- 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. - Floodplain Mapping Tools:
Harris County: http://maps2.tsarp.org/tsarp/
Fort Bend County: http://fbcmap.co.fort-bend.tx.us/floodmaptool/ - 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/
- Internet Real Estate Listing Service: Loopnet: http://www.loopnet.com
- Management Companies:
- Asset Plus Companies (brochure) www.assetpluscorp.com, Mike McGrath and Joe Kee, 713-782-5800
- Sumar Enterprises - Larry Hill,
281-449-0909,
email:sumar@ev1.net - Greystar - Stacy Hunt,
713-966-5000,
email:shunt@greystar.com - Nick Slaughter,
713-540-3968,
email: jnslaughter74@sbcglobal.net
- Asset Plus Companies (brochure) www.assetpluscorp.com, Mike McGrath and Joe Kee, 713-782-5800
- Mortgage Bankers:
- David Aaronson, CBRE. ,
713-787-1914.
email: David.aaronson@cbre.com
David is a highly experienced loan officer representing most of the major multifamily lenders in the Houston market as well as the nation.
- David Aaronson, CBRE. ,
- Texas Real Estate Commission: http://www.trec.state.tx.us
- Title Companies:
- Riverway Title Company - John Hammond,
713-703-4360,
email: jhammond@riverwaytitle.com. John and his firm have been very helpful to KET's clients.
- Riverway Title Company - John Hammond,
- Internet-based crime-mapping services:
www.crimemapping.com
www.crimereports.com
www.everyblock.com - City of Houston Police Department Crime Stats: http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/stats2.htm or http://mycity.houstontx.gov/crime/
- Electric Rate Quotes for Residential and Commercial Customers: http://www.powertochoose.org/