PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Mr. Baca began his career in real estate in 1971 when he developed the longest-running commercial transaction reporting service in Houston, the “Commercial Transactions Report”. In 1979 Mr. Baca developed “The Databank”, a comparables database serving the commercial appraisal industry. During the 1980s he developed a series of commercial property reporting services including: The Apartment Survey; The Office Building Survey and The Foreclosure Report. In the 1990s Mr. Baca, as Baca Landata, purchased the Wilson Maps and later Zingerey Maps. He developed several on-line, information-gathering real estate products including: the first total market, all property residential real estate inventory database; a comprehensive database of 400,000 apartment units; Internet “smart” map of The Greater Houston Area; the first Internet distributed GIS mapping product for the HCAD. Mr. Baca is the owner of Court Records Research. Other business ventures include: Founder and CEO of Baca Publications, Inc. (1971-1988), a publisher of commercial real estate data (office/multifamily), including sales, inventory, and foreclosures; Founder, President and CEO of Baca Landata (1988–1999), an electronic Real Estate Information service provider serving the local residential market; and Founder and Owner of Baca Information Group (1999–2000), a provider of commercial, multi-tenant lease space data.
EDUCATION
Mr. Baca graduated from University of Houston in 1969 with a BA Degree in Political Science. Joining the military in 1969-70, he was assigned to Ft. Bliss for basic, Ft. Huachuca for AIT and Ft. Benning for Airborne training before being attached to the Texas National Guard, Airborne where he served from 1970-1974.
ACCREDITATIONS/DESIGNATIONS
NAR - National Association of Realtors
Texas Association of Realtors, TAR
National Real Estate Information Providers Association, REIPA
SPECIALTY
Administrative
OTHER INFORMATION:
Mr. Baca represented City of Houston in trade missions to Central and South America to develop Latin American trade for Houston (Chile, Panama, Guatemala) from 1995-1997. He served as the Director of Houston Proud, a volunteer civic organization dedicated to improving the business climate, from 1985-1990. Mr. Baca was President of the Real Estate Information Providers Association in 1998 (Founder and Director, 1996-1999) as well as a past Director of The Montessori School of Houston and St. Anne School. Currently he serves as Director of the Houston Realty Breakfast Club, a PAC representing the real estate community, and a member of the Greater Houston Partnership Real Estate Committee and Construction Committee and the West Houston Association. As a Realtor, Mr. Baca serves as a Director of TAR, Director and Commercial Division Chairman of HAR, past Chairman of the HAR Government Affairs Committee and is the 2001 recipient of the Realtor of the Year Award. He is married to wife Pamela and has two daughters, Phoenix and Christina Baca.
