Q&A: HAR chief Bob Hale opens up on 50-year career transforming homebuying in Houston
Last year, the agent listings on HAR.com were viewed 547 million times by consumers. The website was launched in 1997.Bob Hale has made the process of buying or selling a home a little easier for countless Houstonians.
A graduate of the University of Texas Law School, Hale worked part time during law school for a lobbyist who was also an attorney. He joined the Texas Association of Realtors in Austin in 1970 as its government affairs director. In 1973, prominent Houston Realtors Julio Laguarta and Howard Horne persuaded him to work with HAR as an attorney and outside lobbyist. He was named CEO in 1988.
"Over 6 million times, consumers go to HAR.com compared to no consumers going to our physical location, and we’re working mostly remote right now," Hale said."He was right."
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