Having lived most of my life in the Southwest I still find unending fascination in this region and the landscape, culture, history, art, and architecture that have drawn so many others here.

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Rick Goettel    
Associate Broker            
SusanHarrisRealty.com
505-629-1167

With 18 years living, working, and raising a daughter in Santa Fe, Rick has an in-depth knowledge of Santa Fe and the surrounding environs to help both residents and people new to Santa Fe find the areas and neighborhoods that will best suit them. 

His ease in working with clients and first-hand knowledge of design and building is born of experience—having worked with hundreds of clients on their renovations, many in historic districts. Whether considering a home or land on which to build, Rick is very capable of assisting clients in seeing the hidden possibilities and potential of a property, be they buyers or sellers. 

Having lived most of my life in the Southwest I still find unending fascination in this region and the landscape, culture, history, art, and architecture that have drawn so many others here. 

In architecture, I appreciate the range of design from traditional simple adobes that you find scattered about the Southwest, to the contemporary rammed-earth houses being done by architects such as Tucson’s Rick Joy, or even the visionary work of Paolo Soleri. Each style is wonderfully adapted to the desert environment. 

In my reading time, I enjoy such Southwestern writers as Charles Bowden, Carl Lumholtz, Ann Zwinger, Edward Abbey, and others deeply rooted in this area’s ambience and landscape. 

As a parent of a teenage daughter, I appreciate that Santa Fe offers a blend of small town intimacy with the cultural advantages of a much larger city. Being able to have her experience such groups as Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance or the Lannan Foundation’s offerings at the Lensic Theater and the following week get away within a few hours to explore hidden cliff dwellings and petroglyphs in the canyons of southeast Utah or hike and camp in the high mountains of Colorado has been a great opportunity to broaden her understanding of this world.