Peña El Paso

Peña El Paso Realty Group

A local team built for the way El Paso actually buys and sells

Peña El Paso Realty Group is a residential real estate team based in El Paso, Texas, operating under Home Pros Real Estate Group (Broker License #9009766). John David Peña (License #0733512, Military Relocation Professional) leads the team alongside Alejandro Sosa (License #0777117, bilingual English/Spanish). Since 2020 we've helped hundreds of families across El Paso buy and sell, with four core specialties: local home sales, out-of-state relocation, military PCS to Fort Bliss, and new construction in Horizon City and Eastlake.

What we do

Our practice

Peña El Paso Realty Group works across all seven of El Paso's major submarkets (West Side, Upper Valley, Northeast, East, Far East, Horizon/Socorro, Central/Downtown, and Lower Valley) with roughly an even split between buyer and seller representation. Our military relocation practice serves Fort Bliss PCS families across the country, including remote and sight-unseen purchases coordinated through video walkthroughs and virtual tours when families can't fly in to look. The Fort Bliss Concierge program walks PCS families through BAH, on-post vs. off-post decisions, VA loans, and gate-commute logistics, often before orders arrive. Alongside transactional work, we publish a monthly El Paso market report built from GEPAR MLS data, and we run ‘Living in El Paso Texas’ on YouTube (10,000+ subscribers, 90+ neighborhood guides, 1M+ lifetime views).

John David Peña

Owner & Lead Agent · MRP

John David Peña

John Peña is a licensed Texas real estate agent (License #0733512) and the founder of Peña El Paso Realty Group. John launched his real estate career in 2020 and quickly built one of the most active teams in the El Paso market through a combination of local expertise and video-first marketing. John is also the creator of “Living in El Paso Texas,” a YouTube channel with over 10,000 subscribers that has become one of the most detailed video resources on El Paso neighborhoods, schools, cost of living, and lifestyle. His approach to real estate is rooted in education: giving buyers and sellers the information they need to make confident decisions, whether they're across town or across the country.

More about John's story: Doing hard things.

Alejandro Sosa

Bilingual Partner

Alejandro Sosa

Alejandro Sosa is a licensed Texas real estate agent (License #0777117) and a partner at Peña El Paso Realty Group, where he leads service for the team's Spanish-speaking clients. He lived in Mexico and the Pacific Northwest before making El Paso his home, and his fully bilingual (English and Spanish) service lets him handle contracts, negotiations, and closings in either language for El Paso's predominantly Hispanic community. He specializes in buyer representation, new construction, and walking first-time homebuyers through the process.

The channel

How “Living in El Paso Texas” started

The YouTube channel started as a way to answer the same questions John was getting from relocating buyers over and over. “What are the best neighborhoods?”, “Is El Paso safe?”, “What's the cost of living like?” Instead of sending the same email five times a week, John started filming the answers. The channel grew to over 10,000 subscribers and now covers everything from neighborhood walkthroughs and school district breakdowns to Fort Bliss PCS guides and new construction tours. That video-first approach shaped how the entire team operates. Every guide on penaelpaso.com started as a question a real buyer or seller asked.

Where we work

Service areas

Peña El Paso Realty Group serves all of El Paso County, Texas, including the city of El Paso, Horizon City, Socorro, and Canutillo. The team operates across all major submarkets: the West Side, Upper Valley, Northeast, East, Far East, Horizon/Socorro, Central/Downtown, and Lower Valley.

Licensed & accountable

Credentials & licensing

John David Peña

  • Texas Real Estate License #0733512
  • New Mexico Real Estate License #REC-2022-1215
  • Military Relocation Professional (MRP), National Association of Realtors
  • Owner & Lead Agent, Peña El Paso Realty Group
  • Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS (GEPAR) Member
  • Texas Association of REALTORS (TAR) Member
  • National Association of REALTORS (NAR) Member
  • New Mexico Association of REALTORS (NMAR) Member
  • Creator, "Living in El Paso Texas" YouTube (10,000+ subscribers)
  • Active in El Paso real estate since 2020

Alejandro Sosa

  • Texas Real Estate License #0777117
  • Bilingual Partner, Peña El Paso Realty Group
  • Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS (GEPAR) Member
  • Texas Association of REALTORS (TAR) Member
  • National Association of REALTORS (NAR) Member
  • Fully bilingual (English and Spanish)
  • Specializes in buyer representation, new construction, and first-time buyers

Brokerage

Peña El Paso Realty Group operates under Home Pros Real Estate Group (Broker License #9009766). Office located at 1035 Belvidere St, Suite 200, El Paso, TX 79912.

90+

Neighborhood guides

on the "Living in El Paso Texas" channel

5.0

Google rating

across 76 five-star reviews

85

Five-star reviews

Google and Zillow combined

10K+

YouTube subscribers

1M+ lifetime views

In their words

What clients say

76 five-star Google reviews and 9 on Zillow, every one of them from a real El Paso client. Here they are.

