Texas Real Estate Law, Business Law, and Asset Protection

Thank you for visiting our website, a service of David J. Willis Attorney. We represent buyers, sellers, and investors in Texas real estate (residential and commercial) and prepare a wide variety of transactional documents for small and medium-sized businesses. Our goal is the prompt delivery of high-quality custom services and documentation with an emphasis on creative solutions and asset protection. We have successfully assisted over a thousand online clients for more than a decade.

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Our online process for consultations and document preparation tasks is efficient and popular with clients. Many routine services are available online at economical flat fees with the goal of a two business day turnaround. No office visit is required in most cases. Read about our process for online consultations and an asset protection review.

Texas residential and commercial real estate consultations including review/comment on proposed transactions, TREC and TAR earnest money contracts, title commitments, and closing documents.

General business consultations including sound organizational and transactional planning.

Asset protection review (APR) to discuss entity structuring and asset defense.

Litigation review to discuss pending or threatened litigation relating to Texas real estate.

Texas earnest money contracts, warranty deeds, real estate lien notes, deeds of trust, leases, lien releases, assignments, options, and affidavits.

Real estate closing documents for Texas transactions including creative alternatives like assumptions, owner financing, wraparounds, "subject to" deals, hard-money loans, and land trusts with consideration given to Dodd-Frank and the SAFE Act (but excluding RMLO services).

LLC formation for asset protection including both traditional LLCs and series LLCs registered either in Texas or Nevada (anonymity techniques available).

Real estate investor documents and asset protection.

General partnerships, limited partnerships, and joint ventures.

Sale and purchase of business entities as well as sale and assignment of LLC and corporate ownership interests.

Leases for residential and commercial properties.

Business contracts of all types.

Lien release and removal.

Living trusts, land trusts, and anonymity trusts.

Foreclosures and evictions in the Houston, Texas area.

Texas real estate litigation and representation in real estate disputes.

Real estate documents for Texas divorce settlements.

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We offer asset protection services designed to minimize liability, maximize anonymity, deter lawsuits, and insulate assets from judgments. We are often able to simplify the way our clients do business while significantly improving their asset protection. For those who are uncertain about what steps to take, or who would like to explore their asset protection options, we offer an asset protection review.

If you would like more detail on our approach to Texas real estate law, entity structuring, and asset protection, scroll down to our library of more than fifty articles. See also graphics of various asset protection structures.

We have a limited inventory of established Texas shelf LLCs and Nevada shelf LLCs that include our best anonymity and asset protection features including ageing and already registered assumed names (see available shelf companies). These premium LLCs are ready for immediate shipment to clients for whom time is a critical factor. Reasons to consider a shelf company.

We are primarily a flat-fee office although hourly billing and retainer arrangements are available. Fees for in-office services are higher. Go to Fees & Policies for a comprehensive list of services and fees plus terms of service that apply to all clients. We strive for 100% transparency when it comes to legal fees, which are quoted exclusive of filing fees and other costs.

David J. Willis is a double board-certified Texas lawyer on the cutting edge of the intersection of real estate law and asset protection. The innovative concepts and methods described in his book Real Estate Law & Asset Protection for Texas Real Investors are changing the ways investors structure their Texas real estate investments.

• Board Certified
• – Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• – Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• 35 years experience with two law degrees (J.D. and LL.M.)
• AV rated for ethical standards and professional ability
• Texas real estate broker
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Your inquiry is entirely confidential. Adherence to high standards of ethics is part of our firm philosophy. We subscribe to The Texas Lawyer’s Creed and the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Realtors.

Our principal location is Houston Texas although our practice is statewide. Our core service area encompasses Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County and the cities of Houston, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Conroe, Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Midland, El Paso, and all areas of Texas. We are also a Texas business law attorney and Texas asset protection attorney for anyone forming a Texas series LLC or a Nevada series LLC.