Buy and Sell with Betty
Work with a Texas REALTOR® experienced in green homes, historic properties, acreage, ranches, sustainable living, and Central Texas real estate.
Contact Betty to discuss buying, selling, or questions about homes, acreage, or Central Texas.
Central Texas Realtor With An Organic Lifestyle.
I am a Central Texas REALTOR®, and I love helping people buy, sell, or build homes, land, ranches, and more. I specialize in properties that support an ORGANIC lifestyle. I have extensive experience with green-built homes and sustainable living concepts.
As a child, I always loved nature. I enjoyed being close to the outdoors, riding horses, swimming and fishing in our ranch ponds, and identifying, eating, and using native trees and plants on our 1,000-acre ranch in the Sand Hills near Seguin, Texas.
In the 1970s, I studied Stalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell Gibbons to learn more about nature and sustainable living. I was also very interested in ecology and enjoyed reading Mother Earth News. Even then, I longed for a simple, efficient lifestyle, and that passion continues today.
In 1983, I conducted my first energy audit using a blower door test on a home we owned. My late husband and I also had a custom log home designed by architect Dietrich Braun, President of the Coastal Bend Solar Energy Society. The home featured passive solar design with transom windows positioned at higher interior elevations to allow heat to escape, creating a natural thermal chimney.
In 1981, we built our own solar collectors for a solar hot water system. I have also lived on a farm, where I produced homegrown meat, eggs, and goat milk. Throughout my life, I have trained horses and ponies for both driving and riding.
My commitment to sustainability extends to both my personal lifestyle and my real estate practice.
About Texas Organic Home
Betty Saenz not only talks the talk but walks the walk. Betty chooses to home office rather than driving into her main office everyday and drives a 43 plus mpg vehicle thus reducing her carbon footprint as a EcoBroker or GREEN REALTOR.
Betty recycles her printer toner drums and buys recycled toner drums. Almost all of Betty’s paper, cardboard, glass, plastic (hard and stretchy), metal and food waste is recycled. Betty has rainwater collection and a xeriscape for water conservation.
Betty composts, practices organic gardening methods, grows some of her own food, even in her front yard. Betty has retrofitted her 1990’s home with spray foam insulation in the attic roof decking creating a sealed envelope and 2-16 SEER HVAC systems with 90% efficient furnaces and an Energy Star roof shingle. Betty’s yard is also a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat.
Here are some of the signs I proudly display:
My Specialties
Green Built Homes, Wildlife Habitat Land, Prairie Restoration Land, and Organic Farms
Sellers please call, text or e-mail Betty early. She can save you money and time and get your house on the market fully prepared so it will bring the highest dollar in the shortest amount of time. Betty has been helping sellers get homes ready to sell since 1997. She has the skills to negotiate multiple offers and get you the best terms in today’s real estate market place.
Buyers Betty knows how to write winning offers, she has winning lenders to choose from in this tough seller’s market. If you want to buy a great house, you need the inside information to compete against multiple offers.
Betty cares about others as she does the Earth and all its creatures. You will be treated with respect and concern. You can reach Betty Saenz EcoBroker REALTOR at 512-785-5050 or by e-mail to discuss your Real Estate needs.
