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Every step of our first home buying experience was amazing due to Chris Johnsons dedication to not only helping us find our perfect home but every step after all the way through closing and now even after helping us find contractorsfor things we want done. I would highly recommend him if you’re looking to purchase a home and if we ever plan on moving he will be my first call! Thank you Chris for everything!

My husband and I had an excellent experience working with Tara McGuire on both selling our home and buying a new home. We were impressed with how extremely knowledgeable Tara is about the market. She knew exactly how to price our home and, like she predicted, we had multiple above asking offers within a few days. She also provide very helpful suggestions on how to prepare and stage our home that we are certain made all the difference. She was very communicative and kept us apprised every step of the way. We highly recommend Tara!

Ashley Vavasour is a gem! We researched Austin realtors extensively before choosing Eric Bramlett Real Estate Agency and based on their performance and reviews we connected with Ashley – we never looked back and are delighted with the results. I can only imagine how much easier a local client who is also not a first time buyer must be, but Ashley not only listened carefully to our unique needs and concerns, she helped educate us on the dynamic Austin real estate market. She was supportive of our needs every step of the way. With Ashley’s help we were able to confidently purchase a beautiful home remotely. I can only say due to our schedules this was an enormous help and relief. If you’re searching for an agent to work with, go with Ashley. She will be able to help get the home you’re after and she’s a pleasure to work with.

Worked with Will for our first house purchase years ago and again to sell our house this year. He did helps us to provide a decent offer when we purchased our first house. We used him again based on reviews and his first meeting knowledge and valuable opinions as seller agent, we were pleased by his recommendations and advise. We followed his advice by what are highly recommended to renovate and what to avoid renovate not to waste money to increase house value. It was a bit unfortunate that the house we purchased has less privacy and smaller backyard that we didn’t consider and not in a good market. And we were in a hurry to sell house so did not go through other major renovations. The selling process is not a pleasant experience because of several potential buyers side issues and inexperienced buyer agent, but Will helped us to go through the offer and ensure to protect our benefits during negotiation period. Without Will, we probably would take the wrong step to over renovate or not renovate the house. I still highly recommend working with him based on both selling and buying experience.

Recently, my husband and I decided to take a life changing step and move to the Austin area for a job opportunity. We had never been here before and had no idea what to expect. We also decided to set up a more permanent situation and buy our first house. We had no idea where to start or what to do. Thankfully, we reached out to a friend of ours that had relocated to the Austin area a few years ago and she referred us to Craig McGuire with Bramlett Real Estate. All I can say is WOW! Craig knows what he’s doing and took our fears/worries/anxieties and put them all to rest. He walked us through each and every step, always made us feel in control of our choices, educated us on how selling the property or renting it out in the future would look like, and even gave us decorating/home maintenance advice if we saw a challenging area of a home we weren’t sure what to do with. The passion Craig shows in what he does stood out to me over everything. Each and every house we looked at, he seemed just as excited as we were to open the door and see what was inside. Every time we saw a new property, having Craig with us made us feel like we were looking at a house with an expert friend. He never left us hanging, always answered our questions, (we had thousands of course), and made us feel like we were his best and only clients! If you are still reading this, then grab the phone, call Craig, get the keys to your dream house and start living!

All I can say is Jeff was great. We were looking for a condo in the UT campus area.We had received several mailers from area realtors/brokers who target out of state students about the benefits and requirements for obtaining in state tuition. I set them aside and thought about all the advantages of, one, getting out of the UT dorms in COVID environment, and two, in state tuition. Our daughter absolutely loves Austin and knew that is where she wanted to attend. Her program is a 5 year program so we knew she’d be in for the long haul. I found Jeff, and your brokerage firm through a Google search and Jeff promptly returned my call. I had already identified a few properties that were of interest and Jeff was great at giving me feedback since I was out of state. He was readily available to show the properties to my daughter. Jeff knew my concerns with the dense population of west campus and the “party-Greek life”, security concerns, re-sale, and our desire to have a more “quite older neighborhood/community”. Since we were cash buyers and the property we purchased was fairly active with showings, he wrote the contract fast and negotiated it for us over the weekend, even on a UT game day! I understand his love and loyalty to UT eventhough we are Sooners. When it came to closing and inspection, Jeff made several recommendations of service providers and I couldn’t be happier with any of them.He was extremely patient with us since we were out of state buyers and I feel he genuinely looked out for our best interest. He was quick to respond and research concerns I had about a recent demolition next to the property and what could potentially be developed in the space. Although it is too early to tell, he took the effort to research the issue. Additionally, he was able to make contact for me with the HOA which was difficult for me to get a call back. I feel like I could always call on Jeff with any questions. I’m in the banking business and understand the importance of customer relationship and quick responses. I would highly recommend him and your company to any out of state buyers.

