The last newsletter came out on the eve of the results for the Houston Association of Realtors Board of Directors election. We are excited to announce that Susan won in her Medium Firms category and will be a new member of the board of directors in 2023! The Houston Association of Realtors has over 47,000 members. It is such an honor to be elected by her peers to serve on the leadership team. Thank you to all Houston realtors who campaigned, voted, and supported Susan on her journey and congratulations to all the newly elected board members!
Drumroll, please! Annoura Realty Group is honored to announce our newest listing!! We have been hired by the Government of Japan to list their Consul General’s residence. The building is located in Memorial 77024 and has served as the venue for many meetings, parties, and celebrations over several decades. Sadly, it flooded in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey filled it up with 8 feet of water from Buffalo Bayou. The home was gutted and left vacant for 5 years, diligently maintained on the outside, but unlived in on the inside. Susan will be bringing this home to the market for sale at $2.2M with the photo shoot set up for tomorrow. It has been a journey procuring this listing and Annoura Realty Group is ready to roll up our sleeves and get it SOLD! In other exciting news, our $1.89M listing went under contract in less than one week and we made it out of the option period last weekend (while Susan was in the back of that Suburban in Fargo). In addition, our new Tokio Marine tenant moved into his West Houston home on Friday, and we closed out our Montrose and Jersey Village lease homes. Susan brought to market a new listing in the Meyerland area, a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home on a 1/3 acre lot with a pool! Mariko brought to market a new listing in Richmond, a 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bath home inside Lakes of Bella Terra. Let’s go Team Annoura!! Gambarou!
It was a busy couple weeks at the Annoura household! Joe had his new student orientation at the University of Texas for three days. Susan and Koh drove to Austin with him for the ‘parents orientation’ program, where they were able to choose several different topics to learn about. While there, Koh met up with his track racing colleague Dean Haraguchi, while Susan met up with her classmate from Armand Bayou Elementary, Julian Hang. From Austin, Susan flew to Fargo, North Dakota to go watch Ty wrestle in a national wrestling tournament. Ty went as part of Team Texas, having qualified in Fort Worth in a previous tournament. It was a whole new world for Susan to see thousands of top wrestlers from all over the United States compete in various weight classes and wrestling styles. She got to see Ty win two matches in Greco Roman, which was very exciting! In the end, Ty went 2-2 in Greco and could not advance, but it was a great experience for him. With an extra day on hand, Susan went sightseeing in downtown Fargo and when her flight was cancelled, she ended up in the back of a Surburban with 6 Team Texas coaches, who drove all night long back to Texas!
It’s the final push! The 2023 HAR Board of Directors election ends TODAY after one week of voting. Representing Houston’s 48,000 realtors, the Board of Directors votes on and decides many of the rules and services that affect the members of the association. To be representative, the board consists of members who are elected based on the size of their firms (number of agents) and the geographic location of the agent’s office. Having 9 agents, Annoura Realty Group falls into the Medium Firms Category (agent count 5-24), so Susan is running in this category. Susan and her team campaigned ALL last week, at election party after election party, asking for votes. Asked WHY she is running? Quite simply, Susan cares about the future of the realtor community and wants to contribute however she can. Whether it be to convey ideas from her colleagues to the board, or voting with the board to affect change, being elected to this position by her peers would be an honor and ultimately, is one way she can give back to her industry. If elected, Susan would serve a 2 year term. Winners will be announced today and we will let you know how it goes in our next edition! For a slate of the candidates, click here: www.har.com/election.
Tax free weekend for back to school stuff is coming up! Wait until Aug 5-7, 2022 and you can go shopping for many items WITHOUT paying sales tax. Qualifying items include school supplies, clothing, footwear, and backpacks under $100 per item. Items NOT qualifying include specialized clothing used for sports, accessories including jewelry, and watches/ watch bands. For a complete list of tax exempt goods and school supplies, click HERE. Can you buy items online?? I’m glad you asked! Yes, you can buy items online, but the shipping counts towards the total price, and remember that each item can only be a max of $100. So, if you buy something online for $95 and the shipping costs $10, then your total price is $105 and is now NOT tax free because the item is considered $105, which is over the $100 maximum.
