Welcome to Logo Tournament, and thank you for a minute of your time. I specialize in Real Estate logos and have had many winning Real Estate Designs here at LT. One of the reasons for my success has been creating strong designs that are visible and clear on signage from a distance, while still looking nice in a small application such as web headers, and business card use.
I often use the "little white picket fence" to represent the American Dream. I try and keep the icon and text separate, as text inside of the icon is hard to read from a distance.
I welcome any feedback and suggestions that you may have.
Also....If you step back across the room, you can get a feel of what a sign might look like from down the street. All of these logos are in a 3d scheme, but can easily be flattened and the shine and shading removed for easy flat printing etc...
Here is a clean version using the initials. Some with the fence and some without. They are bold enough to work from a distance, but they look nice in small applications as well.... #55 | #56 | #57