Fortress Tax Defense

25 Build to Rent (2 Counties) · Fighting appraisal districts since 2020

Fortress Tax Defense uses Texas attorneys. From the protest through a district court appeal, under one fee arrangement.

One client, 25 properties in 2 Texas counties, under one agreement. Fortress Tax Defense protests every property, every year, in every county. Below: what came off the notices since 2020, county by county and year by year, and a sampling of the individual results.

$24.6M

reduced from this portfolio's appraisal notices since 2020.

A note on Tarrant County. Starting in 2024, Tarrant Appraisal District froze residential values, starting with the 2024 final values being identical to the 2025 notices. So, every reduction starts from where the last one ended. The savings compound year over year, and each year there is less left on the notice to take because a reduction was received in the previous year's protest. A Tarrant result that looks small on its own usually sits on top of 2 years of earlier reductions with no increase in the notice value.
Properties in the portfolio
25

2 Texas counties

Largest 2026 reduction
−27%

One property, Tarrant County: $290K notice to $213K

Tax saved since 2020
$337K

18 results through litigation

County by County

Every county the portfolio holds property in, every property protested, reduced or not, with each tax year beneath it. The notice value is what the appraisal district sent; the final value is where Fortress Tax Defense left it, after litigation where a case went to district court.

CountyPropertiesNotice valueFinal valueReduced byReductionTax saved
Tarrant$73,600,121$50,286,615$23,313,506−31.7%$324,231
20207$4,789,854$3,504,000$1,285,854−26.8%$29,096
202114$6,450,807$5,598,119$852,688−13.2%$19,294
202214$8,726,615$6,832,772$1,893,843−21.7%$42,853
202316$13,309,956$8,200,824$5,109,132−38.4%$132,764
202419$20,859,312$9,595,996$11,263,316−54.0%$51,616
202518$10,151,507$8,761,500$1,390,007−13.7%$15,363
202619$9,312,070$7,793,404$1,518,666−16.3%$33,245
Dallas$26,439,080$25,141,240$1,297,840−4.9%$12,772
20234$5,027,160$4,868,340$158,820−3.2%$3,007
20246$8,172,690$7,345,000$827,690−10.1%$4,822
20254$5,009,030$4,884,740$124,290−2.5%$1,974
20266$8,230,200$8,043,160$187,040−2.3%$2,969
All counties$100,039,201$75,427,855$24,611,346−24.6%$337,003

Year by Year

Every year we hold for the portfolio, all counties together. The final value is after litigation where a case went to district court.

Tax yearPropertiesNotice valueFinal valueReduced byReductionTax saved
20207$4,789,854$3,504,000$1,285,854−26.8%$29,096
202114$6,450,807$5,598,119$852,688−13.2%$19,294
202214$8,726,615$6,832,772$1,893,843−21.7%$42,853
202320$18,337,116$13,069,164$5,267,952−28.7%$135,771
202425$29,032,002$16,940,996$12,091,006−41.6%$56,437
202522$15,160,537$13,646,240$1,514,297−10.0%$17,337
202625$17,542,270$15,836,564$1,705,706−9.7%$36,214
All years25$100,039,201$75,427,855$24,611,346−24.6%$337,003

Featured results

A sampling of the portfolio's wins

18 of the properties reduced in recent years, across 2 counties.

2717 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $575,000
After protest $459,216
−20% Value reduction $115,784 off the notice $2,535 saved in 2026

2713 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $570,000
After protest $456,445
−20% Value reduction $113,555 off the notice $2,486 saved in 2026

2609 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $290,000
After protest $213,044
−27% Value reduction $76,956 off the notice $1,685 saved in 2026

2701 Merida Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $550,570
After protest $456,666
−17% Value reduction $93,904 off the notice $2,056 saved in 2026

2520 S University Dr

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $475,000
After protest $388,563
−18% Value reduction $86,437 off the notice $1,892 saved in 2026

2620 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $522,500
After protest $434,065
−17% Value reduction $88,435 off the notice $1,936 saved in 2026

2800 Parmer Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $430,000
After protest $348,353
−19% Value reduction $81,647 off the notice $1,787 saved in 2026

2629 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $520,000
After protest $436,188
−16% Value reduction $83,812 off the notice $1,835 saved in 2026

2625 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $520,000
After protest $436,188
−16% Value reduction $83,812 off the notice $1,835 saved in 2026

2621 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $520,000
After protest $436,188
−16% Value reduction $83,812 off the notice $1,835 saved in 2026

2524 S University Dr

Tarrant County, Texas

2025 tax year
Notice value $1,483,311
After protest $477,000
−68% Value reduction $1,006,311 off the notice $6,755 saved in 2025

2604 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $899,942
After protest $560,399
After litigation $540,000
−40% Value reduction $359,942 off the notice $9,357 saved in 2023

2629 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $860,941
After protest $559,436
After litigation $550,000
−36% Value reduction $310,941 off the notice $8,083 saved in 2023

2608 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $846,168
After protest $580,000
After litigation $540,000
−36% Value reduction $306,168 off the notice $7,959 saved in 2023

2632 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $854,966
After protest $575,000
After litigation $550,000
−36% Value reduction $304,966 off the notice $7,928 saved in 2023

2512 S University Dr

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $1,042,842
After protest $463,024
−56% Value reduction $579,818 off the notice $15,073 saved in 2023

4225 University Blvd

Dallas County, Texas

2024 tax year
Notice value $2,050,370
After protest $1,939,870
After litigation $1,830,000
−11% Value reduction $220,370 off the notice $2,009 saved in 2024

4428 University Blvd

Dallas County, Texas

2024 tax year
Notice value $1,000,720
After protest $975,700
After litigation $880,000
−12% Value reduction $120,720 off the notice $752 saved in 2024

Portfolios

One agreement. Every county. Every year.

Own property in more than one county? One Appointment of Agent per property and one agreement cover the lot. Fortress Tax Defense files in every county you own in, argues every hearing, and takes the ones worth taking to district court, under the same fee arrangement. You deal with an owner of Fortress Tax Defense, the attorney handling your portfolio, start to finish.

Attorneys

Texas attorneys handle your protest

Your case is prepared and argued by licensed Texas attorneys — not a call center, not a form-filler.

ARB → Court

Protest and district court, one fee arrangement

If we believe there are still possible savings after the Appraisal Review Board protest, we can file in district court under the same fee arrangement. A tax consultant can’t file that suit. Attorneys can.

No Fee

If we don’t win

Our fee is 30% of the tax savings we win for you, at the protest or in court. No reduction, no invoice. Every season since 2020.

Owners

You talk to an owner of Fortress Tax Defense

When you call or email Fortress Tax Defense, you reach one of the owners of Fortress Tax Defense — the attorney who will personally handle your case. We know our clients and their properties, and we like it that way.

Every property type in every Texas county

Fortress Tax Defense handles all property types — residential, residential portfolios, multi-family, commercial, office, industrial, land, ranch, and business personal property (BPP) — and serves every county in Texas, all 254 of them.

Refer a a Texas portfolio client. We take it from there.

Your client sends us the appraisal notice. Texas attorneys build the evidence, handle the appraisal district and the Appraisal Review Board, and file in district court if that's what it takes — all under one fee arrangement. If we don't reduce the value, they owe nothing.