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Austin Siebert-Realtor 🏡 Top 2% Austin Realtor
📚 Real Estate Instructor @ Champions School
🤝 Siebert Group | Douglas Elliman
🔑 I taught your Realtor. Real Estate Agent

Now I teach you.
🎶 Opera Singer | 🏹 Archer | 🏳️‍🌈 | 🐱 Cat Dad

https://thesiebertgroup.com/

10/23/2026

If you’re buying new construction, do you really need a Realtor?

Absolutely. 🏗️🏡

There’s a lot more to consider than the floor plan and beautiful model home.

Is the property located in a special taxing district? How many phases does the builder have planned, and how many years could construction continue around you? What happens when you want to sell but the builder is still offering brand-new homes nearby?

And then comes the design center. Which upgrades are worth paying for? Which could help with resale? Which should you skip?

The builder has professionals representing its interests. You should have someone looking out for yours.

10/21/2026

I didn’t exactly stumble into real estate. I’m a third-generation Realtor, so you could say it’s in my blood. 🏡

Over the years, two pieces of advice from my family have stayed with me.

My grandfather always believed in surrounding yourself with people who are more knowledgeable than you are. There is always someone you can learn from.

My mother taught me that one of the most important skills in a real estate transaction is simply listening — really hearing what your client wants and understanding what the other side needs.

Those lessons have shaped the way I approach this business, and I’m incredibly proud to carry a little bit of my family into every transaction.

10/19/2026

When you’re looking at a house online, pay attention to more than the beautiful photos. 🏡👀

Ask yourself: What AREN’T they showing me?

If there are 40 gorgeous interior photos but nothing showing the exterior or backyard, there may be a reason. If a particular room is missing, make a mental note to look at it carefully when you visit.

And there’s one thing listing photography can never capture: smell. 👃

Photos are designed to show a home at its best. That’s why seeing the property in person — and knowing what to look for — matters.

10/16/2026

Here’s something you might not expect to hear from a Realtor:

Sometimes you should WAIT to buy the house. 🏡

Yes, that means I don’t get paid. But buying a home needs to make sense for YOU.

If purchasing would drain your savings, your job situation is uncertain, you’re planning to move again soon, or you’re brand new to the area and don’t even know which neighborhoods you like yet — waiting may be the smarter decision.

Rent. Explore. Save. Get settled.

Then, when the time is right, we’ll find the right house.

Good real estate advice shouldn’t depend on whether the agent gets a commission.

10/14/2026

What’s the deal with surveys when you’re buying a house? 🏡📐

If there’s already a survey for the property, don’t automatically assume you’ll need to pay for a new one.

Your lender may require a survey, and the title company will review the existing survey for title purposes. Make sure you have the actual survey with the surveyor’s official certification/seal.

If the existing survey meets the necessary requirements, it may be usable. If not, a new survey may need to be ordered.

It’s one of those little details that can cause a headache before closing if no one catches it early!

10/12/2026

That Realtor you found on social media might look fantastic — but have you actually vetted them? 🏡🔎

Before choosing an agent, I recommend doing three things:

Check their license and disciplinary history through TREC.

Look for their production history through RealTrends Verified.

If you’re hiring a big team, ask exactly WHO will be representing you. Don’t assume the experienced agent you see all over social media will personally handle your transaction.

Marketing can make someone look successful. Do your homework and make sure the experience behind the marketing is there, too.

10/09/2026

Turns out, opera and real estate have a lot more in common than you’d think. 🎭🏡

As a professional opera singer, I learned how to:

🎶 Perform under pressure
🎶 Really listen — to what’s being said AND what isn’t
🎶 Work with a whole cast of personalities toward one goal

Sound familiar?

In real estate, the stage may be different, but the skills are the same. When the pressure is on, negotiations get complicated, and there are a dozen people involved in getting you to the closing table — I know how to keep the show moving.

From curtain up to CLOSED. 👏

10/07/2026

Price is the first lever people reach for because it's the only one a seller fully controls. That doesn't make it the problem.

The photos, all shot from one corner at one time of day. The first frame, and what it actually shows someone scrolling. Access, because any showing friction at all is a filter you didn't mean to install. And the description, and whether it answers the obvious objection or steps around it.

A price cut fixes a pricing problem. It doesn't fix a presentation problem, it just pays for one.

And if you are going to drop, drop sooner. The longer you wait, the less you net.

If yours is sitting, message me and I'll tell you what else it might be.

10/05/2026

Waiving the inspection was a 2021 decision. It's a bad 2026 one.

For a while it was rational. Not smart, rational. More buyers than houses, and the only lever most people had was taking friction out of their own offer.

That era ended and the habit outlived it. Inventory sits now. Sellers are negotiating. The leverage moved and plenty of buyers are still writing offers as though it hadn't.

Competing on price is a strategy. Competing by agreeing to know less about the biggest purchase of your life isn't a strategy, it's a concession.

If anyone tells you to waive, ask them what specifically about this house and this seller makes it necessary.

Pass this along if you know someone in the middle of it right now.

10/02/2026

There's one line on the seller's disclosure I read before any of the others.

Previous water pe*******on. Not because water is the most expensive thing that can be wrong, but because it's the most concealing. It sits behind findings in the framing, the flooring, the HVAC, the crawlspace.

And the answer people give is very often accurate and incomplete at the same time. "Yes, previously repaired" isn't an answer. It's the start of five questions: repaired by whom, when, was it permitted, is there an invoice, and is the source still there.

One line, five follow-ups, and a fair share of the time the answers change what the house is worth to you.

Ask me if you've got one of these forms in front of you and something on it is bothering you.

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Austin, TX
78703

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