Investors

Buy for income, eyes open.

Representation for buyers of income property, and for buyers and sellers of inns, bed and breakfasts, and small hotels.

Investment Property

What we check before you offer.

Income property on this coast turns on a few facts that never show up in a listing. We put them in front of you first.

Rental rules for the address

Whether short-term rental is allowed at all — Tiki Island prohibits it — plus HOA and deed restrictions on the specific lot.

Rules by island

Flood zone and elevation

The flood zone, the elevation certificate if one exists, and what both mean for insurance and for rebuilding.

Carrying costs

Property tax, windstorm, flood, homeowners, and maintenance, with the source behind each number.

Run the numbers

Water and structure

For waterfront property: dock, bulkhead, and depth at mean lower low water (MLLW) — the things that are expensive to learn after closing.

What we measure

Honest income figures

Any rental income figure is an estimate. We label it as one and write down the assumptions behind it, so you can test them.

After closing

If you want it managed, our owner services can lease or manage it — vacation rental in Galveston, long-term leasing on both islands.

Owner services

Hospitality Property

Inns, B&Bs, and small hotels.

A hospitality property is a business sale as much as a property sale. We represent buyers and sellers on the real estate side of that transaction.

For buyers

What we help you examine before you commit:

  • Zoning and permitted use for the property
  • Occupancy and booking history, as provided by the seller
  • Hotel occupancy tax filings, as provided by the seller
  • Condition, life-safety, and accessibility items to inspect
  • Windstorm and flood exposure for a commercial-use building

For sellers

How we take a hospitality property to market:

  • Confidential marketing — not announced to staff or guests
  • Pricing informed by comparable sales and the property's records
  • Buyers qualified before sensitive records are shared
  • The document package buyers and lenders expect

Crestmark Realty represents the real estate side of the transaction. Business valuation, tax, and legal questions belong with a CPA and an attorney. Crestmark Realty, LLC · Dustin Dean, Broker · TREC #552824-B.

Investors

Start with the facts.

Tell us what you are looking to buy, or what you own and are thinking of selling. We start with the facts that decide whether it works.

By submitting you agree to be contacted about your inquiry. Crestmark Realty, LLC · Dustin Dean, Broker · TREC #552824-B. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Package 3 · Elite Experience