Houston, Texas

Your Houston real estate advisor.

Cantonese-speaking. Straightforward. No pressure.

Create, grow, and preserve wealth - it starts with buying right.
Alfie Ip · Houston real estate advisor
Est · Houston, TX781256-SA
Alfie Ip · 葉家銘 · Houston
Where are you on your journey?

Four paths. One advisor who won't rush you.

Most people arrive knowing roughly which of these fits. Pick one - the page walks you through exactly what happens next.

01
Buyers

Buy a home

Relocation. First home. Investment.

School zones, financing options, the full process explained before you commit to anything.

  • U.S. purchase process walkthrough
  • School-district comparison across Cy-Fair, Katy, Fort Bend
  • Financing options for HK-background buyers
02
Sellers

Sell a home

Pricing clarity. Net proceeds. A real plan.

No flattery on price. A defensible number, a clear timeline, and what you'll walk away with.

  • Comparative market analysis
  • Net-proceeds breakdown
  • Pricing risk explained honestly
03
Renters & newcomers

Rent in Houston

First lease. No SSN or credit yet. Newcomer to the U.S.

Where to search safely, how to get approved without US credit, and what a lease clause actually costs you.

  • 4 legal paths to approval without SSN or credit
  • Lease-clause traps: early termination, pets, auto-renewal
  • Scam-listing identification
04
Relocating

Relocating from Hong Kong

First 90 days. First 12 months. First house.

A relocation framework written for HK, Taiwan, and Singapore newcomers - by someone who made the same move.

  • Pre-landing call and first-30-days checklist
  • U.S. credit from zero
  • 12-to-24 month path from landing to first home
Track record

10+ years, 100+ team closings, verified reviews.

Track record
5.0
75 Google reviews
10+
Years of team experience
100+
Team transactions closed
3
Languages spoken
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About

Alfie Ip is a Houston-based REALTOR® and real estate advisor with CGP Realty Group at eXp Realty LLC. He works primarily with Cantonese-speaking and Hong Kong-background families across Cypress, Katy, Sugar Land, and the TMC corridor.

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Alfie Ip · 葉家銘
TX License
781256-SA
Brokerage
eXp Realty LLC
Team
CGP Realty Group
Languages
Cantonese · English · Mandarin
Direct
713-352-0186
Email
Alfie@cgprealtygroup.com

Alfie Ip · 葉家銘

Alfie Ip is a Houston-based REALTOR® and real estate advisor with CGP Realty Group at eXp Realty LLC. He works primarily with Cantonese-speaking and Hong Kong-background families across Cypress, Katy, Sugar Land, and the TMC corridor.

Before real estate, Alfie worked in banking. That background shapes how he approaches every consultation: he looks at risk before opportunity, explains numbers clearly, and helps clients make decisions they can stand behind - not decisions that simply close a deal.

He speaks Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. He has lived the Hong Kong-to-Houston transition that many of his clients are navigating.

The way I work
Buying right is the first risk decision. Hold the asset, then talk upside.

You earn on the buy, not on the sell. I came to real estate from banking - that's where the framework comes from. The right home, at the right time, on the right terms.

I.

Diagnose before advising

I ask questions before I give answers. Your timeline, your budget, your risk tolerance. The right advice depends on the full picture.

II.

Options with tradeoffs

You see the full picture, not just what I want you to hear. Every path has a cost. My job is to make those costs visible before you decide.

III.

No pressure, no hype

I don't create urgency that isn't there. If the timing isn't right, I'll say so. My goal is a good decision, not a fast one.

AI
The team behind me

I'm not a solo agent. CGP Realty Group is a Houston real estate team brokered by eXp Realty LLC, led by Khai Tran. The team covers residential and commercial across the metro - in English, Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin. For you, that means I get to focus on what I do best (Cantonese-speaking, Hong Kong-background families) with a real bench behind me when a deal needs more hands.

KT
Team Lead

Khai Tran

Vietnamese-speaking buyers and sellers, investors, and commercial deals across Greater Houston.

License
TX #646179-SA
Languages
English · Vietnamese
HL
Sales Agent

Hien Le

Buyer representation, leasing, and investor support across the Houston metro.

License
TX #748067-SA
Languages
English · Vietnamese
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Sales Agent

Alfie Ip · 葉家銘

Hong Kong-background families in Cypress, Katy, Sugar Land, and the TMC corridor. Banking-trained buy-side framework.

License
TX #781256-SA
Languages
Cantonese · English · Mandarin

Why a team, not a solo agent.

01Bench, not a bottleneck

If I'm in escrow on another deal, you still get a real human picking up. Same standard, same playbook.

02Residential and commercial

CGP covers both. If your deal turns into a 1031 exchange, multifamily, or a commercial play, we don't refer you out.

03Multilingual at team level

Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, English. The right person on the right call, not a translation app.

Brokerage

Brokered by eXp Realty LLC.

One of the largest residential brokerages in the U.S. Independent agents, shared infrastructure: technology, compliance, and a national referral network when a client needs to land somewhere outside Texas.

Team
CGP Realty Group
Brokerage
eXp Realty, LLC
Coverage
Houston Metro · Cypress · Katy · Sugar Land · Spring · Tomball
Languages
English · Cantonese · Mandarin · Vietnamese
Free guides

Four field guides, before we even talk.

Most clients arrive with the same questions. All four guides come from real client situations. Email-gated. No drip sequence after.

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