REALTOR® · Houston, TX
Elite Properties
Buying or selling in Katy, Cypress, Hockley, Spring, or the Bear Creek area. Bad credit, no savings, negative equity, self-employed income. If your situation is complicated, that's exactly who I work with.
Why this works
Marketing is the part most agents skip
Listing a home puts it on the MLS and waits for someone else to bring a buyer. That is where most of the business stops. The homes that sell for more are the ones that get shown to the right people, in the right places, before the sign ever goes up.
How buyers actually find you
Relevancy, recency, proximity
Three things decide whether marketing reaches the person who is actually ready to move. Every page on this site is built to hit all three at once, which is why there is a page for each neighborhood and each situation instead of one page trying to cover everything.
- Relevancy
- Written for one situation at a time. A first-time buyer and someone settling a parent's estate are not the same person and should not read the same page.
- Recency
- Kept current. Market conditions from eighteen months ago are not information, they are decoration.
- Proximity
- Specific to the street, not the county. Katy, Cypress, Hockley, Spring and the neighborhoods inside them.
Position. Impact. Conversion.
The E.P.I.C. framework
Four pillars on every home we take. Not a checklist of things agents are supposed to do, an argument for why your home ends up being the obvious choice on the market.
Equity
Not a CMA. Where you actually stand in the data market, the negotiation market, and the buyer's mind, so you are leading the market instead of reacting to it.
Presentation
Perception creates value, so we control the narrative. Photography, video and copy engineered before anything goes public, for a buyer deciding with their thumb.
Impact
We do not just market, we dominate. Targeted campaigns that put your home in front of thousands who were not searching yet, instead of hoping the MLS does the work.
Campaign
You do not list a home, you launch it. Pre-launch buzz, a timed calendar, and offer sequencing, because the first week is the week you never get back.
Buying instead?
The R.E.A.L. framework
Most agents start by showing you houses. We start by getting you ready to win one, because the buyer who gets the good house is almost never the one who saw it first.
Ready
Pre-approved and represented before we tour anything, so you can act the day the right one appears instead of scrambling.
Educated
What your money actually buys here, honestly, before you fall in love with something out of range.
Aligned
Fewer homes, and better ones. We build the search on your real criteria and give you an honest verdict on each one.
Locked
Offer strategy, inspections, financing and closing, run so the ending is boring.
The situation you are actually in
Different circumstances, different plans
The fundamentals do not change. The sequence, the timing and how much coordination it takes change completely. Start where you actually are.
01 / SELLING YOUR HOME
Professional photography, honest pricing, and marketing that gets your home seen, not just listed
Professional photography, honest pricing, and marketing that gets your home seen, not just listed.
02 / DOWNSIZING
Moving to less house, with the sale and your next move sequenced so you're never stuck holding two
Moving to less house, with the sale and your next move sequenced so you're never stuck holding two.
03 / UPSIZING
Selling and moving up, with buy-first-or-sell-first decided by your real numbers, not a guess
Selling and moving up, with buy-first-or-sell-first decided by your real numbers, not a guess.
04 / SELLING A HOME DURING DIVORCE
A neutral, straightforward sale when two people have to agree, handled without taking sides
A neutral, straightforward sale when two people have to agree, handled without taking sides.
05 / WHAT YOUR HOME IS WORTH
A real number based on the local market, not an algorithm that's never seen your house
A real number based on the local market, not an algorithm that's never seen your house.
06 / BUYING A HOME
Personalized search, honest advice, and support through closing from an agent who's worked North and Northwest Houston for 13 years
Personalized search, honest advice, and support through closing from an agent who's worked North and Northwest Houston for 13 years.
07 / FIRST-TIME BUYERS
Bad credit, no savings, not sure where to start
Bad credit, no savings, not sure where to start. I get first-time buyers into a home who thought they couldn't qualify.
08 / VA AND MILITARY BUYERS
VA financing and PCS timelines, handled by someone who's done them before
VA financing and PCS timelines, handled by someone who's done them before.
