Texas Civil / Utility Deal Desk

Texas Land Deal Desk

Three ways to help Texas landowners and brokers move land: a direct cash offer as principal buyer, a market-rate listing through my sponsoring broker, or a structured partnership where we subdivide and resell pieces individually to maximize seller proceeds. Which path fits depends on your parcel and your timing.

Start intake Review role boundaries

A Direct cash offer (principal buyer) B Market-rate listing (through sponsoring broker) C Subdivide partnership (operator-funded sell-down) D Not sure / role unclear

Owner Paths

Three ways to move Texas land

Different sellers want different paths. A direct cash offer (faster, below market) is a different transaction than a market-rate listing (longer timeline, full market price) or a structured subdivide partnership (longest timeline, highest total proceeds). My role and disclosures depend on which path you pick.

Direct cash offer

For sellers who want a fast principal-buyer purchase. Chad Colter, acting individually as a principal buyer, may make a cash offer at a price reflecting current market and visible civil/utility constraints. Closes 45-60 days from contract.

TREC §1101.652(b)(20) principal-disclosure applies; written notice before negotiation.

Market-rate listing

For sellers who want maximum public price exposure through a conventional listing, represented by Howard Scott Colter (TREC #507985-B) as sponsoring broker.

Standard commission, standard TREC representation, 120-240 day typical close.

Subdivide partnership

For 50+ acre parcels where the seller has 9-18 months of patience. Long-dated option, divide into pieces over 10 acres each (Texas Chapter 232 exemption), market each piece individually, prorated seller payouts as pieces close. Total proceeds typically improve over lump-sum sale.

Operator-funded; first checks usually within 90 days; attorney-drafted option contract required.

Listing Brokers

For brokers with stale 50+ acre listings

If your seller's parcel has been sitting because the lump-sum buyer pool for 50+ acre tracts is thin, the subdivide partnership lets us divide the parcel into pieces over 10 acres each (Texas Chapter 232 exemption — no platting required) and re-list each piece individually. You stay as listing broker on every piece. Full commission per closing. Your seller receives prorated payouts of their target number as pieces sell.

Co-op intact

You stay listing broker on each piece sold. Your commission per closing is preserved.

Operator-funded

Chad provides capital, survey, new deed prep, and marketing. You provide the brokerage representation.

PE-grade certainty

Every parcel gets a documented engineering review of frontage, utilities, drainage, ETJ, and access geometry before either side commits. Provable on paper.

Role Disclosure

Roles are separated before property-specific advice

The role I'm in depends on the path you pick. Cash-offer requests are reviewed by Chad Colter as a potential principal buyer (not as an agent representing the seller). Listing requests are routed through Howard Scott Colter, the sponsoring broker, with full TREC representation. Subdivide-partnership requests are operated by Chad as a structured principal-partner; broker partnership preserves the seller's listing broker on every piece sold.

No engineering services are offered through this site. Any engineering work (sealed reports, plan review, drainage calcs, utility-capacity confirmation, feasibility certification) requires separate written engagement through a TBPELS-registered firm.

IABS link: TREC Information About Brokerage Services (IABS-1-2)
TREC Consumer Protection Notice (CN-1-5)
Sponsoring broker: Howard Scott Colter, Texas Real Estate Broker, TREC License #507985-B (Individual Broker; no separate brokerage entity)
Principal disclosure: Chad Colter is a Texas-licensed real-estate sales agent (TREC #765129-SA), sponsored by Howard Scott Colter (TREC #507985-B). When Chad acts as a principal buyer in a transaction, he is pursuing his own interest and is not representing the seller; this written notice of his licensed status is provided pursuant to TRELA §1101.652(b)(20) and 22 TAC §535.144 before any negotiation.
Engineering firm: Chad Colter is licensed as a Professional Engineer in Texas (PE #150684). The professional engineering license is not being offered or used in connection with any real-estate transaction conducted through this site. No engineering opinion, sealed work, plan review, or feasibility certification is provided through this real-estate practice. Engineering services would require a separate written engagement through CSJ US LLC (Texas Engineering Firm No. F-26093) under independent scope.