flipper Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I've always wondered if anyone knows the history or story behind the "Urban Living" company. www.urbanliving.comflipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I've always wondered if anyone knows the history or story behind the "Urban Living" company. www.urbanliving.comflipperyou could ask the owner:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...ost&p=83458or here is a piece from the chron archives 5/6/2000:UrbanRealtors.com, a Houston-based Internet-reliant real estate brokerage, opened for business on the Web this week - extending a fast-growing trend in the home-selling business.The firm is giving its customers Internet access to the Multiple Listing Service, the list of the 30,000 homes for sale through the Houston Association of Realtors. In years past, consumers wanting to buy a home could not get much help from their home computers. But the window is opening for more realty information to reach the public via the Internet."We have all 30,000 listings accessible online," said Vinod Ramani, president of UrbanRealtors.com.Unlike some online Realtors, Ramani's company is not completely confined to cyberspace. UrbanRealtors just purchased an old Studebaker dealership building on Washington Avenue near Shepherd that will be remodeled for its offices and showroom. The facility, which will be named UrbaniCenter, will include a title company and a fancy coffee bar.Other marketing momentum will come from the brightly painted Volkswagen Beetles emblazoned with the firm's logo - copying a marketing ploy used by zipRealty.com, a Berkeley, Calif.-based Internet real estate firm. ......................"It's very comprehensive and we'll see if people want that much information," he said.UrbanRealtors.com also offers apartment renting services.The company has been growing fast in its start-up stage, Ramani said. After beginning the year with Ramani alone, UrbanRealtors.com, currently has 14 employees, four of whom are realty agents.It will focus a lot of its efforts in the Inner Loop area, but it will also handle realty transactions in other parts of the city. Ramani hopes to export UrbanRealtors to other cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonRealtor Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I know that Vinod is not a broker, he is just an agent owns that owns a real estate company. He has a broker that works for him. Maybe that's how he gets away with things...he reports to a broker that really reports back to him. The poor broker is between a rock and a hard place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonRealtor Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 By the way, are you referring to Urban Lofts (www.urbanlofts.com), the builder of the aluminum TH's? I don't think there is a builder of townhomes like that called Urban Living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 By the way, are you referring to Urban Lofts (www.urbanlofts.com), the builder of the aluminum TH's? I don't think there is a builder of townhomes like that called Urban Living. Yes, you are right. I was thinking of Urban Lofts for the townhomes. See, even I get them confused flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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