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All Forum Posts by: Ethan G.

Ethan G. has started 9 posts and replied 345 times.

Post: Hard Money Lending - Advertising/Marketing

Ethan G.Posted
  • Attorney
  • Katy, TX
  • Posts 397
  • Votes 215

None of that sounds correct.

It really depends on who you hire, could be between $150 to $350.

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:
Is it truly an open and shut case where they owe you money and just never sent it to you (due to their incompetence, fraud, etc.)? If so, would guess 10 hours or so.  Does your property management agreement specify that you can get attorneys' fees if you sue them and you win?

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:
You can sue for up to $10,000 in Texas small claims court generally. Amount is big enough you may want to hire a lawyer and go to "real" court.

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:

How much does he owe? If small, you can do small claims

close to 10,000

Thank you Ethan. How much would a lawyer cost for this type of case?

 yes. never paid. What's an attorney's rate? I have little idea.

Is it truly an open and shut case where they owe you money and just never sent it to you (due to their incompetence, fraud, etc.)? If so, would guess 10 hours or so.  Does your property management agreement specify that you can get attorneys' fees if you sue them and you win?

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:
You can sue for up to $10,000 in Texas small claims court generally. Amount is big enough you may want to hire a lawyer and go to "real" court.

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:

How much does he owe? If small, you can do small claims

close to 10,000

Thank you Ethan. How much would a lawyer cost for this type of case?

You can sue for up to $10,000 in Texas small claims court generally. Amount is big enough you may want to hire a lawyer and go to "real" court.

Originally posted by @Zoe Lee:
Originally posted by @Ethan G.:

How much does he owe? If small, you can do small claims

close to 10,000

How much does he owe? If small, you can do small claims

Post: Texas Property Tax Protest Success

Ethan G.Posted
  • Attorney
  • Katy, TX
  • Posts 397
  • Votes 215

I use a local CPA who charges based on pure contingency.  Have found the volume guys like O'Connors to be ineffective.

Post: New Build Project - How I started out?

Ethan G.Posted
  • Attorney
  • Katy, TX
  • Posts 397
  • Votes 215
Originally posted by @Anita Fulton:

Well, if I could, can I pick both of your brains once I get all of the calculation specifics? I don’t know where to start to decide if this would make sense or not. 

 Sure feel free to reach out direct 

Post: New Build Project - How I started out?

Ethan G.Posted
  • Attorney
  • Katy, TX
  • Posts 397
  • Votes 215
Yes new builders do that all the time. They are some of the most optimistic people that exist and banks have to foreclose on the loans made to them at a decent rate.

Originally posted by @Anita Fulton:

Does anyone know about land purchases and then building buildings on land... how does that work? Is there anyone operating in that space? 

Can you describe what this is?

If you don’t want to do it hire one of the contingency people to do it for you