[theFIRMbss]

>Do YOU own any land? I'd like to buy it for $1. Just sell your land to me and move on! It is a big world

"While many condemning authorities will make a fair purchase offer initially, some owners may not get just compensation," Lewis said. "We have been involved in thousands of these cases since 1960s and it is quite common for there to be disagreement about a property's value, or damages to the remainder of the property. ... Property owners who are facing eminent domain should consider hiring an appraiser experienced in eminent domain, Lewis said. If the offer is insufficient, the property owner should definitely appeal. As is typical in real estate transactions, the buyer rarely produces its highest offer in the initial stage of negotiations."

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You get fair value.
If you don't, you just haggle,
you don't start shooting!

[Onelifetogive]

As is typical in real estate transactions, the buyer rarely produces its highest offer in the initial stage of negotiations.

As is ATYPICAL of normal real estate transactions, if the government doesn't want to haggle, it can just take your land for whatever price it wishes.....

[yoswif]

I'll offer you $1 for all the property you own. Go ahead and pay a lawyer thousands of dollars. I and your lawyer will settle for his fee plus $1. That should get the price up to "fair value".

[Otis Mukinfus]

In Arlington, TX it has been revealed that the BUSINESS OWNERS (the people who stand to gain most from this travesty) in the area being acquired for billionaire Jerry Jone's Cowboy stadium have had their property appraised at a much higher value than the ordinary citizens who dwell in the area. Isn't that special?