UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 1, 2007

INCOME OPPORTUNITY REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Nevada		001-14784		75-2615944
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1755 Wittington Place, Suite 300 Dallas, Texas		75234
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 214-750-5800

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     (c) Effective February 1, 2007, Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Reagan K. Vidal, age 46, to the position of Executive Vice President, Managing Director of Capital Markets. Mr. Vidal has also been appointed to the same position by American Realty Investors, Inc. (“ARL”) and Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. (“TCI”). Prior to his selection as an officer of the Company, Mr. Vidal was employed (from 1996 to January 2007) by Guaranty Bank, a Texas based financial institution which provides commercial and residential development financing and mortgage banking credit, where his last position was as Senior Vice President, California Division Manager establishing and implementing the Bank’s market presence in southern California beginning in 2001. Prior thereto (from 1993 to 1996) he was Vice President, US Real Estate Group of Societè Genèralè, a French based multi-national financial institution with US Real Estate Operations based in Dallas, Texas; for more than five years prior thereto he was Vice President, Western Region Commercial of Lomas Management, Inc., advisor and manager to Lomas & Nettleton Mortgage Investors and Lomas Financial Corporation, then two publicly traded real estate investment trusts. Mr. Vidal is also a licensed Texas real estate broker and the holder of a Texas insurance license, Property & Casualty and General Lines.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly-caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly-authorized.