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We all dream of the spaces we’ll live in: we decorate in our heads, we spend Sundays driving through neighborhoods, making sure they fit our needs, then we make the big decision. Are we building or are we buying?

Whatever your decision, you’ll need to find the real estate professional/builder who takes the time to listen to your wants, envisioning your dream, and matching the homes or the lots in our El Paso market and making your dreams come true.

Their job is to capture the essence of the perfect home and lifestyle of their client and marry it with the perfect residence that awaits a new family.

Expect to get intimate with your real estate professional/builder because the process starts with sharing thoughts and dreams. Do you want children, dogs, certain neighborhoods, and then the big one, finances?

What can you afford?

This is the starting point when interviewing the potential homeowner. Or, sometimes, it’s navigating a home sale with two partners who are splitting the sheets, per se, and going different directions. We call these successful real estate professionals and homebuilders, and we’ve brought you the finest in the city. Read their profiles to get to know them a bit better, then pick the phone up and ask for a personal meeting. They interview you and you interview them. You want the perfect business partner as you pick the perfect space you’ll soon call home.

Lifestyle magazines often share the realities of living: the ups and downs of living, and one of our staff members -- Amber-- shares a real-life story of cancer, the diagnosis, the fear, the reality, and survival. Lesley Villareal shares her story of cancer. Ask her about one of her biggest regrets? She says she wishes she’d been more prepared. Who do I turn to? What are my resources? What do I expect? Read her story, Leslie shares honestly hoping that there are women who read her story will be one step closer with knowledge she hopes they never need regarding the ugly “C” word.

Who’s the handsome man on the cover? Horocio Gutierrez Jr., who’s captured the hearts of many as he’s kicked a soccer ball across the country, became one of MTV’s reality show hotties as he was a hit on “The Challenge.” This shy guy spends most of his time alone, that is until he’s the most talked about man on the cover of the April Magazine. Ok, his fan club reaches beyond the El Paso region with more than 100,000 social media followers.

Enjoy this month as you get to know El Paso just a bit better, one homebuilder, one real estate professional and one handsome cover guy at a time.

@shelleymozelle shelley@thecitymagazineelp.com