I’m Robbie English, REALTOR and Broker at Uncommon Highland Lakes Realty. I work Highland Lakes real estate full time — Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Burnet, and the smaller lake towns around them. This page isn’t a credentials list. It’s what actually happens once you call me: how I work, what I pay attention to, and why my day job teaching other agents changes what I do for you.
If you want my full background, my bio is here. What I want to cover on this page is the part that doesn’t show up on a résumé.
How I actually work with buyers
I ask a lot of questions before we ever walk through a door, because the better I understand what you’re trying to accomplish, the less time we waste on houses that were never going to work. Once we’re looking at a property, I tell you what’s actually driving its price: lake access, easements, septic versus sewer, and how a lot’s orientation affects both the view and what it’ll be worth when you sell. I learned to build comparables the way an appraiser does, piece by piece, instead of leaning on a flat price-per-square-foot number the way a lot of agents do. That habit shows up every time I help a client figure out what a lake property is really worth.
I also read a contract differently than most agents do. Part of that comes from years of transactions, and part of it comes from teaching contract law to other agents, which I’ll get into below. Either way, when I put together an offer for you, I’m already thinking through the outs, the performance deadlines, and where the leverage sits if something goes sideways after the contract’s signed.
What teaching negotiation nationally actually changes about how I negotiate for you
Since 2016 I’ve traveled around the country teaching real estate classes to other agents and brokers, including certification courses in pricing strategy and negotiation. I wrote most of that curriculum myself, more than 100 classes at this point, and I teach it to rooms full of agents who’ve closed more deals than some of my clients have owned homes.
Here’s what that actually does to how I negotiate on your behalf: standing in front of that room doesn’t let me get away with a vague answer. If I tell a room of working agents that a specific negotiation move protects a buyer a certain way, someone in that room has seen a deal where it didn’t, and they’ll say so. That forces me to know the actual mechanics behind every negotiating position I take, not just the rule of thumb version, because I have to defend it out loud to people who do this for a living.
I bring that same standard into your transaction. When I tell you why I’m structuring an offer a certain way, or why one repair request is worth pushing and another isn’t, it’s not a gut call. It’s reasoning I’ve had to hold up in front of a room of my peers, and I’d rather over-explain it to you than leave you guessing.
How I work with sellers here
Selling a lake-area home takes more than a sign in the yard. I price based on what’s actually closing in your specific town — Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, and Burnet all move differently — and I put together the marketing plan, photography, and showing schedule myself. My goal is to get your home in front of the buyers who are actually looking in this market, not just anyone browsing listings.
The kind of broker I try to be
Buying or selling in the Highland Lakes is a big decision, and you deserve to understand every part of it: pricing, contract terms, and negotiation strategy included. My team and I walk you through each step so you’re making informed decisions the whole way, not just hoping it works out. If a piece of it doesn’t make sense, I’d rather stop and explain it than move on and hope you’ll figure it out later.
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