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Christine Chau is the founder and broker of Texas Urban Realty, a boutique, full-service Austin-based real estate company that specializes in residential sales, investments, leasing, and property management, as well as commercial real estate leasing. Christine has a passion for helping people achieve their personal and investment real estate goals, as well as an extensive, hand-selected network to ensure all of her clients – whether first-time homebuyers or investors with dozens of properties – have a successful experience. Christine is an Austin Board of Realtors® Director and ABOR Foundation Committee Chair, the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Policy Chair, and the Sigma Phi Omega Charitable Foundation Director of Development. Christine is a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) and a member of The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM®). She also holds a mortgage license. Christine’s real estate expertise includes new home sales, commercial leasing contracts, multi-family investments, restaurant business brokerage, and more. Within the real estate industry, Christine dedicates much of her efforts to education and networking and is a guest speaker at a number of events every year. As a wife, mother, daughter, friend, Texas native, and Longhorn (hook ‘em), she enjoys spending her leisure time trying new restaurants, traveling, and supporting local businesses. Learn more: https://www.texasurbanrealty.com/about-us

Compared to the 2020 Central Texas International Homebuyers Report, in which international buyers were more likely to purchase property for a primary residence (62%), in 2021, only 32% of foreign buyers were likely to purchase real estate for a primary residence. The focus this year for foreign buyers shifted to purchasing vacation rentals and investment properties. https://www.abor.com/content/uploads/2021/10/2021-Central-Texas-International-Homebuyers-Report.pdf

Recently, I visited one of the Houston properties I manage, and look at the mess I found! This is a common problem in the PM world - illegal dumping. Sometimes you've just got to get down and dirty, and today, extra dirty!

We give back to our community because we believe it's an important thing to do! From gift cards to our tenants during shutdowns to food for a community that had been devastated by a hurricane, we look for a need - and then we do our best to fill it! Our property owners are encouraged to assist on occasion with our Giving Back causes. Reach out any time about sponsoring or chipping in for a program. Keep up with our Giving Back program on our blog: https://www.texasurbanrealty.com/news

Texas Urban Realty and Texas Urban Property Management Owner and Broker Christine Chau joined Teifke Real Estate’s Matthew Teifke and Alex Coffman to discuss “Austin TX Restaurants & Real Estate” on The Real Estate Podcast. In the interview, Chau described how her family fled Vietnam when she was a child and how the entrepreneurial spirit and hard work ethic she learned early on helped shaped her life. She also spoke about the importance of family. “I’m very grateful that I have my husband to support me, and my in-laws, too. Even young, I always had a lot of support.” Discussing the property investment portion of her business, she said, “People always ask me, ‘When is a good time?’ And I always tell them, ‘Whenever you’re ready.’”

Chau said she got her start in property management when a client approached her and said, "I'll buy it if you'll manage it." Chau said, "Sure!" and today she manages about 175 properties for her clients and primarily works with real estate investors.

Texas Urban Realty and Texas Urban Property Management Broker and Owner Christine Chau talked about post-pandemic Austin real estate on "Weekly Real Estate Lunch and Learn: Orange County and Austin Markets", hosted by Spencer Hsu Real Estate and Investments. The conversation centered on the effects of COVID-19 on the real estate market and what will happen as markets open more fully. "I think things are going back to normal really quickly in Austin,” said Chau. “We have a really resilient market, super strong. Everybody wants to be in Austin. It's still a great place to invest."