About Kristen
Making Real Estate and Lending Make Sense.
For most people, buying or selling a home is the most significant financial transaction of their life. Kristen's job is to make every step of it clear, strategic, and centered on you.
- 25+
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Experience - 500+
- Families
Served - 5★
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For more than 25 years, Kristen Boano has served residential real estate clients across Southern California, helping them navigate lending, sale, and purchase transactions as a trusted guide and ally. There is a reason clients return to her year after year: she is knowledgeable, forthright, and not afraid to ask the right — even if hard — questions to make sure you understand everything along the way.
Real estate can feel like a sector where so little is under your control — from fluctuating market conditions to obscure regulations at every step, to figuring out whose expertise, in a sea of opinions, can guide you with integrity while keeping your financial interests at the center of everything. That is exactly the job Kristen took on when she got her license in 1989, and it is still the job today.
Because she is both a broker and a loan officer, Kristen sees the full picture — the home and the financing — so every decision moves you closer to your goals with no gaps and nothing lost between two separate professionals.
Credentials
- California Broker since 1999 — licensed since 1989
- REALTOR® and Loan Officer in one trusted advisor
- Approved Designated HUD Broker
- HELP Certified Specialist
- Former Division Sales Manager, Centex Homes
- B.A., University of California, Irvine
Every kind of property
New builds to resale, short sales to REO, townhouses to single-family to multi-acre properties — her diverse experience is your best asset.
Both sides of the transaction
As a broker and a loan officer, Kristen sees how the purchase and the financing shape each other — and plans them together.
Straight answers
Knowledgeable, forthright, and not afraid to ask the right — even if hard — questions so you understand everything along the way.
The Difference
Two licenses. One conversation.
Most buyers juggle an agent and a lender who barely speak. Kristen holds both licenses, so your offer strategy and your loan structure are built together — and when something changes, one person fixes it.
- No lost days between agent and lender
- Payment math on every home before you offer
- Underwritten pre-approval that competes like cash
- One accountable point of contact through closing
Local Roots
Southwest Riverside County is home.
Kristen lives and works in Murrieta, and has guided families through Temecula wine country estates, Menifee new builds, Wildomar acreage, and everything between. She knows which communities negotiate, which HOAs surprise you, and which streets hold value.
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Good to Know
About Kristen.
How long has Kristen been licensed?
Since 1989 as a salesperson and since 1999 as a California broker — more than 35 years in the business, with a clean disciplinary record on file with the California DRE.
What does it mean that she is both a broker and a loan officer?
Most buyers work with an agent and, separately, a lender. Kristen holds both licenses (CA DRE #01039641 and NMLS #1995496), so the purchase strategy and the financing are designed together instead of negotiated between two offices.
Which brokerages does she work under?
Real estate through AXEN Realty, and lending through NEXA Mortgage, LLC — a broker with access to a wide lender network rather than a single bank menu.