Fortress Tax Defense

Duplex Portfolio (94 Properties, 1 County) · Fighting appraisal districts since 2020

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

Ten clients, 94 properties in 1 Texas county. Fortress Tax Defense protests every property, every year, in every county. Below: what came off the notices since 2020, county by county, year by year, and a sampling of the individual results.

$87.6M

reduced from these properties' 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
94

1 Texas county

Largest 2026 reduction
−76%

One property, Tarrant County: $1.26M notice to $306K

Tax saved since 2020
$1.29M

57 results through litigation

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. District-court appeals for 2026 are still pending, so the 2026 figures are the protest results alone.

Tax yearPropertiesNotice valueFinal valueReduced byReductionTax saved
202038$26,754,344$21,073,482$5,680,862−21.2%$128,545
202146$24,746,861$21,817,236$2,929,625−11.8%$66,291
202246$26,106,741$23,973,148$2,133,593−8.2%$48,278
202366$53,625,824$36,763,577$16,862,247−31.4%$431,930
202476$80,818,989$41,217,391$39,601,598−49.0%$195,169
202577$45,135,617$40,203,070$4,932,547−10.9%$94,851
202694$58,502,235$43,055,556$15,446,679−26.4%$322,045
All years94$315,690,611$228,103,460$87,587,151−27.7%$1,287,109

Featured results

A sampling of the portfolio's wins

24 of the properties reduced in recent years, across 1 county.

3201 Merida Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,259,004
After protest $306,000
2026 Litigation Pending
−76% Value reduction $953,004 off the notice $18,128 saved in 2026

3208 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,471,296
After protest $620,897
−58% Value reduction $850,399 off the notice $18,616 saved in 2026

3224 Mccart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,466,644
After protest $619,637
2026 Litigation Pending
−58% Value reduction $847,007 off the notice $18,542 saved in 2026

3133 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,169,000
After protest $512,651
−56% Value reduction $656,349 off the notice $14,368 saved in 2026

3129 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,166,000
After protest $511,608
−56% Value reduction $654,392 off the notice $14,325 saved in 2026

3141 Waits Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,227,367
After protest $550,057
−55% Value reduction $677,310 off the notice $13,476 saved in 2026

2530 Forest Park Blvd

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,555,296
After protest $811,602
2026 Litigation Pending
−48% Value reduction $743,694 off the notice $16,280 saved in 2026

2628 Forest Park Blvd

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,132,000
After protest $585,929
−48% Value reduction $546,071 off the notice $11,954 saved in 2026

3205 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,303,149
After protest $983,655
2026 Litigation Pending
−25% Value reduction $319,494 off the notice $6,994 saved in 2026

3209 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,303,149
After protest $983,655
2026 Litigation Pending
−25% Value reduction $319,494 off the notice $6,994 saved in 2026

3213 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $1,303,149
After protest $983,655
2026 Litigation Pending
−25% Value reduction $319,494 off the notice $6,994 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

3233 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $580,000
After protest $462,960
2026 Litigation Pending
−20% Value reduction $117,040 off the notice $2,562 saved in 2026

3232 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2026 tax year
Notice value $570,000
After protest $455,947
2026 Litigation Pending
−20% Value reduction $114,053 off the notice $2,497 saved in 2026

2721 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2024 tax year
Notice value $1,463,367
After protest $686,623
After litigation $525,000
−64% Value reduction $938,367 off the notice $13,981 saved in 2024

3226 S University Dr

Tarrant County, Texas

2025 tax year
Notice value $1,399,275
After protest $600,000
−57% Value reduction $799,275 off the notice $17,935 saved in 2025

2704 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2025 tax year
Notice value $1,031,560
After protest $400,000
−61% Value reduction $631,560 off the notice $14,171 saved in 2025

2520 S University Dr

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $1,036,990
After protest $714,411
After litigation $500,000
−52% Value reduction $536,990 off the notice $13,960 saved in 2023

2701 Sandage Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $1,442,242
After protest $1,226,093
After litigation $1,050,000
−27% Value reduction $392,242 off the notice $10,197 saved in 2023

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

2701 Mc Cart Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $1,221,760
After protest $869,400
After litigation $860,000
−30% Value reduction $361,760 off the notice $9,404 saved in 2023

2706 Lubbock Ave

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $873,359
After protest $524,437
After litigation $521,000
−40% Value reduction $352,359 off the notice $9,160 saved in 2023

2840 Forest Park Blvd

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $921,766
After protest $578,101
After litigation $575,000
−38% Value reduction $346,766 off the notice $9,015 saved in 2023

2700 Forest Park Blvd

Tarrant County, Texas

2023 tax year
Notice value $1,220,716
After protest $972,000
After litigation $885,000
−28% Value reduction $335,716 off the notice $8,727 saved in 2023

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.