Jack Miller Consulting

In January, the Goodlife Team formed a relationship with Ken Blaker and Bob Tims of of the Antero Homes project at Knollwood.  We are pleased to now represent 250 units of 2 star green new construction homes on the Colorado river, only 4 miles from downtown.  I’ve been out at the project for many days at this point, and I am very excited about the possibilities I see for a great neighborhood in a part of of town that people didn’t even know existed.  Yesterday we closed our 1st sale at the project, and we are excited to have the opportunity to work with our new partners to create something great for home owners.

The market for new construction homes in Austin continues to vex my real estate friends nationally; I call and talk to them about what we are doing at the goodlife team with new developments and their don’t understand it in the context of the national real estate market, which is perfectly understandable.  If you only use the national news, it would seem like there would be no new construction until 2020 at the earliest due to the glut of resale inventory.  Austin exists in it’s own economic climate, not unaffected by the national market, but also with some peculiar advantages – reasonable unemployment given the circumstances, diverse business environment meaning we don’t depend on any one industry for jobs, and the reasonable appreciation rates in our housing market prior to the national bust.  Plus, people still want to move here  Garry Wise is writing about this every month as part of our blog – see the latest market stats at Austin Real Estate Market Stats – this is updated every month with our interpretations of what is happening in the Austin real estate market.

Of course, if you are searching for any property in East Austin, come visit us at www.goodlifeteam.com.

Jack

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A short interview I gave on what else you can do to affect the sale of a home besides the price.

Hi folks-

In January of 2009, I accepted the position of CTO of the Goodlife team real estate brokerage in Austin, TX, run by my friend and collaborator Krisstina Wise.   I chose to do this for a number of reasons.

• The industry is changing.  I have been consulting and coaching with brokerages and agents since 2005, and in the industry since 2001, and I can see the structural changes that have challenged my clients.
• The Goodlife team brand and Krisstina’s leadership in the industry offer a unique and I think valuable difference to real estate consumers and agents.  She and our team are offering something different, and we think, better.
• I believe that the best way to solve a problem is to get in there and solve it.  The Goodlife team is inventing technology, marketing, and customer service practices like crazy, and having a great time doing it.

I will be updating this blog site periodically (but a lot less frequently), and many of my posts about the industry and technology in it will appear on www.goodlifeteam.com/blog as part of the conversation with and about the industry.  If you are a past client or friend from the Keller Williams days, feel free to participate.  I am also fairly active on twitter, and you can follow me at www.twitter.com/jackmiller

Wishing you the best while we re-make the real estate industry,

Jack

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