About Emily
I grew up in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona with the type of childhood movies are made of.
I’ve had many selves, and I loved every one of them.
In 2007, I started my career as a journalist at AZTeen Magazine. My first bylines still sit in the attic. I attended The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and The Barrett Honors College at Arizona State, graduating summa cum laude with BA and Masters Degrees.
In college I mastered time management - leading various clubs, working for pay at various modeling, retail, and restaurant gigs, and working for experience at local broadcasting stations and on the media team at Phoenix Fashion Week.
I even got to help produce a mid-morning show at MSNBC in Manhattan, and write a thesis about nonverbal cues and first impressions (and even a badass in-depth piece about the NTSB and air traffic control, but that story is too long to tell).
In 2012, I realized I wanted off the hard-news path. I pushed up everything I knew about copywriting, researching and statistics, PR, and building websites to land a job at VUURR, a digital marketing agency. With the VUURRians, in Phoenix and then San Francisco, I gobbled up everything I could about technical copywriting, online advertising, marketing strategy, predictive analytics and data funneling, and branding.
This is where it comes together.
R&D, writing, high tech, property hunting - it all comes together in real estate (Well, maybe not the ‘high’ in tech!). After helping others start or improve their business through marketing, I was eager to try it myself.
While I never stopped writing, I dedicated my hours to building a residential real estate business. After a small stint with Redfin in SF, I moved to Austin in 2014 and started my real estate business.
Most of the work I’ve done since can be found in these web pages. In 2024, I went back in house at KWRI and now write newsletters for the top real estate agents, teams, and market center owners in the country, while also helping with the MREA podcast.
My husband and I have three daughters and spend most of our time enjoying the outdoors together. I love to cook, hike, organize, practice yoga, read, follow Jesus, and Peloton.
I specialize in residential real estate in Central Austin - buyers, sellers, investors, condos, fourplexes, single family, land, allthethings. I don't charge penalties to cancel representation agreements. My job is to work hard enough that you only want to work with me.
Sleep is for people without the mls. Even as I’m typing this it’s 11:37p on a week night. Do I always complain I need better work-life balance? Yep. Do I really mean it? I’m not sure it matters. At the end of the day, I’m still a glutton for hard work and problem solving. I always joke, “I work all of the time and none of the time.” I do always prioritize my clients when it’s important - and I think that’s what really matters.
Sleep is for people without the mls. Even as I’m typing this it’s 11:37p on a week night. Do I always complain I need better work-life balance? Yep. Do I really mean it? I’m not sure it matters. At the end of the day, I’m still a glutton for hard work and problem solving. I always joke, “I work all of the time and none of the time.” I do always prioritize my clients when it’s important - and I think that’s what really matters.
Current Affiliations:
National Association of REALTORS
Texas Association of REALTORS
Austin Board of REALTORS
Austin Multiple Listing Services
Past Affiliations:
California Association of REALTORS
California Regional Multiple Listing Services
Education:
Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication, Summa Cum Laude, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Summa Cum Laude, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
Barrett, The Honor’s College at Arizona State University
Graduate REALTOR Institute, Austin Board of Realtors
