Avoiding Common Property Tax Pitfalls
By Cassie Gresham, Principal, Attorney & Counselor My work on behalf of landowners often involves helping them fix a problem or get out of a bind with their local appraisal district. Through the years, I have seen some common mistakes … Continue reading
How to Read Your Property Tax Bill
By Cassie Gresham, Principal, Attorney & Counselor Most landowners can expect to receive their property tax bills in October every year. It is too late to protest your values, but before you pay the bill, I would advise you to … Continue reading
A Message About The COVID-19 Virus
Dear Clients – Braun & Gresham is always committed to everyone’s complete health and safety, as well as ensuring that your legal matters remain our top priority. Even through the current challenges of the COVID-19 virus, we remain a fully … Continue reading
Questions to Ask When Purchasing Rural Property
When you are buying a property with an open space valuation (i.e. agricultural, timber, wildlife or Ecolab) there are important questions to ask the seller. Many buyers and their agents treat the open space valuation as an afterthought. They just … Continue reading
Texas Ecological Laboratory: A Compelling Alternative For Rural Landowners Paying Market Value Property Taxes
Owning rural land in Texas can be an expensive endeavor, especially if the landowner is paying market value property taxes on their rural land. This occurs when landowners purchase a new property or inherit a property that doesn’t have an … Continue reading
Braun & Gresham Announces 2015 Spring Webinar Series
Braun & Gresham is proud to announce our 2015 spring webinar series, kicking off on April 2, 2015 with The Importance of Updating Your Estate Plan with attorney Margaret Menicucci. This series will feature webinars from Understanding Your Property Taxes and Notice … Continue reading
What Every Landowner Should Know About Property Taxes Webinar Series
“What Every Landowner Should Know About Property Taxes” Every Friday in May at noon, Cassie Gresham will be hosting an informative webinar on property taxes where she will provide guidance in analyzing letters of appraised value, offering tips for how … Continue reading
Texas EcoLab Reception on Saturday, Sept. 28th at the Texas Memorial Museum
Every year, Braun & Gresham hosts a meet-and-greet reception to introduce the community to Texas EcoLab, a unique program that allows landowners to transition their land to a Wildlife Management Tax Valuation (“Wildlife Exemption”) without first maintaining an Agricultural (Ag) or … Continue reading
The 83rd Legislative Session: A Summary for Texas landowners
As the demand for water, oil and gas, and the land itself grows, owners of rural land are faced with an ever-changing world of rules and regulations. This 83rd legislative session Braun & Gresham followed all of these issues and … Continue reading
Texas Ecolab: A Compelling Alternative for Owners of Rural Land Paying Market Value Property Taxes
Owning rural land in Texas can be an expensive endeavor, especially if the landowner is paying market value property taxes on their rural land. This occurs when landowners purchase a new property or inherit a property that doesn’t have an … Continue reading