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Featured Austin Real Estate Agents
Brandon Drayden, Realtor®
Coming from a family of entrepreneurs and small business owners, Brandon understands the value of a strong work ethic, dedication and great people skills. Those core principles, along with a desire to build wealth for his family and friends through real estate, lead him to obtain his real estate license and begin helping more people realize their real estate dreams.
Brandon Gomez, Realtor®
BrandonGomez@HabitatHunters.com | 512-627-0072 | TREC #722765
Brandon was born in Texas but grew up in beautiful Jamaica. He returned to Texas in time to attend high school and some college, but he was most excited to follow his passion by attending the culinary academy Le Cordon Bleu of Austin. He then enjoyed a ten-year career dedicated to serving the Austin community with precision and creativity in the culinary field.
Bryan Ritter, Realtor®
Bryan was born and raised in El Paso in west Texas, and moved to Austin in 1995. After 20+ years in Technology sales and leadership roles, Bryan recently took on the challenge of a career change into Residential real estate.
Cheryl Cordell, Realtor®
Cheryl was born and reared in a small town in Tennessee. After graduating from college, she taught school for three years in Nashville. After living in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, again, and then Michigan, she settled in Austin. While raising her daughter and son here in Austin, she worked for the State of Texas, mostly serving older Texans, especially as an advocate. At that time, Cheryl also earned her real estate license. After having enjoyed working with Habitat Hunters as a customer, she joined as one of their real estate agents in 1985.
Cheryl Ponter, Realtor®
I love Austin and am proud to have called it home since 1999. I have been a Real Estate license holder here in the Austin area since 2011. The neighborhoods and lifestyles may change, but finding a great place to live has not. My background consists of not only real estate, but also over 10 years in the communications and advertising business.
Curt Nichols, Realtor®
Curt is a native Texan and a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has a B.A. in Finance and an M.B.A., as well as 15+ years of experience in financial and accounting management, marketing and business management. Curt grew up in San Antonio and has been in Austin long enough to see the city grow and grow. Before moving to Austin in 2001, Curt had already fallen in love with everything Austin offers, including the unique and diverse areas and neighborhoods.
David Puryear, Realtor®
David Puryear is one of those rare types…a native Austinite. His family has called Central Texas home for more than 150 years and has been involved in the Austin real estate world for the past 30 years. David has a broad background in the field of sales, but real estate is the area that sparks his interests the most. David is very familiar with the various neighborhoods of Austin and the many local attractions. Let David use his vast knowledge of the Austin area to help you locate that perfect “home” so that you may begin to enjoy all that Austin has to offer.
Elsie Palmer, Realtor®
I know moving can be exciting, but it can also be very stressful. As your agent, I will do my very best to eliminate your stress and make the process as smooth as possible. If you are thinking of buying, selling, or leasing it will be my pleasure to meet with you. As a REALTOR®, I am committed to finding the ideal property that you will call home, whether you are buying or leasing.
Erica Villarreal, Realtor®
Erica was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Despite extensive travel and searching for THE city to come home to, she has never found any other place that compared to the adventure of living in her home town and decided to attend college here at St. Edward's University.
Jake Wiebold, Realtor®
Jake Wiebold grew up in a small town called Bellville before attending Texas State University. He graduated in 2015 with his degree in Business Management and acquired his real estate license in April of 2018, living in the area for the past 8 years.
John Belley, Realtor®
John was born in Youngstown, Ohio, raised in Denver, Colorado, and has been in Austin for the last 15 years. Like many, music is what brought him here. He has been performing professionally since age 13. He studied music with the Berklee School of Music, Vandercook School of Music and Denver Metropolitan School of Music. Music has prepared him well for real estate; networking and getting to know new people are keys to both businesses, which he enjoys to the fullest.
Julia Neumann, Realtor®
Julia is Texas-born and raised. She moved to Austin from El Paso to attend University of Texas and fell in love with the city. She has a B.A. in Psychology and teaches high school science; she is proud to call Austin home, for over 17 years now.
Lacey Knowles, Realtor®
Born and raised in Austin, TX, I pride myself on being one of the few, the proud, the weird. This is the live music capital of the world, and even though I’ve never found myself performing at one of our many eclectic bars, I’ve always had a very deep connection to music. For as long as I can remember, I’ve played the drums as well as basically any percussion instrument and from the second I could drive, I still can be found at any shows any days of the week. Can’t believe parking used to be free everywhere? Well, believe it! These musical roots run deep.
Melissa Wile, Realtor®
Melissa was born and raised in Southern New Jersey and moved to a suburb of Houston, Texas during high school. After moving to Austin in 2012, Melissa decided to get her real estate license and pursue an interest in a new career that would put her communication and service skills to best use.
Nick Keen, Realtor®
Nick Keen is a Texas native and has called Austin home since 2003. He has been fortunate to live in many parts of the city and experience Austin in all its glory – its festivals, live music, greenbelt, neighborhood nooks, and all the new breweries, coffee shops and restaurants he has time to visit.
Perry Leach, Realtor®
Bio to ComePete Philips, Realtor®
As a well-rounded real estate agent, Pete has joined Habitat Hunters, Inc., a hands-on service-oriented boutique and one of the only Austin Brokerages with an on-staff Attorney/CPA/Realtor®. Pete is anAir Force Veteran, University of Texas alum (BA) and St. Edward’s University alum (MBA), born and raised in Texas and has been residing in Austin for the last 25 years.
Sheila Oettel, Realtor®
I'm a Texas native originally from Houston. I moved to Austin in 2012.
I fell in love with Austin's laid-back atmosphere as well as a variety of music venues. The beauty of the Hill Country sparked my love for hiking in the hills and boating on the lake. I ran a sales company for over 20 years and upon moving to Austin this led to my passion for Real Estate.
TJ Ramsey, Realtor®, GRI
T.J. was born in upstate New York, but as the saying goes, got to Austin as fast as he could, when he was 8 years old. He has lived here ever since, except for one year spent living in the Netherlands on a study abroad program. T.J. Graduated from the University of Texas with a major in German.
Travis Saegert, Realtor®
Growing up in the "best-little kept secret in Austin", Milwood, Travis has experienced first hand the changing landscape of North Austin home purchases. While studying economics at the University of Texas, Travis started answering phones on the weekend at one of Austin's top brokerages.
Will Fordyce, Realtor®
Will@HabitatHunters.com | 512-470-2280
Will Fordyce was born and raised in the big city of Houston Texas. He has been a part of a vast array of family entrepreneurial ventures, including his own business at the age of 8 helping elderly neighbors do various tasks, to a business selling collectibles and even extending into managing a family entertainment traveling company featuring petting zoos, inflatable play equipment and yes, he even was a clown/entertainer at some events.