Meet the LivingInAustin Team

Jay Carter
REALTOR

Jay Carter is an experienced real estate agent and investor. He actually invests in what he sells. In addition to serving buyer and seller clients, Jay and his wife own seventeen residential rental units.

After years of primarily working with homebuyers, Jay understands exactly what buyers are looking for and why they may or may not choose a particular property. It's an instinct that many of Jay's home seller clients are finding extremely useful in the current economic environment. It's not unusual for one of Jay's listings to sell with multiple offers after just a few days on the market.

When Jay isn't working in real estate, he enjoys travel, cooking and documentary films. You can reach Jay at 512-997-7653.

Michele Kim Carter
Real Estate Agent

Michele holds down the fort, handling customer & client phone calls and e-mails from inside the office. She also handles much of the marketing and accounting duties here in the office.

Michele is active in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program of central Texas, and highly encourages everyone to consider being a big brother or sister to a local kid who really needs one.

Jay and Michele really enjoy what they do, and love to meet and help people. If you're looking for a great team of Realtors, take a moment to read what Jay & Michele's clients have to say about their service.

Jay and Michele have been married since 2001, and have both lived in Austin for more than a decade. You can reach Michele at 512-413-2253.

Michele Annino
Broker and Client Care Coordinator

Michele Annino handles all the “contract to closing” details for our clients. Among many other duties, Michele keeps track of lenders, inspectors, Realtors and title companies to make sure everything that’s supposed to happen in a real estate transaction happens on time. And since Jay is constantly away from the office showing properties, Michele serves as a main point of contact with our clients to answer any questions they may have along the way. 

Michele is from southern California, and has worked in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. 

Michele can be reached at 512-246-2172.

Marsha Whitley

Office Manager

Acting as the glue that holds Jay and Michele's office together, Marsha puts her decades of organizational and accounting experience to good use in order to keep the office organized and running smoothly.  She handles a variety of duties in the office from filing to marketing to issuing paychecks.

A few years ago, Marsha retired from a long career working for the Internal Revenue Service, but we try not to hold that against her.  She is now a proud grandmother who resides in Pflugerville with her wonderful husband, Carl.