Home for the Holidays

Steiner Family Spotlight: Lai Family
This month, I’d like to introduce you to the Lai Family: Jerry, Karen, Dylan and Jaxon along with their two tortoises: Cayenne and Pepper! (Rumor has it that Cayenne has escaped to the Golf Course so that he

10 Tips To Get Your Offer Accepted
The current market is tough for buyers…and it’s easy to get discouraged. Understand that you may have to make several offers before finding your next home and that you will be competing with multiple offers. In

St. Patrick’s Day
We love holidays around here like St. Patrick’s Day! It’s so much fun to do the little things while the kids are still little and let their imaginations run wild… There’s nothing like seeing the

36.27% Over List
On January 22nd, I toured this home with clients in NW Austin. The agent listed the home on a Thursday and blocked out all showings with the exception of two 2-hour open houses on Saturday

3 Things You Need to Know Get Your Home This Year
Well it sort of feels like Groundhog Day all over again… We had a bit of a slowdown in the market last year come summer and through the fall. (And by slow down, I just

State of the Market…
I can hardly believe it’s 2022 already… I know time seems to go faster with each passing year, but boy… 2021 was a whirlwind on so many levels! I hope it’s been a good start

What’s In Store for Real Estate In 2022?
This morning, I had a meeting with a local stager who happens to live in my neighborhood. We were talking about real estate in 2022, where the market is headed, interest rates, and so on… So,

Can Turkeys Really Fly?
Yesterday, I was chaperoning a field trip to a farm with my daughter out at Crows Nest Farm! All the children were smitten with the “100-year-old” turkey(who was really only 10 years old in turkey

Halloween 2021
Of all the seasons, I have always LOVED the fall the most! And Halloween was always such a favorite growing up. Pre-kids, we used to have “Trick or Drink” in our old neighborhood where all the adults

The New Tax Proposal
One of the CPAs that we work with sent out an update on the new tax proposal that was released last week… There’s a long way to go before any of it becomes law and

9/11 Never Forget
I’ll never forget the morning of 9/11… I was fast asleep when my Nokia flip phone rang with my best friend on the other end of the line asking me if I “had the TV

Austin Market Update: August 2021
I wanted to share some information on what’s going on in the Austin real estate market and how it’s impacting both buyers and sellers! First and foremost, according to Nerdwallet, Austin is still in the