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Our business began with a love affair for houses and the creative process that is involved with purchasing a home—both the entrepreneurial process of buying homes with the greatest potential for long term appreciation and the process of customizing a home for personal style and standard of living. We have over 20 years of combined experience in construction and design and flipped homes in Central Austin for more than 5 years. We are two for the price of one. We handle the details because a good real estate transaction is contingent upon the details. Why else do people hire us to be their Austin realtors?

  • We drive a hard line when it comes to negotiating! The one thing that our clients say over and over is how satisfied they were with our ability to negotiate. When buying, we get you the lowest price possible for your home with terms that are in your favor. When selling, our homes often sale for the highest price per square foot in the neighborhood. We take your finances seriously, and we negotiate just as if it was our own family’s personal Austin home!
  • We know as much as your home inspector! Not many realtors can walk into a house and sponteneously provide you with expert opinions on what it would take to customize the home.  Whether it is a small change like paint color or a bigger change like tearing down walls, our experience in construction and design offers insight, a network of Austin vendors we know, and feasibility options. Our construction company custom designed and sold homes that had an average 15 days on the market. We know how to advise home sellers on home staging, interior design, and even construction updates if needed.
  • We listen to  you! Our clients become our friends. The relationship doesn’t stop at the home closing. We develop lifelong relationships and are lifelong realtors for our clients. Over 99% of our business comes to us by referral through past clients and friends. Read what others are saying about hiring JH Residential as their Austin, Texas realtors!
  • We know how to make Austin home to you! Austin is our home, we are raising our children here, we have studied the Austin market for years, and we know the ends and outs of the city. We help parents navigate the wait lists for Austin preschools, find summer camps, identify Austin area school districts that are the best fit for the kids, and we help families identify what they most need in a home. Our market knowledge has guided us in buying our own investment property in Austin. We know how to advise others on ROI for their homesteads and investment options in Austin.

On a personal note..

Jessica and Joe met while preparing to work overseas with Food for the Hungry in Latin America. They were engaged in Guatemala where Joe lead construction teams and Jessica taught school. Upon getting married, Jessica managed to get Joe to move back to her college town of Austin, Texas (he is an Indiana Hoosier).

They remodeled their first home together in 2003 and soon discovered they made a great real estate team. They began to buy, remodel, then sell homes together. Soon, other people came to them for their personal real estate needs. This encouraged them to get their Texas real estate licenses and launch their real estate business while continuing to remodel homes.

They are both uniquely gifted. Joe is excruciatingly detail oriented and handles contracts, negotiations, and closings. Jessica LOVES houses! She enjoys meeting with clients and walking with them through the sometimes emotional process of buying and selling a home.

They have two children and they love to travel! In the past few years, they have visited Europe, Indonesia, Mozambique, Mexico, Guatemala,Uganda and South Africa twice. Jessica loves good wine, long meals, soft sheets, and hiking. Joe loves spending time in his workshop, good food, snowboarding, and travel. They are also planning on adopting a child from Rwanda in the next year and a half.

photo credits for family pictures are credited to j.cota photography