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Award-winning HAA IROP member talks shop Ramon M. Nunez didn’t always know where his journey would lead him, but he did know he was going to work hard to get there. Ramon has lived in Houston his entire life, so it was no surprise that this local was a proud Cougar at the University of Houston in 1997. It was in college that Ramon started on his journey into this industry. From moving to Iraq to perform FOB project management and regional operations that supported the U.S. Department of Defense, State Department and Special Forces, to meeting his wife in 2009 and getting married in Europe, to 2014 where he and his wife took a leap of faith to become entrepreneurs. Ramon then got his start in this industry in 2015 when he joined the Houston Apartment Association and has been an Independent Rental Owner since 2019. Since 2019 Ramon and his team has been named HAA Independent Owner of the Year, Property of the Year, Maintenance Technician of the Year, NAA Independent Owner of the Year and TAA Independent Owner of the Year. He holds several certifications within HAA and continues to be involved on a local, state, and national level. With his work experience and education he has gained over the years and an amazing team behind him, he has turned the American dream into his reality.
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What is your name, job title, company? Ramon M. Nunez, CEO and Managing Director of Bravo Capital Management LLC How many years have you been in the multifamily industry? Since 2015 How many years have you been an Independent Rental Owner (IROP)? Since 2019 What made you want to get involved in this industry? In 2015, my wife and I discovered a real estate group in Houston called Lifestyles Unlimited. In this organization, we learned how to purchase single-family and multifamily properties. We started our journey to build a real estate business and leave a legacy for our future family. There are so many appealing traits to real estate. Whether you were getting started with singlefamily homes or apartment communities, real estate has less barriers of entry to start by using leverage to purchase properties, plus we could control our financial outcomes with increasing the NOI over time in correlation with market appreciation. Furthermore, many successful members in our real estate group were active members of the Houston Apartment Association for many reasons. How and when did you find HAA and what did HAA do for you and your company? Since many successful members in our real estate group were active members of HAA, this was a perfect partnership for us to build our business. HAA helps close the learning curve for new and seasoned IROPs with updated laws, local guidelines, national initiatives and many
news updates. HAA had additional in-depth education regarding fair housing guidelines, Leasing 101 process, political advocacy, credential programs, IROC programs, supplier’s connections, professional development and endless industry knowledge at the tip of our fingers. HAA had leadership conferences and expos to attend as well as opportunities to get involved with the Texas and National Associations. If you are eager to learn the rental business, HAA has numerous resources to help anyone progress as a business leader. HAA taught me that we all need to work together as a unified group for the success of our industry. That includes local, state and national associations working side by side to address issues that can negatively impact our business and industry. I attended the TAA Day at the Capitol in Austin in 2015, 2017 and 2023. Being involved with our Political Action Committee opened my eyes to the great work our associations accomplish for us daily. The HAA PAC also participates in local and state political campaigns, helping candidates who support the apartment industry and its supplier businesses. HAA gave our company added confidence to perform our daily operations successfully. The training, networking, and leadership development help our team excel to the next level of professionalism. As a result, we earned local, state, and national recognition for our team’s hard work. What came before becoming an IROP, tell me about your work before? I graduated from the University of Houston with an Information Technology major and minor in Business Management from C.T. Bauer College of Business in 2004. I worked for one of the
