Ricardo Houston
Kansas City,MO
Summary
Insightful, goal oriented, passionate leader. Ricardo is a creative, resourceful, professional who thrives in work environments that focus on the opportunity to think outside the box. Ricardo is dedicated to working cohesively as a team player who aligns with leadership to help the organization to reach their ultimate goals.
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Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Property Manager
Thomas Ross Properties
Kansas City, MO
01.2006 - Current
- Locating, negotiating, and acquiring property through leasing, supervised maintenance, and financial management. While achieving company goals by increase the occupancy by 35%.
- Created system to streamline reporting and oversee maintenance repairs and assigning the work order process to the proper maintenance personnel.
- Managing and budgeted over 150 apartment units and 120,000 square feet commercial shopping centers space. Centralize and improving processes for tenants. While lowering the vacancy rate to below 5%.
- Determined better way to market and leasing commercial retail space. Such as by using social media and other apps at gear to that audience.
General Contractor
Modern World Construction
Kansas City, MO
01.1998 - Current
- Provide on-site management and quality control to ensure projects met time and budget requirements and were built in accordance with contract documents.
- Oversee daily field and office operation of a construction corporation handling commercial and residential projects.
- Provide on-site management and quality control to ensure time and budget requirements and were built in accordance with contract documents.
- Oversee cost control, coding and payroll for at times 25# employees.
- Working closely with architects and engineers in creating & reviewing drawings and specifications
- Prepared budgets, estimates, bids, proposals, schedules, contracts, subcontractors and work scopes.
Property Manager/Developer
Houston Enterprises of K.C. LLC
Kansas City, MO
01.1995 - Current
- Managed the day to day operations and staff in charge of commercial, multi-family and single family properties
- Supervised recertification of Section 8 tenants
- Facilitate Eminent Domain proceeding for commercial project
- By negotiating in the litigation stage of the process and achieving agreeable compensation for all land owners
- Saving in delays in the project and Hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees
- Assisted in organized and relocation for Chapter 163 of the Uniform Act
- Attend planning and zoning board hearings and meetings, and successfully obtained zoning approval to proceed with what resulted in a successful Residential and Commercial projects
- Assuming full responsibility for the planning, finance, sales, lease, or rentals of all company development and construction projects.
Developer and Builder
B & H Development Corp.
Cleveland, OH
01.1998 - 01.2004
- Started a real estate development division which grew to professional and support staff of twenty, and generated contracts of $6 millions
- Manage development projects from inception to final use
- Assign, manage and direct company and contract professionals including controller, architects, estimators, designers, engineering, and sale staff
- Implement large scale development of single-family detached homes
- Neighborhoods which range $200.000 to $1, million in prices and market segments from Middle income to, to luxury communities
- Play a key role in directing all areas of projects
- Build 12 homes in A'lavion Sub-division Pepper Pike, Ohio and 34 homes in the Richmond Bluff's (Richmond Heights, Ohio)Plan and manage projects through the most efficient methods functioning as a General Contractor or working through a General Contractor
- Interact with individual and corporate clients; local and staff officials inspectors attorneys, and contractors; utilities, financial institutions, and real estate brokers for the planning development, financing and marketing of large side investments.
Education
Construction Management Certification -
University of Wisconsin
BS, Business Administration and Marketing -
Clark Atlanta University
01.1993
Skills
- Persuasive
- Determined
- Confidence
- Intense
- Commerical and Residential
- Customer Service-Focused
- Maintenance Knowledge
Certification
- Renovator Certification, 2010
- CGR, 2004
- Certified Lead-Abatement Contractor, 2003
- License General Contractor, 2002
- Real Estate Broker License, 2001
- Real Estate License, 1999
Associations
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Remodeling Industry
- National Realist Association
- Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity Inc
- Boys and Girls of America
Timeline
Property Manager
Thomas Ross Properties
01.2006 - Current
General Contractor
Modern World Construction
01.1998 - Current
Developer and Builder
B & H Development Corp.
01.1998 - 01.2004
Property Manager/Developer
Houston Enterprises of K.C. LLC
01.1995 - Current
Construction Management Certification -
University of Wisconsin
BS, Business Administration and Marketing -
Clark Atlanta University