About Us

MEET THE TEAM

KATHLEEN WALSTROM

Broker/Owner

Marfa Realty was opened in 1996 with the mission of serving the local community with integrity and commitment. Following my retirement from public education in 2007, my husband and I moved from San Antonio to Marfa. Not ready to truly ‘retire’, I turned my professional skill set and my interest in real estate into action and joined the Marfa Realty team. Our original mission continues, and I became the Broker/Owner in 2021. For me, real estate is about building relationships with buyers and sellers - listening, communicating, and helping each client to achieve their real estate goals. My greatest joy is matching buyers’ and sellers’ dreams, keeping transactions running smoothly, and building relationships with wonderful Marfa residents, and with the amazingly diverse visitors who, like me, passionately want to “Make Marfa Home” !

MELISSA BENT

REALTOR

Melissa Bent has been in high end sales for the past 20 years. A Marfa resident since 2013, Bent’s specialty at Marfa Realty is in second home purchases for clients in and out of Texas, commercial real estate, and wide open stretches of land. Bent began her career in the visual art world as a gallerist and curator (Rivington Arms NYC, Bent Contemporary, Marfa Invitational) and brings her astute eye and aesthetic imagination to the real estate field believing that artful living is for everyone.

Christa n. marquez

REALTOR

I fell in love with Marfa in 2008 while volunteering with the Marfa Film Festival, and returned many years until I became a resident in 2014. I originally hail from the south Texas area of San Antonio, and have strong ties to the west Texas towns off i-10. 

As a business woman in the office and a country girl by heart, I am able to help my clients with a wide variety of needs. I am diplomatic by nature yet effectively analytical and always ready to fight for my clients needs. I am experienced and knowledgeable in helping clients buy/sell homes, unimproved lots, commercially zoned properties and large acreage farm/ranch properties. My overall work structure is rooted in honesty and teamwork, with the ability to take on leadership roles. 

I have volunteered and served in different roles on several local boards including, President and Vice President of the Marfa ISD Board of Trustees, MEF (Marfa Education Foundation), the Appraisal District board, and volunteer and Treasurer of the Marfa ISD PTO. I am also experienced in management roles including short term rentals (STRs) through online platforms(airbnb, etc) and also Estate Management for 2nd/Holiday homes. I’ve also coached T-ball and baseball locally and in south Texas. 

Marfa Realty

About Us.

The Marfa Realty Team strives to make each client experience as satisfying and seamless as possible. Through home sales, commercial acquisitions or buyer representation, Marfa Realty agents place the concerns and interests of our clients at the heart of each transaction.

Marfa is an anomaly in many respects. The remote location in the high Chihuahuan desert offers big beautiful skies, cooler temperatures and a large variety of outdoor activities.  All of that coupled with the global cultural convergence of contemporary art, music, literature, and film, each set Marfa apart from other remote Texas towns boasting under 2000 residents. 

The diversity of cultural happenings is matched only by the assortment of properties in and around Marfa. As unique and intentional as the citizens, each property is distinct.

Ranches, city lots, adobe homes and sleek new builds all converge to create the magic that has drawn scores of artists, cattlemen, creatives and nature enthusiasts from across the globe to our wonderful corner of the world.

Let us help you Make Marfa Home.

 making marfa home.