Will was timely in his responses, professional, and extremely helpful. It’s clear he has a lot of knowledge and I relied on his professional opinion throughout the process. Everyone on the team had exceptional communication with me and they were patient, kind, and thorough. I have already recommended you to a few people and will continue to do so. Thank you so much for everything!

I’ve heard from many people, buying your first house is a nightmare and stressful, anxiety inducing grueling process. Those people have clearly not had the pleasure of working with Craig McGuire with Bramlett Real Estate! My spouse and I were lucky enough to be put in touch with Craig from a referral from a friend, and from our first conversation, we knew he was looking out for our best interests and wanted to make as much of our dreams a reality within our budget. Craig was excited and upbeat and positive throughout the whole process. The Austin market is crazy right now and almost disheartening for newbie buyers, but Craig assured us all would work out fine and squashed any doubt or fear we felt creeping in. He answered every single question we had and gave us a timeline on how things would progress along the way. From the get go when we said what our plans and dreams were, he was onboard and ready to jump on and help us on our quest. WHO just hears some stranger’s dreams and plans and springs into action like that?? There are some good real estate agents out there. But in this market, especially if your are a newbie buyer, good isn’t good enough. Forget the rest, get with the best, call Craig, tell him your plans and dreams and let his best work for you! I did and I’m writing this post from my dream kitchen island in my new dream house!

I worked with Patrick Hallett to purchase a rental home, and the process was excellent, he was professional, courteous, punctual and knowledgeable, everything you need in an agent to help navigate the crazy Austin real estate market. I would definitely recommend him to anyone.

I had a great experience with Craig McGuire. He took the time to understand what I was looking for and helped me to find the perfect new home to buy. He was very responsive and guided me through the whole process without being pushy. I highly recommend Craig and would be glad to work with him again.

We chose Eric Bramlett Residential Real Estate for our first house based on their online reviews, and they absolutely did not disappoint. Within a couple of hours of sending our callback request via their website (on a Sunday), our agent Craig McGuire called us to answer our questions and determine our new home needs. He immediately sent us information on existing homes as well as builders for the area we were looking at, and made himself available for all of our first-time buyer inquiries. We chose to purchase a new construction home in Buda, and Craig was there every single step of the way. He was proactive in addressing our needs, and made sure we were comfortable with the build process. He made us very much feel that we were a priority, and are relieved to know that we now have an excellent realtor when we are ready to make our next move. Would absolutely recommend to anyone looking to buy (or sell) a home.

There are a lot of options for Austin realty companies, but reading through the positive reviews of Eric Bramlett Residential is what lead me to cold call their office. The same day, Kasey Gilliam called me and the rest is history. Being a first time homebuyer is filled with anxiety. You can do all the research beforehand, but there is nothing compared to working with Kasey and her extensive knowledge of the market and homebuying process. She listened to what was important to us. She walked us through every step of the way and never made us feel guilty of our endless questions. She pointed out what to look out for. She never pressured us into anything (and actually talked through why certain properties weren’t good buys). She has a contact for everything. She always made herself available to show properties either the same day or the next – which can make all the difference when properties sell the same weekend. She sent us comparative analysis of neighborhoods so we could make decisions based on hard facts. And the cherry on top was I genuinely feel she wanted us to find the perfect house. Kasey was so incredible I wish I had her for all aspects of my life. And when we eventually decide to sell the house, she’ll be the one we call. I could not recommend her highly enough. If you’re currently reading through reviews searching for a realtor, Kasey Gilliam is the one you’ve been looking for.