David Owen President, Pride of Austin, Inc. An 8th generation Texan, I am a multi-degreed professional who has been in the real estate industry for more than two decades. I started selling real estate with Coldwell Banker in Dallas in 1976. Real estate was the perfect profession for me to pay my way through graduate school as it afforded me a flexible schedule and rewarded me for my hard work. After several years of selling real estate and completing a couple of degrees I took a career turn. I left real estate to follow my spiritual journey which lead me to being ordained a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1995 I took a leave of absence from the Church in order to help my parents financially. After my father’s death in 1998 I decided to pursue a career in real estate instead of going back into active ministry as a priest so that I could always be available to help my mother financially. Helping people has always been a passion for me. Helping people find the perfect home that becomes a warm and secure environment to stabilize their life-foundation for them and their families comes naturally to me. I am comfortable working with all people of all socio-economic backgrounds. As such, I find that I am just as energetic selling a home for $100,000 as I am for $1,000,000 or more. It is because of my sincere desire to help people and my willingness to spend as much time with them as necessary in order to help them find the perfect home that I am consistently recognized in the top 1% of all agents in the Central Texas Market Area and of all licensed real estate professionals in Travis and Williamson County. I believe that everyone deserves to own a home. To that end I work tirelessly and tenaciously to achieve that goal for anyone who asks for my help. Navigating through any real estate transaction is not an easy task – even for a professional. I work hard to make that journey an enjoyable experience for my clients. If I am employed to be your real estate professional I take my responsibility to you very seriously and deliver on my word to you. When working hard for my clients… My Pride Delivers!