By submitting the annual $100.00 initial fee, Client engages RES-Real Estate Services (herein after referred to as “RES”), to represent Client in protesting Client’s property taxes and Client agrees to pay RES a contingency fee equal to 25% of Client Estimated Tax Savings achieved by RES through administrative hearings for the protested tax year. “Estimated Tax Savings” for a given protested tax year are defined as follows: subtract Client property's final assessed value for that year from its initial assessed value, then multiply the difference by the previous year's total tax rate. The resulting number is the Estimated Tax Savings used to calculate the contingency fee.

Sample Calculation: If the initial assessed value is $500,000, the final assessed value achieved by RES is $450,000, and the prior year's tax rate is 2.5%, then the Estimated Tax Savings are 2.5% of the $50,000 reduction, or $1,250. The fee due to RES would be 25% of the Estimated Tax Savings, or $312.50, based on the assumptions for this sample calculation. This is a sample calculation and not a fee.

Terms & Limitations: Client acknowledges that RES has given no assurances regarding the outcome of any tax reduction. If Client fails to timely provide information or documents to RES, RES shall have no claim against client for damages. If RES fails to provide the services as listed herein, our liability for any and all claims is limited to the amount of fees paid by Client for the tax year in question on the property in question. Client is engaging RES as a contractor and RES’s liability as a fiduciary is limited by the terms of this agreement. This document represents the entire agreement between Client and RES. In making this agreement, neither party has relied on any representation or agreement that is not expressly stated in this agreement. This agreement can be amended only by a written document signed by both parties. By engaging RES, Client authorizes they will execute an Appointment of Agent for Client’s behalf. In addition to the above services for hire, RES will, upon request, provide no-cost assistance with obtaining, revising and renewing homestead exemptions. Payment in full for services are due within fourteen (14) days of the date of RES' invoice. Beginning fifteen (15) days after the invoice date, Client agree to pay interest on the unpaid balance at a rate equal to the lesser of the maximum lawful interest rate allowed by applicable Texas law or eighteen percent (18%) per annum, compounded annually. Estimated Tax Savings are calculated for the purpose of determining fees for services rendered in prior, current, and future years by reference to assessed property values, without consideration of any applicable tax exemptions (including but not limited to homestead or over sixtyfive exemptions). If Client has been granted an over sixty-five exemption with respect to Client property, RES will reduce its contingency fee for all future services for that property to 15% of Client Estimated Tax Savings, as defined above, upon receipt of proof of the exemption. If Client is an entity, then the individual signing for Client represents that he or she is duly authorized and empowered to enter into this agreement. This agreement supersedes all prior agreements between Client and RES, and will remain in effect until canceled by either party with a 30-day prior written notice. Client’s annual submission of the $100.00 initial fee will serve to engage RES under the terms of this Service Agreement.

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