Helping People Find Home
More than 40 years of experience. A lifetime of service. A passion for helping people find home.
For more than four decades, Mario Trejo Romero has helped people find more than a house. He has helped them find a place to belong, build memories, and create a place to call home.
As the founder of Romero & Co. at The Melcher Agency, Mario has built his career on trust, integrity, and genuine relationships. He believes buying or selling a home is one of life’s most important decisions and that every client deserves an experience built on honesty, education, compassion, and respect.
Born and raised in Arizona’s West Valley, Mario grew up in a migrant farmworker family alongside his parents, three brothers, and two sisters. Following seasonal crops throughout Arizona, he learned firsthand the value of hard work, perseverance, education, and helping others. Those experiences shaped not only the professional he would become, but the person he strives to be every day.
Since beginning his real estate career in 1983, Mario has guided generations of buyers, sellers, and investors through changing markets and life’s biggest transitions. His philosophy is simple: listen before speaking, educate before advising, and always place the client’s interests first. He believes informed clients make confident decisions.
Today, that philosophy extends throughout Romero & Co., where every relationship is built on communication, collaboration, and personalized service. Together, Mario and his team are committed to making every client feel informed, respected, and empowered from the first conversation through closing and beyond.
In addition to leading Romero & Co., Mario proudly serves as a Real Estate Commissioner for the Maricopa County Superior Court, a court-appointed position reflecting the confidence placed in his expertise, professional judgment, and integrity.
Mario is a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), a Howard Brinton Starpower Star, and has served in leadership positions with the Arizona Association of REALTORS®, Phoenix Association of REALTORS®, the Certified Residential Specialist organization, the Hispanic Association of Real Estate Professionals, and the National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals. Throughout his career, he has championed professionalism, ethics, fair housing, diversity, inclusion, and expanding opportunities for homeownership.
His commitment to service extends far beyond real estate. Mario has devoted countless hours to organizations supporting affordable housing, historic preservation, arts and culture, education, neighborhood revitalization, and community development throughout Arizona. He believes strong communities are created when people invest in one another, preserve the places that tell their stories, and leave every neighborhood better than they found it.
Throughout his career, Mario has measured success not by the number of homes he has sold, but by the relationships he has built and the lives he has had the privilege to touch. Whether helping a first-time buyer, mentoring a fellow professional, or serving on a nonprofit board, he believes that when you genuinely help others succeed, life has a way of returning that kindness in abundance.
Mario also believes everyone deserves to feel welcome. No matter your background, your story, or where you are in life’s journey, you deserve to work with someone who listens, respects your goals, and advocates for your best interests. His commitment is to create an experience where every client feels safe, seen, heard, and supported.
Because home is more than a place.
It’s where life happens.
And for more than 40 years, helping people find home has been Mario Trejo Romero’s life’s work.
Realtor/ executive operations assistant
Cell: (602)-642-7999
Email: NicholasLewisRealty@gmail.com
A Phoenix native, Nicholas Lewis was born and raised in the Shadow Mountain area and has called the Valley home his entire life. Having grown up alongside a changing and expanding Phoenix, he developed a deep appreciation for the communities and neighborhoods that make the Valley home. That connection now sits at the heart of his career in real estate, where he has the opportunity to help others find a place here to call their own.
Before entering the industry, Nicholas spent nearly a decade teaching swimming and water safety and later worked in elementary education, experiences that shaped his patient, communicative, and people-first approach. Ready to begin the next chapter of his own life outside of education, Nicholas found real estate to be a natural opportunity to carry those skills into a new career centered around people, community, and the city he knows best. A graduate of Arizona State University with a B.A. in English, he brings that same focus on communication to helping his clients feel informed and confident throughout the real estate process.
Born in Iowa and raised in Nebraska, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1969 and served until August 1973. Following his military service, he settled in Phoenix before moving to Long Beach, California, in 1980. After 10 wonderful years in California, he returned to the place he considers home: Phoenix, Arizona.
In 1997, he joined Mario’s real estate team and has since built decades of experience helping clients navigate every stage of a real estate transaction. He serves as a liaison between clients, vendors, and other parties, coordinating appraisals, inspections, and appointments while helping clients understand the results and next steps. His experience allows him to anticipate potential challenges and address them before they create uncertainty for his clients.
A member of Phoenix REALTORS®, he has been fortunate to help people throughout the Valley purchase their dream homes and successfully sell their properties.
Outside of real estate, he enjoys being a devoted plant dad and taking on projects around the house.
