Realty Austin – East

Rick Rabon is the best – smart advice, savvy negotiation, assertive with selling agent on my behalf, tenacious on addressing every detail throughout, trustworthy, quick response times AND fun to work with. I consider myself very lucky to have found Rick. I’ve bought and sold lots of property over the years. Rick is the best agent I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Thank you Rick!

We loved everything about working with Keri Aladeniyi. This was our first time buying a house, and we had no idea what we were doing. On top of that, we were on a pretty tight budget. We were terrified of spending all this money only to wind up with a house we didn’t love and had to dump tons of money into just to make it livable. Keri was so understanding and supportive and said, «I’m going to do every thing I can to make sure that doesn’t happen.» We never felt pressured or rushed at any point. She was clearly focused on meeting our needs, not just making money. There were several times Keri could have let us a buy a house that would have given her a higher commission, but she talked us out of it because there were drawbacks we didn’t see or because it didn’t fit our goals. On the house we eventually purchased, we were ready to make a much higher offer. Keri calmed us down and assured us that we could make an aggressive offer without going as high as we wanted to. She turned out to be exactly right, saving us thousands of dollars and getting our offer accepted. I also appreciated that Keri never told us what we should or shouldn’t do. She did a great job of presenting pros and cons and let us make an informed decision for ourselves. She was also very responsive. She always got back to us within less than a day, usually within minutes even if we sent an email late at night. She was such a professional from the moment we first spoke with her.
The other aspect of working with Keri worth noting was her personality. Keri helped our best friends buy their first house in May 2014. They had to look at many houses a week for two months, so they spent a lot of time with Keri. Both of them talked often of how nice Keri was and how easy she was to be around. When my husband and I first started looking, we weren’t sure if we were ready to buy what we could afford at the time or if we wanted to wait and save up some more. Our friends immediately recommended Keri, but we weren’t ready to commit yet. We met with several realtors and had a bad experience with everyone. We were pressured to use their lenders or look at houses we weren’t interested in or didn’t think we could afford. When looking at houses, they often made the already uncomfortable feeling of looking inside someone’s home while they are there even more uncomfortable. Finally, we talked to Keri. From that first email and looking at that first house, it felt like spending time with an old friend. Keri made us laugh, listened to us, and navigated us through strangers’ houses in a way that made it feel welcoming and comfortable. She pointed out things that could need repair soon as well as brainstorming cool improvements we could make. I’m sure there are other agents who are also as professional as Keri was. But her charm and warmth were the icing on the cake. We both recommend Keri to all our friends, even if they say they already have an agent. And when the time comes for us to find another home, Keri is the only agent we ever want to work with.

We love our realtor, Yusuf Johnson!
From beginning to end he made us feel at ease with the home-​buying process. My boyfriend and I may be a huge headache for a joe-​shmoe realtor, but not for Yusuf. The biggest obstacle for anyone working with us is that we both travel twice a week (every week) for work, and often times are on the road from Sunday to late Friday. Everything up until closing was done electronically because of our busy schedules, and we even closed on a Saturday with Yusuf and the notary. He also was prompt in helping to resolve any problems and picked up the seller’s slack. Yusuf always took the initiative to get the ball rolling on things that needed to be done and kept us in the loop in all matters via texts, cell and email. As millennials, we can really appreciate someone who is flexible enough to use various platforms of communication. Yusuf is professional, polite, knowledgeable, and will brighten up any room. We highly recommend his services.

We came across Sara Warner through Realty Austin and although we were looking from out of state, she was quite persistent to follow up with us regularly to see if we needed help. Once we came to town to look at homes, she was right there and ready to help. Very personable, easy to get along with, fun to search for a home with (which can be downright stressful) and she just «got» us. Honest and genuine are two of the best words I could use to describe her, and that makes working with her easy. I would definitely recommend using her for your realtor because what you see is what you get and that means a lot these days.

Tali Randolph has been more than instrumental in the sanity of my family while going through the sell of our much loved, but out grown home, and purchase of our new one. We were a family of five living in a 2 bedroom home. As the head of a self employed, single income household, I appreciated her utmost honestly and knowledge to the market. She held great tact in relaying information and guiding us through the decisions we needed to make. Tali’s best attribute was helping us maintain a pulse on what may or may not be happening. With little confusion she helped us to understand the ‘Craziness’ that we know as the real estate market. I would highly recommend her for any real estate dealings no matter how big or small. Thank you, Tali! –The Fosters