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Stormy Hayes-Knipe has been a successful Houston Realtor for more than 17 years. Stormy's comprehensive market knowledge, combined with her energy, dedication, and unwavering positive attitude, has placed her in the Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty Circle of Excellence.

Known for going the extra mile to get things done for her clients, Stormy stays current with the ever-changing market through daily monitoring and research. She has extensive relocation expertise and specializes in a wide range of Houston neighborhoods including Braeswood Place (Braes Heights/Ayrshire), West University, Museum District, Knollwood Village, Linkwood, Woodside, Bellaire, Willow Meadows, Meyerland, Afton Oaks, Westbury, Bellaire, Heights, and the Memorial area. She also assists sellers and buyers in neighborhoods throughout Galveston.

Originally from El Paso, Stormy has called Houston home for more than 25 years. After graduating from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) with a BFA in marketing and communications, she worked as a national sales planning manager for Fox Sports. Later, as a marketing manager with KPMG’s top national sales team, Stormy earned several prestigious honors, including an award for volunteer excellence.

Stormy is heavily involved in the Houston community and her neighborhood associations as well as her children's schools, sports and Universities. Past volunteer commitments include the Children's Museum of Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, West University Little League Auxiliary, West University Sports Association Board, Braeswood Place Homeowners Association Home Tour Chair, Mark Twain Elementary School PTO, Pershing Middle School PTO, Lamar High School PTO, Lamar High School Booster Club and Stella Link Campus Park Board. Present commitments include Rice University Football WGAH President and Mark Twain Elementary SDMC. Stormy has served on The Woman's Hospital of Texas - Pediatric Community Advisory Board and is a sustaining member of The Junior League of Houston plus volunteers and contributes to several community events in and around Houston.

Stormy is an avid sports fan, enjoys the arts and loves a good festival. Stormy and her husband Chad currently live in Braes Heights and have two children, Zane and Lilly, and a dog named Mondo.

Sugar Land resident since 1991

Kelly Ritz, Realtor 281-578-3566

Kelly Ritz is one of the top real estate consultants in Houston, Texas. Kelly's real estate career began just out of college, while working for a marketing company, she began buying her own real estate investment properties and quickly realized property management was what she love to do. Since obtaining her real estate license in 1989, Kelly has integrated her marketing experience into her business and has been nationally recognized for the creation of web-based and print marketing. As a former PRESIDENT OF THE KATY REALTOR ASSOCIATION, Kelly has a long-standing reputation for mastery of the city's neighborhoods and commercial assets; leveraging that knowledge to obtain record prices for her clients. Kelly's business is based on more than 80 percent referrals from satisfied clients. Her roster of high-end residential projects includes A-List sport clientele; while her commercial projects include restaurants, health-and-wellness centers and medical practices. During a career that spans three decades, Kelly has established her reputation for building relationships with consumers as well as brandssome of the most notable brands she has collaborated with are Mercedes-Benz, Houzz, and her beloved Houston Astros. Kelly now serves as a real estate consultant and dedicates her time more specifically in asset management roles responsible for effective business strategies to maximize asset performance across portfolios of office, industrial, retail and multi-family properties. Kelly continues to be an active real estate investor and agent helping people build multi-million-dollar real estate portfolios that generate passive monthly cash flow.