Justine and her husband, Kevin, bought their first house in 1997 in South Austin. It was the realization of a life’s dream. Growing up the child of a free-spirited single mom, she’d never had that type of stability and her family never owned a house. Justine began turning an obsession into a career when she joined Keller Williams’s Realty International as a web designer, and her interest and enthusiasm just kept growing.

Justine became an investor in 2002, when she bough a small fixer-upper on the East Side. She owns 2 rental properties of her own, and is working on her fourth flip. Justine was featured in season 2 of TLC’s (The Learning Channel) Flip That House rehabbing a house she’d moved to the East Side. Moving houses is another of Justine’s passions. “The architecture and style of Central Texas in the 20s through 40s just has a kind of soul. Sometimes I joke that I’m saving South Austin’s houses one at a time – but by moving them.” Justine has experience in land development, new construction, rehab projects, house moving, and condo conversions.

In 2005, Justine and her husband, Kevin, moved to a rambling old farm house on 5 acres in southwest Austin (near Driftwood). When he’s not on the road with Dwight Yoakam, The Derailers, and some other great folks, Kevin plays in Austin with Heybale! and helps Justine manage their rental properties. Justine is the mom of two terrific kids, which gives her insight into the issues facing families in deciding where to move.

Justine is an avid music lover and gardener, and is always in the know about the latest “only in Austin” happenings

Mishell moved to Austin in 2002 and bought her South Austin bungalow in 2003, which she substantially remodeled with the help of her very handy friends. Like Justine, Mishell grew up with an off-and-on single mother in various rent houses or apartments and had never owned a home before. She enjoys working on her house and has added solar power and an organic vegetable garden to her property. She loves living in Austin and enjoys introducing others to the benefits of home ownership and real estate investing in the Austin area.

Mishell leads a double life as a practicing attorney specializing in employment and constitutional law for the state of Texas and a real estate agent. As an attorney, she has experience in real estate transactions and litigation here in Texas, as well as in New York. Mishell is also an experienced real estate investor who owns two investment properties.