What does it take to build a thriving luxury real estate business in Austin from scratch, with no connections, no clients, and no playbook? For Erin Scialabba, it started with a catering shift at the South Congress Hotel and a gut feeling she was meant to do something more creative with her life.

Laura sits down with Austin luxury realtor Erin Scialabba to talk about her journey from finance and data analytics in New York City to becoming one of Austin's most trusted real estate agents. Erin shares how her authentic home tour videos helped her break into the Austin luxury real estate market, why radical transparency has cost her listings and saved her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars, and what buying a home in Austin really looks like right now.

She also gets honest about building a small business without a roadmap, hiring her first team, and why protecting creative downtime is not a luxury but a business strategy.

Topics Discussed

• Leaving a New York finance career to start over in Austin with no connections
• How a catering job at the South Congress Hotel opened the door to luxury real estate
• Building an audience through authentic Austin home tour videos
• Why she turns down listings rather than oversell a property
• How she saved a client half a million dollars through radical transparency
• What buyers and sellers need to know about the Austin housing market right now
• Hiring an operations manager and learning to delegate for the first time
• Why stand-up comedy and a pandemic walk on the greenbelt changed everything
• Building systems, setting boundaries, and scaling a real estate business without burning out

Resources and LinksLearn More About Erin : https://www.erinsellsatx.com/Follow Erin on Instagram: @ErinSellsATXShop Living Oak: https://livingoakhome.comLearn More About Laura and Living Oak Interior Design: https://www.livingoak.com/about