Hope to see you at our Lakeway open house 3-5pm Sunday, 6/17! 15205 Parakeet

You are invited to visit the open house of a great property in Lakeway this Sunday, 6/17, from 3-5pm! Visit the video tour here: http://youtu.be/D428kjWt-bM You have to see this spectacular home to believe it! The home has 2 master suites and is situated on 2 lots (larger than half an acre!) with a breathtaking panoramic view of the hill country! No one can build on the vacant lot behind house. The ~700 sq ft of outdoor living space boasts an inviting fire pit, grill, and sink. The 2nd master up offers a fantastic in-law plan and is adjacent to a spacious game room with wet bar and viewing deck. The home is adorned with high-end design elements, including contemporary kitchen and bathroom features like granite and stainless steel appliances and an abundance of maple cabinets, plus ceilings with recessed lighting, travertine tiles in the bathrooms, and stained & scored concrete and bamboo wood floors throughout the home. At less than $140/sq. ft., you won't find a more stunning value in Lakeway! Please visit our open house on Sunday, June 17, 2012, from 3-5pm.

Visit Our Lakeway Open House - Sunday, 5/27, noon to 2pm!

Please come visit our open house on Sunday, 5/27, from noon to 2pm at this spectacular home with 2 master bedrooms located on 2 lots (.6+ acres). Breathtaking panoramic view! No one can build on vacant lot behind house. 700 sq ft of outdoor living space with fire pit, grill, sink. 2nd master up with spacious game room with wet bar and viewing deck. Fantastic in-law plan. Stained & scored concrete and bamboo wood floors throughout the home. Granite & stainless in kitchen with tons of maple cabinets, travertine in bathrooms and more! The fabulous outdoor living space was designed by Austin Outdoor Design (http://www.austinlivesoutdoors.com/).

Open House - Fabulous Georgetown Condo - 5/26/12 from Noon to 2pm

Please visit our open house at this beautiful Georgetown condo this Saturday, 5/26, from noon to 2pm. Beautiful Mediterranean-style condo with open floor plan, soaring ceilings and tall windows with abundant natural lighting. The home boasts a warm interior with ample upgrades, including built-ins, a wood-burning fireplace, huge closets, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances & granite counters in the gourmet kitchen, master bath steam shower, travertine floors & more! Enjoy a tranquil view from a spacious terrace overlooking nature preserve and the quiet of no upstairs neighbors. Centrally located.

Beautiful Lakeway Home on Generous Lot - Incredible Views, Great Outdoor Living Space & 2nd Master - Priced Below Lakeway Average!

You have to see this spectacular home to believe it! The home has 2 master suites and is situated on 2 lots (larger than half an acre!) with a breathtaking panoramic view of the hill country! No one can build on the vacant lot behind house. The ~700 sq ft of outdoor living space boasts an inviting fire pit, grill, and sink. The 2nd master up offers a fantastic in-law plan and is adjacent to a spacious game room with wet bar and viewing deck. The home is adorned with high-end design elements, including contemporary kitchen and bathroom features like granite and stainless steel appliances and an abundance of maple cabinets, plus ceilings with recessed lighting, travertine tiles in the bathrooms, and stained & scored concrete and bamboo wood floors throughout the home. At less than $140/sq. ft., you won't find a more stunning value in Lakeway! Please visit our open house on Sunday, May 6, 2012, from 2-4pm and we also invite agents to join us on the Lakeway Realtor tour on May 4, 2012 (see ABOR site for more details). For more property photos, please visit: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/15205-Parakeet-St_Austin_TX_78734_M76012-50311

America's Ugliest Homes

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One of our favorite things to do is to help investors renovate ugly homes and turn them into great havens for renters (or for themselves!) or flip them for a profit.  HomeVestors, which buys beat-up homes, fixes them up and resells them, is looking for the nation's ugliest home. Check out the link to see the 6 candidates for them on CNNMoney.com. 

We have never seen a kitchen in this level of squalor, but we've seen some pretty interesting things.  After wading through left-over beverages and appetizers in a gorgeous downtown Austin condo after New Year's Eve, to tiptoeing around holes in floorboards in East Austin rehabs, to counting dead frogs in an abandoned swimming pool, nothing surprises us anymore.  And there's nothing more fun than finding one of these abandoned and forsaken houses and envisioning it renovated to a new level of splendor. 

