We absolutely love working with our clients and we love nothing more than helping them have a wonderful buying or selling experience. Over the years, our clients have graciously written 1000+ reviews about their experiences on sites like Google, Yelp, & Zillow. We've collected them here.
Abby Martin
We worked with Nancy Taute to find our house, and she was great. We love the new place, and her advice on the bid to offer was invaluable. Also, she is super-helpful after the sale, and provided us with a lot of pointers about the new area and a list of contractors to use. I’d have no hesitation about recommending her to friends and family, and if we ever buy another house, we’ll turn to her.
Carol and her team are amazing. Carol helped us sell our home and purchase a new one all within 30 days. Buying/selling is daunting and she tirelessly explained the process each step of the way and worked endless hours to guide us through to our final awesome result. Carol and her office are professional, responsive and incredibly friendly.
Carol Dochen’s experience and deep understanding of the local real estate market, together with a full breadth of services to ensure our home was marketed effectively, allowed us to sell it quickly and for the price we wanted. Her talented staging, maintenance and marketing teams ensured our home looked its very best.
Nancy Taute was referred to us by a friend and we are so glad she became our real estate agent. The amount of knowledge she has about selling and buying houses was worth every penny. She is kind, professional, and a great communicator. Nancy answered all of our questions, and we had a lot of them! She helped sell our house for much more than expected and also advocated for us when it came time to buy our new home.
Dana was absolutely incredible to work with. We couldn’t have felt more confident and comfortable going through the process of buying a home. She is super knowledgeable, professional, responsive, and just all around helpful. She also has great resources for pretty much everything you will need help with along the way. Most importantly Dana genuinely cared about us finding the right home for us, and our happiness…that is really amazing. There were multiple offers on our house and Dana still somehow pulled it off for us! She is as good as it gets at her job, and I can’t recommend her enough.
We just purchased out dream home with the dedicated and thoughtful help of Jackie. She was an absolute pleasure to work with, always had a smile, and was remarkably professional in managing the entire process. I would not ask anyone else to help us and have recommended her to everyone that I have spoken with about any real estate needs.
Carol Dochen is the best! We faced the daunting task of cleaning out, selling, and moving from a home we lived in for 17 years – where we raised 3 children. From the first meeting, Carol showed up ready to lead the process and get things done effectively and efficiently. She gave us options that met our needs in terms of timing and how much support we wanted to have from her and her team. Carol managed the details and did everything that needed to be done. The process was one we were dreading, but with Carol at the helm, it ended up being almost effortless on our part. The house was readied and sold quickly and it was all because of the work Carol did and the expertise and professionalism she brought to the process. I would recommend Carol and her team to any potential seller!
Arlene helped us purchase our first home ever and we could not have been more lucky to work with her. She helped us well beyond our expectations and guided us on all things from areas, price competition, home layout, home quality, and much more. We are so happy with the house we found together and we will be referring Arlene to everyone we know buying in the Austin area.
Arlene Maze got us our home! As first-time homebuyers, we were initially intimidated by the whole process, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Arlene was very understanding and always put our needs first. While we were viewing houses, she took time to explain what to look out for in Austin when it comes to house age, foundation issues, flooring, exterior, etc. Arlene has been living in Texas for many years, so she knew what she was talking about. By the end, we felt comfortable putting in offers with a solid base of knowledge. Because of the crazy market during the pandemic, winning offers was understandably difficult. As this period is completely unprecedented, Arlene kept us aware of what was going on in the broader market and what we might expect a house to go for. We felt that she cared that we were getting a house at a reasonable price and one that we would love. She never pressured us to offer more than we were comfortable with. On top of this, Arlene was great with communication. She never left us hanging and we always felt that we were her top priority. Seeing houses quickly is a must in this market and she made sure that we got the attention we needed. I’d recommend Arlene to any friends or Austinites looking to purchase a home. She’s professional, honest, timely, and knowledgeable. We’re happy homeowners!
Nancy Taute was referred to us by a friend and we are so glad she became our real estate agent. The amount of knowledge she has about selling and buying houses was worth every penny. She is kind, professional, and a great communicator. Nancy answered all of our questions, and we had a lot of them! She helped sell our house for much more than expected and also advocated for us when it came time to buy our new home. We also have to mention that initially we looked at about 15-20 houses with Nancy before deciding to put the sale of our house on hold until after paying off our college debt. After 2.5 years, we reached back out to Nancy and picked up right where we left off. She did not hesitate to provide the same great service she did prior. You won’t be disappointed with this real estate agent. She’s a gem.
