How to end low ball offers by Texas A&M Real Estate Center: make condemning entities pay attorney fees if the court award is x% higher than the initial offer.
Why make condemning entities pay legal fees?
- Paraphrasing Senator Nelson- these are unfair transactions, these sellers are not willing sellers.
- Paraphrasing TXDOT testimony- when we go to court, we usually have to pay 26% more for the property.