John Peña was very professional, attentive and very personable. I am so glad he was our real estate agent. I am so grateful for everything he did for us and making this experience very pleasant from the beginning to the quick sale of my mom’s house. Thank you John for such compassion.

Rita Shaw

via Google · March 2026

John Peña showed awesome professionalism during the whole process of selling my moms home.I appreciate all the time and patience he displayed during the procedure of all the legalities that needed to be dealt with when we were going through all the documents that needed to be signed.John showed his expertise and excellence that guided us during whole procedure. I defiantly recommend John Peña to sell your home he is phenomenal. Thank you 😊 very much.

Therese Barela

via Google · March 2026

We used John & Alex as a buyer's agent and liked him so much that we used him again when we needed to sell the same house for a move. I would highly recommend him and his team.

bruce3988

via Zillow · March 2026

John went above and beyond in trying to help us with the sale of our home. He is geniune, caring, and willing to take the time and effort to take care of you. My wife and I highly recommend him.

Will Lian

via Google · February 2026

I had an excellent experience with John and Alejandro. As a military member, my purchase was made out of state from my previous duty station and I found their knowledge of the extremely useful in determining what area of El Paso would fit my lifestyle. Finally their willingness to provide a video walk through saved me significant cost and logistics involved in traveling out to tour homes prior to moving. I would not hesitate to use John and Alejandro again, or suggest them to others.

Perry Burch

via Google · January 2026

I had a great experience working with John Peña and Alejandro Sosa. I met with both of them at the beginning of the process, and as I moved forward [especially when I started looking at new construction] I worked primarily with Alejandro. He was incredibly helpful, patient, and kind throughout the entire process. As a first-time homebuyer who had just moved to El Paso, I really appreciated how supportive and reassuring he was. I found John and Alejandro on YouTube and I appreciated their videos because they were educational, transparent, and upfront. From start to finish, both Alejandro and John were thorough, professional, communicative, and personable, which made the experience feel comfortable. As with any big purchase/new experience, there were hurdles and stressful moments; these were due to external factors outside of their control. Despite this, they did everything they could to alleviate those hurdles. I truly appreciated how patient they were in answering all of my questions... and I had a lot of questions. Despite working primarily with Alejandro, John regularly checked in and stepped in whenever needed, which showed how well they work as a team. Overall, Alejandro made the process smooth and manageable, and I felt informed and confident every step of the way. I love my new home! I highly recommend them both to anyone looking to buy a home in El Paso!

Erin KC

via Google · January 2026

I had a great experience working with John Peña and Alejandro Sosa. They both were incredibly helpful, patient, and kind throughout the entire process. As a first-time homebuyer who had just moved to El Paso, I really appreciated how supportive and reassuring he was. From start to finish, he was thorough, professional, communicative, and personable, which made the experience feel comfortable. I love my new home! I highly recommend John for your home-buying needs!

Erin Caula

via Zillow · January 2026

Peña El Paso was a wonderful experience from start to finish. If you have not already subscribed to the YouTube Channel @LivingInElPasoTexas, do so. This is where i initially started looking into purchasing in El Paso, Tx. My wife and I were living in Alexandria, VA at the time and it was time to start looking for our retirement home. I reached out via email to John as was immediately placed on his schedule for a call to discuss what type of property it was we were looking for. We discussed locations, upcoming properties, the PRO/CONS of living in El Paso, TX, and our timeline to purchasing a home. After our initial discussion, I received a great introduction to Alejandro (Alex) Sosa. I was very impressed with this team's communication and transparency throughout our purchase. My concern came after my wife and I identifying homes that we were interested and living on the other side of the country. Alex eased that concern and completely removed it with professional, well informed, and knowledgeable walk-through videos of the homes. The narration and explanation of how properties were built in El Paso was really an impressive touch. This made our decision to view a few properties in person. Alex was very accommodating knowing that I only had the weekend to view properties and return to DC. He was on time, had a route planed, laid out and coordinated prior to my arrival the assured no delay or waste of time. This made our decision to purchase a viewed home easy. Offer was made and throughout the entire purchasing process, Alex kept me informed and at ease. I did not have a broker in Texas and finding one can be challenging. John provided me one but was very adamite about shopping around (which I did). I did however go with the lender John recommended. Mr. Cord Slocum at Lendplicity Mortgage. Cord and his team kept me engaged and assisted me in receiving the lowest rate available utilizing my VA Loan. Again, living in another state can have it challenges when closing on a home. Not for us......Alex was on top of everything in our physical absence and keeping up updated. Inspections, repairs, and providing another top-notch final walkthrough. This also included recommended pool service and landscapers as we would be moving into the home 30 days after purchase. Alex was there to present the keys and welcome us home when I arrived from DC. So, if you want a professional, dedicated and most importantly knowledgeable real estate team, Peña El Paso IS the only one. Again, start with following the YouTube Channel @LivingInElPasoTexas. So much information is on this channel that you can spend hours identifying things to know and questions to ask. This was really helpful in identifying where in El Paso you may like to live. Thank you TEAM Peña El Paso and a really big thank you to Alex Sosa. Your professionalism and patience were truly appreciated and allowed my wife and I to enjoy the home buying experience! We love our home to finally settle in and plant some roots. Very Thankful, Rob and Adriana

