Hello, I’m Michelle Hotchkiss…

Michelle Hotchkiss

a 4th generation Tucsonan and 3rd Generation Realtor. I have a penchant for historic & vintage properties and specialize in Tucson's Atomic Mid-Century & Mid-Century Modern properties - Atomic Ranch, MCM, Brick and Burnt Adobe Ranches and Bungalows.

As a member of MAPP - Tucson's Modern Architecture Preservation Project, I have helped identify and preserve a part of Tucson's architectural history, as well as a co-founder and co-chair of the annual Tucson Modernism Week event, curating the home tour and other special events.
I spent 8 years combined in Los Angeles and New York City, where I worked as photography editor and location scout for advertising campaigns and in editorial publishing. I got home-sick and returned to the beautiful Southwest in 2007.

I specialise in: Buyers Agent, Listing Agent, Relocation, Certified Military Relocation Specialist 

  • "Best Realtor in Tucson for MidCentury modern and historic properties. Specializing in atomicranch, mcm, burnt adobe and brick homes. If there's a cool property anywhere in southern Arizona, she knows it. Atomic Tucson, is all about Modern Tucson!"

    MICHELLE H

  • "Michelle with Atomic Tucson knows her Mid Century era homes and always has leads. I used her to sell my 1958 home and to buy my 1953 home in Tucson. She knew what I was looking for. She is very outgoing and easy to work with. She is always willing to go the extra mile. I would use her again!"

    KACEE N

  • "Michelle has excellent knowledge of the mid century and historic market in Tucson. She has helped me to purchase several architectural significant properties to restore and live in. You won't be disappointed if you have her list your home, as I did, or help you find a hot property...as she did several times for me. She studies the market and went in to homeowners with my wish list and found homes before they hit the market. The contract price on one of our purchases was above the bank appraisal and Michelle was able to negotiate and have the seller reduce the price to meet appraisal. Her knowledge of mid century architects and builders in Tucson, are far beyond any agents I have encountered or worked with. She responds by email, text, and Facebook 24/7 when ever anything changes or just to keep me up to date on the process. She is always responsive to my needs or requests to view homes on Zillow or MLS. I haven't found a specialized realtor like Michelle in Tucson!"

    WES A

  • "Michelle went above board in helping with the sale of my house. I was an absent client and depended on her to do everything from cleaning up the property to staging it. I entrusted her to the whole project. She was on every item that came up. I never had a worry. She is positive, personable, smart, attentive to every detail, and compassionate."

    WENDY C

  • "Her Roladex, knowledge of the market (especially for mid-century architecture) and stamina are awe-inspiring. Out of towners, we knew we wanted to work with Michelle from faithfully following her Atomic Tucson blog for a year before we approached her via text. She took us on without hesitation and remained a dedicated helpmate in our quest to relocate to Tucson from southern New Mexico, despite its many twists and disappointing turns. We now consider her a friend and highly recommend her professional services."

    DIANA T

  • "Michelle is amazing! Not only does she have a wealth of knowledge about Tucson Midcentury neighborhoods and their builders and architects, she always has her clients best interest at heart. She has handled 4 transactions for me with the utmost in integrity, professionalism and most importantly, little effort on my part. Her knowledge and boundless enthusiasm makes what is normally a stressful process easy and great fun! I can’t recommend her highly enough..."

    GARY H

  • "Michelle has helped my family buy several properties over the years and she has always been awesome to work with! She never rushed us into anything and was patient sending us listings to helping us schedule showings. She helped us line up financing . 100/100!!"

    ARTHUR V

  • "Michelle is incredible and intuitive. She gets to know her clients and understands their needs and wants before she matches houses to her clients. Over the past ten years, she has found great houses that not only met our needs but matched our personalities to the characters of the houses. We will continue to use her in the future."

    TIMOTHY N

  • "Michelle worked with us on a sale of our home as well as the purchase of the next one. She’s great to work with and worked hard on our listing with lots of great photos and marketing. We didn’t want open houses and she accommodated a ton of showings which generated 8 offers. She did a great job for us. Also helped with our purchase and negotiated a nice credit during the inspection phase. She’s become a good friend."

    KEVIN B