• 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
•       Devonshire Management - Nick Slaughter, 713-877-1500, email: jnslaughter@devonshire.biz
• Mortgage Bankers: David Aaronson, Grand Bridge Capital.  Telephone:  713-993-1339.  Email: DAaronson@gbrecap.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: 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.
• 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/

Texas Apartment Market  Reports and Updates