If you are looking for a a great deal on a home in Austin for yourself or a turnkey investment property (either a hold and cashflow model, or a flipping model), we can help you find both the "ugly homes" in need of TLC as well as gorgeous move-in ready homes that just happen to be priced at a ridiculously low percentage of their tax values.  Our recommended subcontractors will fix them up and our property management partner will take care of the hassles of renting them out if you're not ready to move straight in yourself.

See our latest deal sheet at http://www.austinresidentialproperties.com/AustinRealEstateDeals.html and reach out if you are in the market for a fantastic Austin real estate deal!

Austin Real Estate Flat Fee MLS Listing Service and For Sale by Owner (FSBO) Support Program

Today, Austin Residential Properties launched a highly competitive flat-fee MLS listing service (starting at $299) and For Sale by Owner Plus (FSBO+) Program to help homeowners sell their homes more cost-effectively than by traditional means, which typically costs homeowners up to 6% of the sales price in agent commissions.

According to the National Association of Realtors, 89% of people use the internet to find a home, 38% of home buyers first learned about the house they bought from the internet, and the internet is the highest-used method for locating a home (higher even than contacting a real estate agent). Therefore, developing a strong presence for your home on the internet is a key driver for maximizing the exposure of your home to potential buyers.

"Although buyers also use other resources, they generally start the search process online and then contact an agent..." (NAR)

Since only 11% of home buyers find a home from driving by a house or attending an open house, home sellers are increasingly relying on the internet to help buyers find and fall in love with their properties. If the internet is such an important sales driver, and owners are willing to provide some simple on-site sales support, it becomes rather difficult to justify paying agents 6% in commissions to sell your house.

That's where the flat-fee listing service from Austin Residential Properties comes into play. For a nominal fee of $299, we'll list your home in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), on Austin Home Search, and on Realtor.com.

59% of home buyers who search online utilize the local MLS service, but the other almost 30% use other online real estate sites like Zillow and Trulia. For $100 more, we'll maximize discoverability of your home on more than a dozen additional leading real estate online search and social media sites, including Yahoo! Real Estate, Zillow, Trulia, Postlets, Oodle, Hotpads, Front Door, Backpage, Vast, Enormo, Twitter and Facebook.

Why list with Austin Residential Properties instead of one of the many other flat-fee listing services?

The way your home is portrayed in MLS makes all the difference in the world and you shouldn't trust your listing (and the widespread online syndication of your listing) to just anyone. Our seller support team consists of a licensed Texas real estate broker with 30 years of experience listing and selling hundreds of homes in the Austin area partnered with a licensed agent with 15 years of marketing and social media experience. After we receive your features list, home photos and basic description wording, we'll review your listing to make sure your home is presented favorably and comprehensively to prospective buyers online. And, we'll provide you with a comprehensive guide entitled "Do You Really Need an Agent? How to Be More Competitive by Selling Your Home Yourself." Our guide provides staging and marketing tips, guidance to contracts and forms, and negotiation advice to help you manage the sales process from start to finish on your own. And if the process of selling your own home ever gets too daunting, we provide the following services to give you the expert assistance you need you while ensuring that you still save a considerable amount of money while selling your property:

• Comparative Market Assessment (CMA) and Pricing Recommendation - $250


• Professional Home Photography - $300


• Real Estate Flyer (we deliver a .pdf and can have flyers waiting for you to purchase at a copy shop) - $100


• Text Messaging and QR Code Campaign - $100


• Virtual Tour and Mobile Virtual Tour - $200


• Customized Yard Sign (yours to keep) and Realtor Lockbox (on loan for length of listing) - $300


• Negotiations and Assistance with Offer Paperwork - 1% of Sales Price

About Us

Austin Residential Properties was born out of a search-engine-friendly re-branding effort for a 30-year old Austin real estate business led by broker Jackie Clark, a former leading listing agent for Amelia Bullock in Austin, former agent with Coldwell Banker - Previews Division and RE/MAX, and owner of the successful Westlake-based boutique real estate agency, Jackie Clark Realtors. Jackie has lived in Austin for 30 years, has marketed and sold hundreds of homes in the Austin area, was named by Unique Homes Magazine as one of the top luxury real estate professionals in the country, and holds a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. Leading our marketing efforts is Elizabeth Clark, a real estate agent with 15 years of marketing and social media experience, history crafting deals with internet giants like Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, eBay and Amazon, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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