I couldn't enjoy my new apartment without taking a moment to give my locator, Shelly Austin, the praise she deserves. In March I moved back down to CenTex from DFW due to no longer being able to manage my debilitating auto immune disorder and graduate school. Because of my illness, I found myself in a chronic battle with my finances, which contributed to the early breaking of my lease. I thought by not having any evictions, I would be able to find someone to rent to me...boy was I wrong. Apparently, it's not necessary to house people without perfect credit, even with a higher deposit and/or willingness to pay a risk fee. What compounded my housing situation, was the unexpected and untimely loss of my new job and eventually new car. Not being able to secure an apartment, I found myself having to live in extended stay type hotels, quickly ravaging the last of my finances. Out of utter frustration, I sought out assistance from, not 1 locator but 2 apartment locators! These first locator told me that it was virtually impossible to find me a place to live with a recent broken lease, the second one just ghosted me out of nowhere. After 3 months of living out of motels and barreling through the last of my savings, I was encouraged quite passionately to Shelly Austin, after I rolled my eyes at least 12 times while the young lady talked about Shelly. As you can imagine, I was apprehensive about participating in another unsuccessful round of apartment roulette but to my WONDERFUL surprise, Shelly was different and, in my personal opinion, a miracle worker! After 3 months of housing insecurity and being shamefully denied over and over again for an apartment, IN ONE DAY, Shelly not only found me an apartment complex that was willing to rent to me but the place was not in a "questionable" neighborhood and was really nice looking and had been upgraded on the inside, (after 3 months in motels I was about ready to live in whatever apartment would take me). The woman is a God sent and the toughest advocate for her clients. With the escalating cost of living and housing prices going up sporadically, it takes a gifted and talented person (locator) that can navigate and network so eloquently throughout CenTex, that people like myself can also thrive and flourish in the constantly changing demographics and dynamics of Austin and its surrounding areas. Lastly, I want to emphasize that it doesn't really take skill to place people with unmarred credit and rental history, but it takes expertise and extraordinary skill to locate complexes/landlords that are willing to rent to those with imperfect rental and credit history, due to unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances. That person will always be Shelly Austin!Thank you Shelly for being the catalyst in finding my new home! If anyone needs a locator that is highly connected in the surrounding Austin area, knows how to build collaborative relationships, and can advocate her tail off for her clients, then I personally recommend Shelly.
