Industry Links – KET Enterprises Incorporated

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: https://www.uh.edu/irf/index.html
This University of Houston site forecasts real estate markets for Houston.
Floodplain Mapping Tools:
Harris County: https://maps2.tsarp.org/tsarp/
Fort Bend County: https://fbcmap.co.fort-bend.tx.us/floodmaptool/
Harris County Appraisal District: https://www.hcad.org
Houston Real Time Traffic Map: https://traffic.tamu.edu/traffic.html
Houston Weather:https://www.weather.com/
Internet Real Estate Listing Service: Loopnet: https://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
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.
Texas Real Estate Commission: https://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.
Internet-based crime-mapping services:
www.crimemapping.com
www.crimereports.com
www.everyblock.com
City of Houston Police Department Crime Stats: https://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/stats2.htm or https://mycity.houstontx.gov/crime/
Electric Rate Quotes for Residential and Commercial Customers: https://www.powertochoose.org/