Michele Turnquist

Michele Turnquist is the founder and owner of Turnquist Partners Realtors, Inc. in Austin, Texas, now Engel & Völkers Austin. She is also a top-producing Realtor with more than 35 years of experience in luxury residential real estate in the Austin area, including Lake Austin, Westlake Hills, Lakeway and surrounding communities. A fourth generation Austinite, Michele’s local real estate roots run deep. Her family has helped build Austin for more than 100 years, beginning with her great-great grandfather, John McDonald. As mayor of Austin in the 1890s, he oversaw the construction of the Colorado River’s first dam, which created the reservoir and spurred Austin's original development boom. The former Lake McDonald (now Lake Austin) bore his name. Carrying on his legacy, Michele has developed and marketed Lake Austin waterfront property since the mid 1980s. In fact, she has sold more ...