About RA Residential · Austin
RA Residential is a boutique real estate brokerage based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2015 by broker-principal Rani Alowairdi. The firm specializes in helping clients navigate the Greater Austin housing market with a focus on honesty, deep local expertise, and maximum effort. They publish detailed neighborhood guides covering 115 areas, offering insights into schools, commutes, taxes, and tradeoffs to help buyers and sellers make informed decisions. Their services include buying, selling, and new construction representation, with a commitment to transparent communication and personalized service.
RA Residential operates as a real estate brokerage serving the Greater Austin area, with a strong emphasis on transparency and local knowledge. Founded in 2015 by Rani Alowairdi, who has lived in Austin since 2010, the firm positions itself as a boutique operation that avoids the typical industry flattery in favor of honest, client-focused advice. Their core offerings include neighborhood guides, home buying and selling services, and new construction negotiation. They serve all of Greater Austin, with particular focus on areas like Westlake, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Georgetown, and Leander. The firm’s three guiding principles — honesty, expertise, and maximum effort — are central to their brand and client experience. They are licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission and committed to fair housing laws.
- In business
- since 2015
- Owner
- Rani Alowairdi
- Serves
- Greater Austin
About the Firm
RA Residential is a Greater Austin brokerage founded in 2015 by broker-principal Rani Alowairdi, who has called Austin home since 2010. It exists because a house is the biggest purchase most people ever make — and too much of this industry would rather flatter you than level with you. We'd rather level with you. That's why the heart of this site isn't a photo of us in front of a sold sign. It's the neighborhood guides — the same briefings we give our own clients before a first tour, published for anyone to read. Schools, commutes, tax rates, and the tradeoffs each area actually has. If you read them and never call us, they still did their job.
Our Three Commitments
Honesty. We'll tell you when a house is overpriced, when a neighborhood doesn't fit the life you described, and when walking away is the right move. An advisor who only says yes isn't an advisor. Expertise. We know one market: Austin. Sixteen years living here, a brokerage built here in 2015, and contracts negotiated through the frenzy of 2021, the correction that followed, and every ordinary season in between. That history is the difference between guessing and knowing. Maximum effort. A boutique firm means the person you hire is the person who shows up — for the pricing strategy, the negotiation, and the late-night call before an option period expires.
Where We Work
All of Greater Austin. One month that's a custom build in Dripping Springs, the next it's a first house in Kyle or a downtown condo. These are the areas where we spend the most time: Westlake, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Dripping Springs, Driftwood, Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Liberty Hill, Pflugerville, Manor, Buda, Kyle, Central Austin.