Joshua Christensen
Albuquerque Qualifying Broker | Real estate investor | Author
Joshua Christensen works with homeowners, buyers, and investors across Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and surrounding New Mexico communities. His experience in construction, lending, banking, investing, and brokerage helps clients look beyond the transaction and understand what a real estate decision means for their property, finances, and future.
Early Life
Joshua was born in a rural farming community in northern Iowa. He grew up with a blue-collar work ethic, practical values, and an early appreciation for responsibility.
He loved sports, especially baseball, tennis, and wrestling. Like many Gen X kids, he also collected baseball cards, played video games, and learned to figure things out on his own.
When Joshua was 10, his family moved to Dallas, Texas. He began finding ways to earn money by mowing yards, selling items at school, and delivering newspapers. At 15, he took his first formal job sacking groceries. Those early jobs taught him the value of showing up, working hard, and serving people well.
A Career Built on Many Sides of Real Estate
Joshua’s real estate journey began before he was licensed to sell property. He worked in custom home construction in the Dallas area, gaining hands-on experience with how homes are built, improved, and valued.
His career went on to include service in the United States Navy, bank management, mortgage lending, real estate investing, house flipping, multifamily ownership, private money, property management, and brokerage leadership. He became licensed to sell real estate in New Mexico in 2012.
That background shapes how Joshua looks at a property today. A builder may notice its condition. A lender will examine the financing. An investor will study the numbers. A broker must understand the market and guide the transaction. Joshua brings those perspectives together when helping a client decide whether to sell, buy, or hold.
During the Great Recession, Joshua also faced serious financial adversity of his own. That experience strengthened his commitment to practical decision-making and financial education. He knows that a property decision can affect more than a sale price. It can affect equity, cash flow, lifestyle, and the choices available down the road.
Today, Joshua serves as a Qualifying Broker, Realtor®, real estate investor, private money broker, and author. Through Christensen Properties, powered by Realty One of New Mexico, he works with Albuquerque-area homeowners preparing to sell, buyers searching for the right property, and investors evaluating opportunities.
His approach is direct: understand the property, understand the options, and make a decision that fits the person making it.
Why He Shares What He Has Learned
Joshua is the author of GET UNBROKE, a book shaped by his experience with money, debt, income, and financial adversity. His work encourages people to question assumptions, take responsibility for their decisions, and build greater financial clarity through knowledge and action.
On his GET UNLISTED™ YouTube channel, Joshua shares practical guidance about Albuquerque real estate and the decisions that come with owning property.
Giving Back
Joshua is committed to giving back through faith, financial education, mentorship, and community service.
As a church leader, he has served, mentored, and supported people through different seasons of life. His faith shapes the way he approaches business, leadership, family, money, and service.
Through financial education and real estate guidance, Joshua helps people confront financial stress, understand their numbers, think differently about income, and take more ownership of their future.
His message is not based on hype or shortcuts. It is built on responsibility, mindset, knowledge, skillset, stewardship, and action. Joshua also supports local causes, mentors young adults, and participates in community-building efforts.
His mission is to help people develop the tools, confidence, and mindset needed to make better decisions, build stronger futures, and create lasting impact. True financial freedom, in his view, is not only about money. It is an inside job.
Personal Life
Joshua’s greatest source of strength, next to God, is his family.
He has been married for 27 years and is the proud father of two children and grandfather to six grandchildren. Through every season of life, Joshua has learned that true wealth is not only measured in dollars, properties, or business success. It is measured in legacy, faith, family, and the impact we leave behind.
Outside of work, Joshua and his wife enjoy traveling, hiking, camping, hunting, catching baseball games, and spending time at local wineries. He also enjoys the outdoors, meaningful conversations, and the kind of simple experiences that remind him why building a better future matters in the first place.
At the heart of Joshua’s work is a simple belief: the best investments are not only the ones we make in property, but the ones we make in people, family, faith, and the future.
Talk With Joshua
Selling a home, buying a property, or working through your next real estate move? Bring Joshua the property and the question in front of you. He’ll help you look at your options and get clear on what makes sense next.
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