Are You Ready to Start Living?

VIVO Realty is now
Start Living Realty

Same people. New name.

Who We Are

We don’t follow trends. We’re an independent, family-owned brokerage that still thinks buying or selling a home is a pretty damn big deal.

12 years later, that hasn’t changed.

But the home isn’t really the point.

It’s the first night eating takeout on boxes.
The wall where you measure your kids.
The room that becomes a nursery.

It’s the life that happens there.

That’s why we’re called Start Living Realty.

And yeah, we know it’s a verb. That’s the point.

Our Leadership

Bernice Maez

Broker, Co-founder

Contract ninja and fixer of all things real estate. We call her the “contract whisperer”. True story. She’s been helping buyers and sellers for 25+ years and she wears a power suit every day. Seriously. She’s also an expert Real Estate Instructor with Texas Realtors®, MetroTex, and AgentAdvantage.

David Maez Jr.

20+ years REALTOR/Broker. Creative. Marketing, tech and AI expert. Real Estate Instructor with Texas Realtors®, Rialto with MetroTex, and AgentAdvantage. Loves coffee way too much. And god forbid if you have to negotiate with this guy. He enjoys it. Like. He looks forward to it. He even developed an AI tool to help him negotiate. Anyways.

Broker, Co-founder