Assistant City Attorney John Chosy prepared the documents sent to me via City Secretary Estela Von Hatten. I've been told that another lawyer, Horacio Barrera, Mayor Tony Martinez' law partner "negotiated" the sale for the city, but that also Attorney Diane Dillard, the wife of Judge Andrew S. Hanen, may have assisted in dotting all of the i's and crossing the real estate t's in the City Commission's buying spree of at least 11 downtown properties in the last year or so.
Just past the cover page, evidently prepared by Rapid Appraisal Services of San Benito, Texas is the current license of appraiser Lauro Leal, described as a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. The problem is that, according to the document contained in the 71 page report, Leal's license expired August 31, 2011.
As many as three lawyers have been paid to analyze and prepare these documents; Barrera, Dillard and Chosy.
Is it possible that La Casa del Nylon was appraised by an unlicensed appraiser?
Lauro Leal is currently licensed appraiser in the State of Texas. That is an old license you are looking at. The property was either appraised prior to the expiration date of the license or the older license was accidently put in the report instead of the newer one.
ReplyDeleteLauro Leal is currently licensed appraiser in the State of Texas. That is an old license you are looking at. The property was either appraised prior to the expiration date of the license or the older license was accidently put in the report instead of the newer one.
ReplyDeleteYou are looking at an older license. The effective date of the report is either prior to the expiration date or the updated license was accidently left out. I can probably get you his updated license.
ReplyDeleteExpired or not, the guy's license should be suspended forever because he obviously does not know how to appraise a building approriately. I smell a kickback.
ReplyDeleteEditor, Please note the effective date of the appraisal
ReplyDeleteBonehead move, Jim. Didn't you see the 2011 expiration date? Big clue!
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