Danny Walker
Danny traded a diverse portfolio of commodities for 11 years in London and Houston. In 2009 Danny founded his real estate investment company in Chicago and has been a principal in over 500 real estate transactions in Illinois, Texas and Colorado with total value in excess of $200m. Driven by a relentless search for value, Danny has owned assets as diverse as hotels, golf courses, and restaurants as well as single and multi-family residential property. Based in Austin since 2011, Danny has contested more than 1000 informal and formal protest hearings, representing investors and clients against Travis Central Appraisal District with a greater than 90% success rate. Danny uses his wealth of expertise in the process used by TCAD and its limitations and weaknesses under the Texas State Tax Code. Danny will minimize your appraised value and tax liability helping preserve the long term value of your real estate investment.
Patrick Schecht
After receiving a degree in Finance, Patrick began his career at a Dallas-Based hedge fund which managed the Perot family assets. His entrepreneurial spirit, hunger for creativity, and desire to create a business that helped individuals left him restless in an office environment. In 2012, after taking an interest in film, he began working as a freelance cinematographer and drone operator, with a heavy concentration on high-end real estate. He was one of the first in the Austin area to create cinematic content for luxury properties, and word spread quickly. His clients included all the predominant luxury real estate brokers in the greater Austin area. The NYSE has even featured one of his estate films during the opening bell for Sotheby's International. He has also filmed and edited for numerous companies and also worked on multiple TV shows. Patrick's wants to apply his creative vision in the real estate realm to help home and business owners achieve a clean, streamlined property tax protest experience.
