Al Torres's involvement with the apartment industry is lifelong. As a child, his father was a maintenance professional in Houston, Texas. Therefore, Al began working as a teenager for a property management company. As a young adult, creating an apartment renovation company was a natural career progression for him. Together with his wife of nearly thirty years, Al founded TPI Inc. in 1983. In the early years, Al could be found painting interior make readies himself and to this day, is a hands on operations manager. Working with a vast employee base, Al can likely be found on job sites up to six days a week. Al has taken great pride in creating a family owned and operated business that his own children are a part of. His support and advocacy of the apartment industry is evident through extensive apartment association involvement and sponsorship at the local, state and national levels. Al can be reached at 713-668-7986.