Horacio Gallegos
Director, Communications & Investor Relations
horacio@rubigroupcapital.com
Horacio Gallegos was born in , TX and grew up on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border. His advanced education track includes graduating from St. Edward’s University in Austin with BBA in Business Administration in 1997 and an MA in Advertising from the University of Texas in 2001.
During and after college, Horacio had the rare opportunity to travel, work, or study abroad in 20 countries. This expanded his real-world knowledge of international business and cultures. He also worked in several marketing roles at Austin start-up, NetSpend and computer giant, Dell, Inc.
As a calling, he began doing real estate in 2005 on the residential side and also investing and rehabbing 6 properties over the next three years. His experience gave him a solid “hands-on” background navigating the real estate markets.
In 2007, Horacio became a founding partner in a Texas-based firm that generated U.S. and Canadian buyer leads online through Search Engine Optimization for exclusive resort properties in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico. This is where he began to learn the power of the internet and online traffic applied with advantage to the real estate business. During these years, Horacio was also certified by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to teach the courses “Doing Business in Mexico” to U.S. Realtors and “Doing Business in the U.S.” to Mexican Realtors. In 2011, he was also named Chair of the International Committee of the Texas Association of Realtors.
After doing a few successful commercial transactions, Horacio realized he enjoyed and had affinity for commercial real estate brokerage. He was now motivated to learn the craft and make it his specialty. With 100% commitment, he dropped his solid book of residential clients and started over from scratch. For the rest of his career, he never did another residential deal.
During the last 3 years of his CRE career, Horacio focused on retail landlord representation, undertaking mostly leasing and preferred investment sales. He worked for the Austin-based firm, Retail Solutions, in its Rio Grande Valley office. And during his stint at the firm, he was awarded his CCIM designation, the highest designation a CRE pro can achieve, with only 15K CRE pros worldwide attaining the designation.
Also during his last two years, Horacio (almost by accident) started to consult with a few select real estate offices exploring effective digital marketing strategies. With a touch of magic, Horacio found his true calling. He was able to combine his decade of RE experience and his many years of practice and education in digital marketing, content creation, and teaching.
Since 2013, Horacio has consulted with a vast number of businesses. He employs a winning strategy leveraging cutting edge SEO, video, and content marketing methods to help his clients connect with their audience and gain visibility and traction with their real estate investment opportunities.
After working with Ricardo Rubiano for many years in the past as a retail broker in his office, in 2018 Horacio became Director of Client Relations and Communications at RubiGroup Capital.