October 2025

message from the president – october 2025 dear areaa houston members and friends, i hope this message finds you well as we move into the final quarter of the year, i want to take a moment to thank each of you for your continued support and engagement since our last newsletter in early september, areaa houston has been very active with multiple successful events, collaborations, and national participation below is a recap of our recent activities and a preview of what’s ahead gold sponsor global one bank pickleball tournament – september 14 our members participated in the pickleball tournament hosted by global one bank, one of our gold sponsors although we did not win the championship, we had a wonderful time connecting with other participants thank you to global one bank for the invitation and continuous support https //www globalonebank com/ annual membership event – september 24 we held another sold out annual membership event at hilton westchase, with more than 70 attendees we recognized our annual sponsors and welcomed special guests, including mr jp park (ceo, global one bank), mr kenneth li and mr peter david (southwest management district), ms dawn lin, councilmember julian ramirez, chief of staff leah wolfthol, district director mark winchester, and dr steven pei special thanks to our main sponsor chicago title (caryn tran), goosehead insurance, alyssa yanes, manimann photography for providing complimentary photo sessions and special discounts for attendees chicago title / caryn tran ctran\@cttsw\ com areaa national convention – santa monica, ca (october 2–4, 2025) a huge thanks to our past president jamie tian for two years areaa national preisdent and congratulation on new areaa national president 2026 bryan ahn we are looking forwrad to working under another great national leader twelve areaa houston members attended the areaa national convention in santa monica, joining more than 19,000 members across 45 chapters nationwide the convention offered informative sessions, networking opportunities, and celebrations including the gala and after party next year’s convention will be held in frisco, texas (october 22–24, 2026) we hope to see a strong houston team representation next year upcoming events lunch and learn – october 22 (wednesday), 11 30 a m to 1 00 p m sponsored by chase bank topic lending and top real estate producers panel this session will provide valuable insights from top agents on navigating today’s challenging market free for areaa members non member ticket $40 seats are limited, so please register early before the event is sold out areaa commercial event gold sponsor daikin technology park tour – november 6 (thursday), 1 00 p m to 3 30 p m our gold sponsor daikin is offering an exclusive factory tour to areaa houston members this is a rare opportunity to visit one of the largest facilities in the united states attendance is limited due to security protocols, so please register early we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events and continuing to strengthen our houston community together warm regards, join the special screening of far east deep south, followed by a discussion on asian american history and intergenerational well being our filmmaking team larissa lam and only won aka baldwin chiu will be there along with special guests date & time sunday, october 19| 2 00 pm 4 30 pm location chinese baptist church houston, 900 brogden road houston, tx 77024 rsvp http //tinyurl com/fedstx thank you to our 2025 strategic partners thank you to our 2025 strategic partners 2025 gold sponsors 2025 silver sponsors 2025 bronze sponsor 2025 copper sponsor join the areaa houston whatsapp community! join the areaa houston whatsapp community! areaa houston invites you to join this dynamic space where real estate enthusiasts connect and stay informed why join areaa houston whatsapp community? \ 📅receive monthly event announcements \ 🚀stay updated on valuable information \ 🌐connect with like minded professionals \ 📣engage in discussions and networking