Houston real estate firms work across a huge market, from residential brokerages and property managers to commercial firms in the Galleria and the Energy Corridor. ITServices.Tech provides IT services for Houston real estate firms, with one team for support, security and backups.
Real estate in greater Houston
Greater Houston is one of the largest housing markets in the country, with brokerages, property managers and investors spread from Katy and Cypress to Pearland, Sugar Land and The Woodlands. Agents work from phones and laptops more than desks, listing data comes through the Houston Association of Realtors MLS, and property managers handle leases, maintenance requests and rent payments for homes and units across the metro.
Closing fraud and wire instructions
Real estate closings are a top target for business email compromise. Criminals break into an agent’s or title company’s email, watch a deal, then send fake wire instructions just before closing. MFA on every mailbox, impersonation protection, alerts on suspicious mailbox rules and a firm habit of confirming wire instructions by phone are the controls that stop it. We set up the first three and help you train agents on the fourth.
Agents, devices and leaving the brokerage
Agents join and leave often, and many use their own phones. Managed access to email, transaction software and shared files means an agent can be set up on the first day and removed cleanly when they leave, without client data going with them.
Property management offices
Property managers run leasing, maintenance and accounting from one office, often with staff in the field. Shared mailboxes for maintenance requests, phones that route calls to the right person during business hours and tablets for move-in and move-out inspections all need to be set up and kept secure, along with access to the bank accounts that hold owner and tenant funds.
IT services for Houston real estate firms
- Email compromise protection for closings
- Mobile device security for agents
- Microsoft 365 administration
- Secure document sharing
Everything runs under one managed IT agreement, with the help desk, monitoring, patching, Microsoft 365, security and backups handled by the same team.
Software we support
We support the systems you already run, such as Yardi, AppFolio, Buildium and Rent Manager, along with transaction tools like SkySlope and dotloop and your MLS and CRM, without making you replace them.
Security and compliance
Closing wire fraud starts with email compromise. MFA, email protection and call-back rules protect clients and commissions.
Under Texas law, a business must notify affected people of a breach of their sensitive personal information within 60 days, and the Texas Attorney General within 30 days when 250 or more Texans are affected.
Office hours in Houston
Office hours for Houston clients are Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central, in your own time zone.
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