Arlene helped us buy our first house. It took a year to find the right place and she stuck with us the entire time. She took the time to get to know us and determine what our like and dislikes were. I can tell she was very busy, but was able to respond to all of our emails instantly (even the ones that we sent late at night). If there was a house that popped up that we wanted to look at, she set up the time and all the information on the house within the day. As we looked at houses she brought up concerns that we would have never thought of as first time home buyers and made it feels as if she was buying the house with us. I have not had any other REALTOR® to compare to her too and I don’t plan to ever have a different one. I would gladly ask her help when I need to buy my second, third, and fourth home.
Nancy Taute is by far the best Realtor I’ve worked with in my lifetime! We signed a contract on a house after two months of looking. She was always one step ahead of me, sending me houses she thought I might consider, getting me seller’s disclosures, surveys, or comps without me asking. She was miraculously available when I wanted her and never seemed to tire of looking at yet another house while we figured out what we wanted. It became obvious after a while that she was doing a lot of legwork behind the scenes. I always felt like Nancy had my best interests at heart and always acted with the utmost integrity. Nancy was truly amazing!
We are celebrating our 1-year anniversary with DANA EPSTEIN and DOCHEN REALTORS! Last March we closed on a fabulous home- thanks to the hard work and loving care we received from Dana. We were out of town buyers and with assistance from our daughter we were taken care of from the start! When Dana began with us, she adeptly guided us in our search for the right neighborhood that suited our family’s needs. Dana made sure we were represented beautifully to the sellers. Dana was reassuring and educated us during our inspection. Her attention to details were impeccable. All of this professionalism comes with a kind loving and patient heart… Dana – we are most grateful to you!
Nancy has helped us through two home purchases and sales over the last 14yrs. Her knowledge and experience helped us maximize the value in both. She possesses seemingly inexhaustible energy! Nancy’s always quick to reply with a warm, friendly manner. We highly recommend Nancy Taute!
We recently had the pleasure of working with Jackie when we were looking to relocate to Austin. A friend recommended her and I’m so glad we found her–she is the best. We didn’t know which area of Austin we wanted to live in, and she took the time to show us all areas and gave us honest feedback about each. Working with Jackie was amazing and I will recommend her to everyone I know looking to make a home purchase in the area.
Dochen Realtors sold our home for us in 2019 and we were very impressed with their professionalism from start to finish. From the beginning we worked with Carol Dochen and Patti Tauber who came up with some creative marketing ideas as we were selling a unique property in a niche market. Carol’s daughter, Katie Dochen soon joined the team and we were blown away by everyone’s efforts to market and sell our property. Patti and Katie were a real team who used every imaginable method to get the word out and get prospective buyers into our home. They both became friends due to the time that were devoted to getting to know us. On a personal note, Patti, Katie and Carol are just good, honest, down to earth people.
I just wanted to say thank you again for everything! I am so impressed with Carol Dochen! She has a good design eye too! I knew you were great when I referred you to my best friend when you sold her parent’s house on Highland Hills many years ago. Pete and I are grateful!
Katie is a fantastic realtor, listened to all my needs and concerns and was proactive about vetting homes and giving feedback. I was able to work with multiple members of the Dochen team, including Katie, Nancy, and Carol, and they were all incredible friendly, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. I was able to relax throughout the process knowing they had my back and were on top of all of the details. I also really appreciated the comprehensive and organized binder of materials they presented to me when I bought my home with all of my important documents. The gift basket they gave at the end was also a really sweet touch. Very personable and professional, would highly recommend.
We were having trouble selling our house. A friend suggested we try Dochen Realtors. Lucky us we got Nancy! She’s the absolute best. She suggested some smart make ready repairs, and staged our house FOR us. As soon as the house was back on the market, we had multiple offers. Nancy was so helpful through the whole experience, and a true pleasure to work with.
Patti Tauber became a full partner with us in the planning and execution of the sale of our home. She was always on top of the procedures and details for getting our house on the market, from our very first discussion. She advised us wisely on timing for putting the house on the market, on repairs and touch-ups needed, and on staging and landscaping to show the house to best advantage for a prompt and profitable sale. Knowing we would be apprehensive about what was going on behind the scenes in marketing our house, she kept us apprised all the way, easing our anxiety with her reports and explanations. We always felt we were Patti’s first priority. How many Realtors can place a house on the market on a Tuesday and have two good offers by Friday?
Patti worked closely with the prospective buyers’ Realtors and advised us along the way (even though we were on the West coast at that point in time) to mesh the several counter-offers, in order to arrive at a firm sales contract in just days. You can’t beat true professionalism! Not when combined with personal attention and warm, empathetic care for clients. Tens across the board.