On Wednesday March 23 it was REALTOR® Day at the Capitol! What an exciting event. They haven’t held one for 4 years now and the next one will be in two years! There were over 3,500 REALTOR® participants from Texas and I was thrilled to be one of them.Can you imagine a BBQ lunch for these hungry REALTORS??The Capitol is getting a full roof replacement which hasn’t occurred in 75 years!The Texas REALTORS® have a list of legislative priorities for the 88th Texas Legislature. This publication highlights the areas of interest being monitored during the 2023 session.               This was a shot of us from our office who went! We covered a variety of topics including property taxes (increasing homestead exemption and 65+), school property tax rate compression, repealing the “lookback tax,” i... 03/23/2023

This month Patricia Feager and Kathleen Daniels are hosting the March challenge titled  "March to a Solution | ActiveRain March 2023 Challenge"  Patricia and Kathleen are requesting us to share issues encountered during our professional career in Real Estate, which may help others to avoid and hopefully resolve. This is my third entry.Years ago I listed a home for a divorced man who was giddy with his new fiancé. He had been divorced for a while and met a lovely woman in the community. They made the decision her house would work better for them so he was selling his and then would move in with her.A photo shoot was scheduled, brochures were completed and the house listed. I held an open house that was well attended. An agent called me and said she had a buyer interested and wanted to kn... 03/19/2023

Thursday March 23rd, Coldwell Banker in Austin will be holding an agent panel discussing agent best practices in the Austin Board Of Realtors Meeting Room. It's a good way to share and discuss the array of Coldwell Banker tools at our disposal and share what specifically works for us.       I’m excited to be included in the group of panelists and know we will learn from each other and through audience participation. Covering an array of topics will be beneficial: How do we prepare for a listing? Do you do a one or two step listing appointment and why? What are your most successful branding techniques? How do you prospect? What tool is the most effective? It's going to be a fun and eventful learning experience! Knowledge is power! 03/21/2023

February was a crazy month, especially with our ice storm in early February; Our NW Coldwell Banker office crushed it with an incredible 29 agents eligible for the February  Million Dollar Club by listing, writing business or closing sales of 1 million or more! We are adapting to the shift in the market of longer days on market, lower list prices, and increased inventory.  It’s exciting to see everyone's hard work in servicing their clients.     I love working in an office where everyone works together in a culture of awesomeness, celebrating each other's success and encouraging each other to grow. With the changing market we are exchanging information daily/weekly on what we are seeing in different price points and areas of Austin.Knowledge is power and people need information and guid... 03/18/2023