EMALUISA BUSTAMANTE
With more than eight years of real estate experience, Emaluisa represents buyers, sellers, and investors throughout San Diego. Her approach combines strategic market insight with highly personalized service—ensuring each client receives thoughtful guidance, strong negotiation, and seamless execution from start to finish.
As a La Jolla resident, Emaluisa offers both deep local knowledge and genuine community involvement, especially within two of the city’s finest academic institutions, The Bishop’s School and The Gillispie School. Her leadership proficiencies have affected positive changes even beyond the classroom and dovetail with her philanthropic spirit as a board member on multiple charitable organizations. Emaluisa’s kind and generous nature is further enhanced by the donations she makes in her clients’ names to a charity of their choosing after each closed transaction.
In addition to residential real estate, Emaluisa is an owner and board member across commercial, industrial, and hospitality sectors, giving her a sophisticated perspective on valuation, asset positioning, and long-term wealth strategy—allowing her to advise clients across a diverse range of opportunities.
Fluent in Spanish as well as English, Emaluisa represents clients in both languages with expertise, integrity, and compassion.
Testimonials
IMPLY THE BEST: Emaluisa is simply the best! I could not have ever imagined a better human and real estate agent to guide us on this crazy property owning journey in San Diego. We met two and a half years ago on Instagram, virtually house hunted through a pandemic, made countless offers in the hottest real estate market in history, experienced a devastating escrow meltdown in 2021, and now finally have come out the other side property owners in Mission Bay Park, San Diego!! The best part is I now own land AND have an amazing friend for life!
LAUREN MICHELLE | BUYER | SAN DIEGO
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Ema has been an excellent broker for us. We were very selective and had a very specific idea of the home we wanted. She was patient and worked very hard with us to find that right house. She would arrange to get us in to see any house we were interested in on a moments notice and efficiently and quickly submitted several offers during our house hunting journey (lasting about a year). She was also very knowledgeable about making our offer to have the most advantage in consideration. We credit her 100% in getting us our home; perfect in every way.
CLAYTON CASIPIT | BUYER | LA JOLLA
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It was a pleasure and a privilege to be able to work with Emmaluisa. Her disposition, joyfulness, experience, kindness, patience and unconditional good attitude the whole time were amazing. We feel blessed and very grateful to have her helping us all the way. We consider Emmaluisa not only a very professional real estate agent but a dear friend to whom we recommend one hundred percent !!
JORGE ALMADA | BUYER & SELLER | DOWNTOWN, SAN DIEGO
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Very professional, effective and comprehensive service. She exceeded expectations. The result was a successful purchase, at or below the desired price range and very efficiently concluded with assistance for cosmetic upgrades prior to moving in.
ED BAKER | BUYER | LA JOLLA
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The best real estate agent we have ever work with. Ethical, professional, with excellent knowledge of the market and every step of the negotiations as well. We really recommend buying/selling/renting any property through her, the best in her field.
ISABEL ALMADA | BUYER & SELLER | MISSION VALLEY, SAN DIEGO
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My family and I relocated to America, and Emaluisa to help us find a home in San Diego. She is exceptionally knowledgeable, accommodating and helpful. She was invaluable for our transition into a new country. Once we signed the contracts, she helped us to conduct a thorough walk-thru of the property, and she was always checking up on us to see if we're doing okay. Emaluisa has been my first pleasant experience with a professional realtor, that had my interests and stayed within my budget. On top of that, Emaluisa has a foundation, so a portion of her earnings go to a nonprofit that does extraordinary work for orphan children. I truly recommend her!
MAURO MONARRIS | BUYER | NORTH COUNTY, SAN DIEGO