• Apartment Brokers: Jim Hurd of Houston Income Properties, Inc, telephone: 713-783-6262, email: Jhurd@houstonincomeproperties.com  Jim's firm has closed over $1 billion in apartment sales in Houston and KET has joined in several transactions with this firm.
• Appraisers/Tax Consultants: Pat O'Connor of O'Connor and Associates, telephone:  713-686-1777, email: poconnor@poconnor-associates.com. Pat's firm specializes in the appraisal of commercial real estate in Texas. It also has been very successful in obtaining tax valuation reductions.
• Center for Public Policy: http://www.uh.edu/irf/index.html This University of Houston site forecasts real estate markets for Houston.
• Harris County Appraisal District: http://www.hcad.org
• Houston Real Time Traffic Map: http://traffic.tamu.edu/traffic.html
• Houston Weather: http://www.weather.com/weather/us/zips/77057.html
• Internet Real Estate Listing Service: Loopnet: http://www.loopnet.com
• Management Companies:  Asset Plus Companies (brochure) www.assetpluscorp.com, Mike McGrath, 713-782-5800
• Sumar Enterprises - Larry Hill, 281-449-0909, email: sumar@ev1.net,
• RMI Property Manaqement - Joe Kee, 281-893-0925, email: jkee@sbcglobal.net
• Mortgage Bankers: David Aaronson, Live Oak Capital, telephone: 713-993-1339.  Email: daaronson@liveoakcapital.com  David is a highly experienced loan officer representing most of the major multifamily lenders in the Houston market as well as the nation. Please visit their website:  www.liveoakcapital.net
• Texas Real Estate Commission: http://www.trec.state.tx.us
• Title Companies: First American Title Company - John Hammond, 713-266-2595, email: jdhammond@firstam.com. John and his firm have been very helpful to KET's clients.

Texas Apartment Market Trends and Updates and Articles

Houston Ranked in Top 5 Job Markets - (BizJournal, 9/10/07)

Fewer Get Home Loans So Apartments Fill Up Houston - (Houston Chronicle, 12/12/07)

Houston Market Escapes Woes of National Mortgage Meltdown - (Houston Business Journal, 12/14/07)

Looming Boom - Texas Through 2030 - (Tierra Grande, January 2008)

Port of Houston Planning $74M Bayport Expansion - (GlobeSt.com, 1/24/08)

Houston Exports Rise 28% as City Keeps No. 2 Rank - (Houston Chronicle, 1/24/08)

Texas Apartment Market  Reports and Updates