5 areas. 9 situations. One person who has done all of it before.
Where I work
Neighborhoods I know inside out
Katy
Master-planned communities off I-10 and the Grand Parkway, zoned mostly to Katy ISD.
Explore Katy →Cypress
Cy-Fair ISD territory along US-290, with communities ranging from established to still-building.
Explore Cypress →Hockley
A more rural feel along Highway 290, mostly Waller ISD, with newer communities moving in.
Explore Hockley →Spring
Split between Klein ISD and Spring ISD, with I-45 running the eastern edge.
Explore Spring →Bear Creek
Split by zip code between two school districts, a detail worth knowing before you fall in love with a house.
Explore Bear Creek →From the blog
Local market insight
2026-09-15 · 6 min read
Bad Credit or No Savings? You Can Still Buy a Home in North Houston
Bad credit and no savings don't automatically mean you can't buy a home in North or Northwest Houston. Here's what actually determines whether you qualify.
2026-09-08 · 6 min read
Self-Employed or 1099? Here's How Mortgage Qualifying Actually Works
Self-employed and 1099 income doesn't fit a standard mortgage application neatly, but it's not a dead end. Here's what actually matters to a lender who works with it regularly.
Who I work with
Most agents want the easy deal: good credit, a healthy down payment, a straightforward sale. I built my business on the deals those agents pass on.
Bad credit. No savings. Negative equity, where the honest answer might be to lease instead of sell. Self-employed or 1099 income that a lender's form letter can't make sense of. A visa that complicates the paperwork. A language barrier that means you've never had anyone walk you through this in a way you actually understood.
If that's your situation, you're not starting this conversation from behind. You're exactly who I do my best work for.
Why Elite Properties
I'm the Broker and owner of Elite Properties, LLC. I've been licensed in Texas 13 years, with 20 years in sales and client service before that. I'm a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) and a licensed P&C insurance agent, which means I'm still your agent after closing when the property tax bill or the insurance renewal shows up. Most agents disappear at the closing table. I don't.
I lead a bilingual team that serves clients in English and Spanish. If a language barrier has made real estate feel harder than it should, my team is built to fix exactly that.
I'll tell you the real number and the real options, including the option of not selling or not buying yet, if that's what the numbers actually say. I'd rather lose a deal than tell you what you want to hear to get it signed.
Where I work
I work North and Northwest Houston, roughly the corridor between Highway 59 North and I-10: Katy, Cypress, Hockley, Spring, and the Bear Creek area, zip codes 77084 and 77095. These aren't areas I cover, they're areas I know street by street.
Buying or selling, here's where to start
Selling? Start with what your home is actually worth and a straight answer on pricing strategy.
Buying for the first time? Start with the first-time buyer page, which covers down payment and grant guidance without the jargon.
Not sure which one, or dealing with both at once (a sale and a purchase, timed together)? Read how the whole process works, or just get in touch and tell me where you're stuck. That's usually the fastest way to get a straight answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work with buyers who have bad credit or no savings?
Yes. That's a large part of my business, not an exception to it. I'll give you a real assessment of where you stand and a real plan, whether that means moving now or building toward it first.
What areas do you serve?
North and Northwest Houston, roughly the corridor between Highway 59 North and I-10: Katy, Cypress, Hockley, Spring, and the Bear Creek area, zip codes 77084 and 77095.
Do you offer services in Spanish?
Yes. I lead a bilingual team, and every client gets served in the language they're most comfortable in, English or Spanish, from the first conversation through closing.
What happens after closing? Do you disappear once the deal is done?
No. I'm a licensed P&C insurance agent, so I stay involved after closing: property tax protests, insurance renewals, the parts of homeownership that outlast the closing table.
What if I'm not sure I'm ready to sell or buy yet?
Tell me that up front and I'll give you an honest answer, including when the honest answer is to wait. I'd rather have that conversation now than have you find out later I wasn't straight with you.
Thinking about a move?
Let's figure out your next step together. No pressure.