Consultations on Texas residential and commercial real estate issues including review/comment on TREC and TAR sales contracts, title commitments, and closing documents
Texas earnest money contracts (TREC and TAR), warranty deeds, real estate lien notes, deeds of trust, leases, liens and lien releases, assignments, options, and affidavits
Creative real estate documentation for assumptions, owner financing, wraparounds, “subject to” deals, hard-money loans, and land trusts
Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act (but excluding RMLO services)
Real estate investor documentation, including flips, “subject to” transactions, wholesaling, and wraparounds
Leases and assignment of leases for residential and commercial properties
Lien release against the homestead
Foreclosures and evictions in the Houston area
Clearing title to heirship property
Curing Schedule C title commitment issues
Real estate documents for Texas divorce settlements
Estate planning for real estate investors
Representation in Texas transactions involving residential real estate and commercial real estate
Combined broker/lawyer representation in the entire transaction (discounted commission)
Representation in disputes and litigation involving Texas real estate
Clearing title issues and meeting title company requirements
Representation in lender/loan matters
Hard-money Lending
Living trusts for the homestead and estate planning
Land trusts and anonymity trusts for real estate investors
Trusts used in conjunction with anonymity LLC formation
Texas and Nevada LLCs
Traditional and series LLCs
General partnerships, limited partnerships, and joint ventures
View graphics of asset protection structures
We are an email-oriented office, so our online asset protection consultations begin with an email back-and-forth dialogue between attorney and client. Our attorney’s objective is to first gather basic facts and documents, after which he can offer a legal opinion, answer questions, and advise on suggested options. This process has proven very popular with clients, because it is unrushed and the client has a written email record of the legal advice given.
We are generally available on business days during normal office hours (Monday through Friday, 8-5 CST). Our response time is usually one to two business days from the time we receive all necessary information and payment from the client – but it can be sooner depending on our backlog.
Advance payment is required. There are a variety of available payment options including credit/debit and Paypal, as well as wire transfer and direct deposit to our operating account at Wells Fargo. If you would like a no-obligation statement prior to making payment, we will gladly provide one. Files go into our queue in the order in which payment is made.
After retaining us, please send copies of supporting documents by email or fax to (832) 201-5327. We do not open a file or save attachments until payment is made, so please wait until after you have retained us to send documents and attachments as there will be no file to put them in. Please supply only documents that are directly relevant to your legal issues.
Our legal counsel does not include tax or accounting advice. We are not tax advisors, nor do we have a CPA on staff. All clients are encouraged to consult a qualified CPA as part of the client’s professional team in order to be fully informed on the tax and accounting implications of a proposed asset protection structure.
Please complete our Client Inquiry Form. No appointment is necessary to begin the process. Our initial response will be preliminary and general in nature and not a formal legal opinion. You will then have the option of proceeding with paid legal services if you wish.
Thank you for your interest in our law firm. We look forward to being of assistance to you.
“During some late night internet research I stumbled upon some good legal info from David J Willis. I read several pages of well written real estate law, and decided to buy his book “Real Estate Law & Asset Protection for Texas Real Estate Investors.” Since then I’ve formed a new LLC with David, I was very impressed with the speed at which he answers questions and gets things done! Thanks David.”