Rob Alviso

via Google · October 2025

We recently had the pleasure of working with John Peña from Peña Realty to sell our home in El Paso, and we couldn’t have been more impressed. From start to finish, John demonstrated exceptional professionalism and expertise. He guided us through every step of the process, from the initial staging advice to the final closing details. John’s approach was thorough and thoughtful. He arranged for stunning professional photography, including drone footage and 3D images that showcased our home beautifully. Even more impressively, he managed all of this while we were out of town, coordinating contractors for needed repairs and even catching a water main issue that needed prompt attention. He made sure the property was always in top shape and handled all the logistics seamlessly. In the end, we got excellent value for our home, and it was a smooth, stress-free experience thanks to John’s dedication and knowledge. We highly recommend Peña Realty to anyone looking to buy or sell in the area. Thank you, John, for making this such a positive journey for us.

Army Piper

via Google · October 2025

Good to know

Frequently asked questions

What experience does Peña El Paso Realty Group have?

Peña El Paso Realty Group has helped hundreds of El Paso families buy and sell homes since John launched the team in 2020. Work splits roughly evenly between buyer and seller representation, and we cover all seven of El Paso's major submarkets (West Side, Upper Valley, Northeast, East, Far East, Horizon/Socorro, Central/Downtown, and Lower Valley). Our specialties: Fort Bliss PCS and military relocation (including remote, sight-unseen purchases coordinated through video walkthroughs), out-of-state relocation, new construction in Horizon City and Eastlake, and seller representation. John is a Military Relocation Professional (MRP) and runs 'Living in El Paso Texas' on YouTube, which has more than 10,000 subscribers, 90 neighborhood guides, and 1M+ lifetime views.

How long has Peña El Paso Realty Group been in business?

John David Peña earned his Texas real estate license in 2020 and founded Peña El Paso Realty Group the same year. The team has been closing El Paso transactions every year since. Partner Alejandro Sosa joined in 2022 and rounded out the team's bilingual capability and new-construction specialization.

What makes Peña El Paso Realty Group different from other El Paso realtors?

Three things. First, local depth: John grew up in El Paso and runs the "Living in El Paso Texas" YouTube channel (10,000+ subscribers, 1M+ lifetime views), so when we talk about Fort Bliss commute times or which SISD elementary is strongest, it's firsthand knowledge. Second, military specialization: we close more Fort Bliss PCS deals than most agents see in a career, including remote and sight-unseen purchases. Third, bilingual capability: Alejandro handles contracts, negotiations, and closings in English or Spanish.

Does Peña El Paso work with military buyers and VA loans?

Yes. Fort Bliss PCS is a core specialty. We've helped hundreds of service members and their families move to El Paso, including remote and sight-unseen purchases coordinated through video walkthroughs. We know BAH, VA loan requirements, PCS timelines, on-base versus off-base math, and which neighborhoods work for which gate. Our full Fort Bliss PCS guide lives at penaelpaso.com/military.

What areas of El Paso does Peña El Paso Realty Group cover?

All of El Paso County: El Paso city, Horizon City, Socorro, and Canutillo. The team is active across every major submarket: West Side, Upper Valley, Northeast, East, Far East, Horizon/Socorro, Central/Downtown, and Lower Valley. We also handle listings and buyers in outlying areas when they come up.

Does the Peña El Paso team speak Spanish?

Yes. Partner Alejandro Sosa is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and handles contracts, negotiations, and closings in either language. In a city where roughly 80% of the population is Hispanic and a large share of buyers and sellers prefer Spanish, bilingual service isn't optional. It's how you actually serve the El Paso community.

What is the "Living in El Paso Texas" YouTube channel?

"Living in El Paso Texas" is the YouTube channel John created in 2020 to answer the relocation questions he kept getting from out-of-state buyers. It now has 10,000+ subscribers and over 1 million lifetime views. Topics cover neighborhood walkthroughs, school district breakdowns, cost of living, Fort Bliss PCS guides, new construction tours, and straight talk about what it's actually like to live in El Paso. It's one of the most comprehensive video resources on the city.

Who is Peña El Paso Realty Group's broker?

Peña El Paso Realty Group operates under Home Pros Real Estate Group, broker license #9009766. John David Peña (TX license #0733512) is the founder, owner, and team lead. Alejandro Sosa (TX license #0777117) is a partner and bilingual agent.

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