
Armando Buchanan, MBA, PGP-AIML, helps investors, business owners, property owners, and organizations make informed commercial real estate decisions throughout Greater Houston. With approximately 20 years of Texas real estate experience, he brings a business-focused perspective to acquisitions, dispositions, leasing decisions, investment opportunities, and long-term real estate strategy.
Armando looks beyond the physical property to help clients evaluate market conditions, financial performance, operating requirements, risk, and alignment with broader business or investment objectives. His multidisciplinary background spans commercial brokerage, investment analysis, land acquisition, contracts, project management, procurement, and technology.
His wealth-management and investment experience with JPMorgan Chase, UBS Financial Services, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch strengthened his capabilities in financial analysis, portfolio strategy, risk assessment, and guiding clients through complex financial decisions.
Armando also brings executive and analytical experience from the energy sector, including service as a chief financial officer for upstream oil and gas companies and as a financial and business intelligence analyst for a solids-control services company. His experience with operating assets, acquisitions, capital planning, land interests, project economics, and industrial operations provides valuable insight into the real estate needs of energy companies, industrial users, and business owners. He also provides industrial project-management and procurement consulting through Esperson LLC.
Armando earned a BBA in Entrepreneurship, with a minor in International Business, from the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston; an MBA from Grand Canyon University; and a Post Graduate Program credential in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning through The University of Texas at Austin. His advanced real estate education includes commercial real estate, income-property analysis, investments, brokerage, business brokerage, contracts, negotiation, and land.
Combining commercial real estate knowledge, financial discipline, energy-sector insight, and practical business experience, Armando helps clients analyze opportunities, negotiate effectively, and move confidently from strategy through transaction execution.
Contact Armando to discuss your commercial property, investment, or business real estate objectives in Greater Houston.