Realty Austin Agents Rally Together For We Are Blood Drive

AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin community members banded together to donate 6.5 gallons of blood during the two-day Realty Austin We Are Blood drive. The donated blood directly benefits local patients in 40 medical facilities in a 10-county region, including Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee, and Burleson. With the needs of the community increasing every day due to the pandemic, Realty Austin stepped up to join the We Are Blood Mission to ensure Central Texans have a protected and steady blood supply.

Members of the Realty Austin community that volunteered to donate blood include, Ami Davis, Rob Kellogg, Norma Diaz, Terri Michelle, Jennifer Arsaga, Brian Schaffer, Elle Klein Garrison, Barbara DeBow, Peter van Kooij, Ross…

Realty Austin Pledges to Build 8th Home for Austin Habitat

Austin’s Best Place to Work Kicks Off 8th Annual Realty Austin Home Build



AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin, the #1 Best Place to Work in Austin, raised the walls on its 8th Annual Austin Habitat for Humanity home build. In a partnership with its agents, the company pledged to volunteer 2,400 hours and donate over $100,000 to sponsor a home for the Tovar Family.

Realty Austin and Austin Habitat For Humanity began the build with a wall-raising ceremony on the morning of Wednesday, September 18. The company’s Humanitarian Award recipients: Jeffrey Schnabel and Cara Keenan led the volunteer team on its first day. To participate in the build and support the Tovar family, please donate here.

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Realty Austin Builds Community Through Volunteers

AUSTIN, TX—Realty Austin is celebrating National Volunteer Week by recognizing the Realty Austin family and their volunteer work in the community.  The generosity, hard work, and support of our agents and staff empower Realty Austin to give back in a big way to our community year after year. Since 2010, our generous agents have volunteered over 20,100 hours, donated over $1.7M of their commissions, and raised over $175,000 from industry partners to support our strategic partnerships with affordable housing pioneers.

Each year Realty Austin honors its top charitable contributors by inducting them into the Corazón Circle. We are grateful for our 2020-2021 Corazón Circle members, many of them perennial givers, without whom none of our organization’s…

2015 Back to School Supply Drive

UPDATE: Our 2015 Supply Drive has ended and we are pleased to announce that our staff and agents donated over 50 backpacks, and hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies for many families in need! Thank you to all who participated and helped children get a jump start on the 2015-2016 school year. We are so grateful for your support!

Each year Realty Austin, in partnership with Foundation Communities, joins forces to host one of the biggest Back to School Drives for classroom supplies and donations. In 2014, this drive provided 58 backpacks and boxes filled with school supplies to students and classrooms in need.

The 2015 Back to School Drive will run until July 26th, and is collecting backpacks and school supplies for the 700+ students who attend…

2014 Back to School Supply Drive

Update: Our 2014 Supply Drive has ended and we are pleased to announce that our staff and agents donated a total of 58 backpacks and hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies! Thank you to all who participated and helped children get a jump start on the 2014-2015 school year. We are so grateful for your support!

Each year Realty Austin, in partnership with Foundation Communities, joins forces to host one of the biggest Back to School Drives for classroom supplies and donations. In 2013, this drive provided 43 backpacks and boxes filled with school supplies to students and classrooms in need.

The 2014 Back to School Drive will run until July 25th, and is collecting backpacks and school supplies for the 700+ students who attend the Foundation…

Realty Austin Partners with Local Restaurants to Deliver Meals Following Winter Storm

Austin, TX - Like so many Texans across the state, members of the Realty Austin Family were impacted by the winter storm and the subsequent power outages and food shortages that arose as a result of it. Nevertheless, when Central Texans were in need, Realty Austin sprang into action to help out however they could.

Agents and staff opened their homes and their hearts to people in need. They donated food, supplies, and urgently needed funds to affordable housing nonprofits that provide supportive housing to some of the most vulnerable members of our community.

Local restaurants including Emojis Grilled Cheese, P Terry’s, Hat Creek Burger, and Hopdoddy Burger Bar partnered with the brokerage to provide meals to residents around the city at Foundation…

Realty Austin Pays It Forward to Support Foundation Communities

THE COMPANY’S ANNUAL MATCH FUND INSPIRES RECORD PLEDGES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIONEER, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES

AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin and Foundation Communities are pleased to announce the results of their 2019 match fund partnership! Together they raised over $1.15 million in total funds pledged with the commitment of Realty Austin’s $75,000 match fund at the 2019 Welcome Home luncheon.

The annual event inspired 163 new Home Builders, and many others who renewed, increased, or extended their pledges! 100% of the dollars pledged will support Foundation Communities programs for education, financial stability, and healthy living programs that serve more than 20,000+ people, residents, and neighbors.

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Realty Austin Sponsors Park Home At Community First! Village

AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin deepened their commitment to Community First! Village on Giving Tuesday by sponsoring a Park Home RV at the village. As part of its commitment to finding solutions for the affordable housing crisis, Realty Austin agents and staff donated $35,000 to sponsor the home for a formerly homeless neighbor. Mobile Loaves and Fishes developed the game-changing Community First! Village that transforms the lives of formerly homeless neighbors. At the village, neighbors thrive where they are surrounded by support and empowered to build a better life through a community.

Yvette Flores, Realty Austin Co-owner, “Alan Graham is pioneering ways to solve homelessness. It has been a dream of our team to support his efforts at Community First!…

Realty Austin Helps Foundation Communities Raise Funds for Affordable Housing Programs

3 More Become Home Builders, Adding to the Growing Roster of 67 Who Pay It Forward with Multi-Year Pledges From the Realty Austin Team

AUSTIN, TX — Realty Austin and Foundation Communities have come together to raise over $656,000 in total funds at this year’s Virtual Welcome Home Luncheon. 100% of the dollars raised will support Foundation Communities programs for education, financial stability, and healthy living. With the help of Realty Austin’s $75,000 match fund, more than 30,000 Austinites will have a safe place to lean on and call home.

Through the Welcome Home Luncheon event, Foundation Communities brings awareness and solutions to Austin’s affordable housing crisis. Since opening its doors in 1990, the local nonprofit has housed over 6,000…