About Justin Lente

About Me

Justin Lente,
Founder/CEO

Justin Lente was born in Albuquerque New Mexico and shortly after high school he joined the United States Navy in 2003 where he was stationed on the U.S.S. Tarawa, a ship out of San Diego California. While stationed on the ship he had the opportunity to travel and see a lot of the world from places like Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and many more. After his tour of duty on the ship he was then stationed at Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 in Kaneohe Hawaii, where he lived for three years. In 2010 after serving in the Navy Justin was ready to move forward to pursue his college degree and moved to North Carolina and received his bachelor’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Business Administration with majors in both Business Finance and Business Management in 2014. Along with pursuing his degree in North Carolina Justin developed a passion for real estate and real estate investing in 2012 where he was awarded Rookie of the Year for Coldwell Banker.

Along with working in the real estate industry as a Realtor Justin worked as a Mortgage Loan Officer licensed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Ohio with Cardinal Financial. In 2017 Justin decided to follow his North Star which led him back to his hometown of New Mexico in 2017 where he pursued a master’s degree and graduated from the University of Dayton with an MBA in May of 2020 with a 3.51 GPA. Most recently in the last few years he has worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Tier 2 Customer Service Representative and Realtor. As of December 2022, Justin has now started his own brokerage North Star Realty Group NM where he provides residential real estate services for buyers and seller and specializes in military relocation across New Mexico. On a personal side Justin lives at home in Rio Rancho with his wife Romelda and 2 dogs Brutus and Shadow and has a daughter Hayley that is attending the University of New Mexico pursuing a nursing degree. Justin enjoys sports, spending time with his family at their lake house in Lake Sumner and most recently started running and competed in the Duke City Marathon.

Along with working in the real estate industry as a Realtor Justin worked as a Mortgage Loan Officer licensed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Ohio with Cardinal Financial. In 2017 Justin decided to follow his North Star which led him back to his hometown of New Mexico in 2017 where he pursued a master’s degree and graduated from the University of Dayton with an MBA in May of 2020 with a 3.51 GPA. Most recently in the last few years he has worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Tier 2 Customer Service Representative and Realtor. As of December 2022, Justin has now started his own brokerage North Star Realty Group NM where he provides residential real estate services for buyers and seller and specializes in military relocation across New Mexico. On a personal side Justin lives at home in Rio Rancho with his wife Romelda and 2 dogs Brutus and Shadow and has a daughter Hayley that is attending the University of New Mexico pursuing a nursing degree. Justin enjoys sports, spending time with his family at their lake house in Lake Sumner and most recently started running and competed in the Duke City Marathon.

About Me

Justin Lente, Founder/CEO

Justin Lente was born in Albuquerque New Mexico and shortly after high school he joined the United States Navy in 2003 where he was stationed on the U.S.S. Tarawa, a ship out of San Diego California. While stationed on the ship he had the opportunity to travel and see a lot of the world from places like Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and many more. After his tour of duty on the ship he was then stationed at Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 in Kaneohe Hawaii, where he lived for three years.

In 2010 after serving in the Navy Justin was ready to move forward to pursue his college degree and moved to North Carolina and received his bachelor’s degree from The University of North Carolina  at Charlotte in Business Administration

 with majors in both Business Finance and Business Management in 2014.  Along with pursuing his degree in North Carolina Justin developed a passion for real estate and real estate investing in 2012 where he was awarded Rookie of the Year for Coldwell Banker. Along with working in the real estate industry as a Realtor Justin worked as a Mortgage Loan Officer licensed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Ohio with Cardinal Financial. 

In 2017 Justin decided to follow his North Star which led him back to his hometown of New Mexico in 2017 where he pursued a master’s degree and graduated from the University of Dayton with an MBA in May of 2020 with a 3.51 GPA. Most recently in the last few years he has worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Tier 2 Customer Service Representative and Realtor. As of December 2022, Justin has now started his own brokerage North Star Realty Group NM where he provides residential real estate services for buyers and seller and specializes in military relocation across New Mexico. On a personal side Justin lives at home in Rio Rancho with his wife Romelda and 2 dogs Brutus and Shadow and has a daughter Hayley that is attending the University of New Mexico pursuing a nursing degree. Justin enjoys sports, spending time with his family at their lake house in Lake Sumner and most recently started running and competed in the Duke City Marathon.