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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
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
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
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.
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

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