HOUSTON, TX, April 23, 2005 - Leading Houston commercial real estate brokerage and investment firm McAlister & Co. finalized an agreement today to purchase an on-demand GeoRoom map-based real estate research and business process management system from R7 Solutions. The system will be used to aid in the research and analysis of properties for purchase or pre-development activities, and well as in the management of the brokerage and investment process.

The system will provide the firm with a map-based real estate research and project management system with boundaries, roads, high resolution aerials, local land parcel data, school districts, waterways, hazards, and a wide variety of other map features while requiring the firm to purchase no additional hardware, software or specialized IT services to support the system.

Delivered over the web through a secure browser connection, GeoRoom on-demand allows the firm to complete basic research and due diligence much faster, bring consistency and effeciency to their real estate project management, and deliver a more professional and more competitive product.

About The McAlister Company

The McAlister Company is a real estate brokerage focusing on the acquisition and sale of pre-development land parcels in the Houston Area. The company has specialized in Houston land opportunities since 1973 and offers site selection services to investors and developers as a Real Estate Broker. The Company has brokered over $700 million of Houston land parcels to investors and developers. The Research Department is the center of operations for the company. The Macro economic data on the US economy and on Houston development trends provides the data to develop purchase and exit strategies. The Micro data quantifies land values and alternatives in the marketplace in order to evaluate offers for the purchase and sale of property. The Company also purchases land tracts as an investment through limited partnerships composed of business and professional people. By joining together in a partnership, these investors are able to buy carefully selected investment properties while minimizing there risks.

About R7 Solutions

R7 Solutions develops and implements award-winning enterprise software for the energy, transportation, government and real estate industries. The company's flagship product is GeoRoom, the real-time web-based map and data integration suite. Founded in 2001, the company has unique expertise in geographic information systems, enterprise integration of geospatial data, document management and workflow systems. For more information, please contact R7 Solutions at 713.529.3300 or visit www.r7solutions.com.