in the strategy, positioning, communication, and negotiation personally.
Advisor before agent
The recommendation follows the analysis. Sometimes my best advice to a seller is that the timing is not right. I will tell you.
Numbers you can see
Estimated proceeds, costs, concessions, timing, and risk, laid out plainly so decisions are made with the whole picture.
New Mexico roots
Deep knowledge of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, Placitas, and the communities in between, from the streets to the systems.