Ted Fricke

Hi Mr. Fricke, I'm a founder researching how small commercial property owners — $1–8M strip centers, flex buildings, small office — handle their property tax assessments. With real estate a named vertical across your three metro offices, you'd see more of these situations than almost anyone I could ask. I'm not selling anything. The question I'm testing: when a client slides their tax bill across the desk and asks "can anything be done about this?" — handle, refer, or shrug? And would a contingency appeal service (client pays only a percentage of savings actually won) earn a referral from a firm like yours? One example from my research: a 2018 office building in downtown Alpharetta assessed at $298/sqft while a comparable 2020 building in the same assessor neighborhood sits at $167/sqft — about $40K/year of tax in that gap, and the owner has never appealed. Could I grab 15 minutes Tuesday June 16 (12–2:30pm ET) or Thursday June 18 (12:30–4pm ET)? Happy to work around you. I'll share what I learn across these conversations. — Stephen Fong