Director of Real Property

• Leads acquisition and disposition projects involving easements, residential, commercial, and industrial properties, sales, leases, right-of-way, or right of entry
• Compiles required documentation for purchases of land, acquisitions of property, and other real estate services
• Serves as liaison between County personnel and property owners, consultants, and/or developers
• Manages and maintains a large portfolio of the status of complex real estate projects and internal proceedings
• Reviews, approves, and makes recommendations on offer packages, purchase agreements, counteroffers, and cash-flow projections
• Negotiates with property owners, agencies, utilities, company officials, and developers on price and arrangements in complex real estate transactions
• Leads complex and complicated projects with engineers, attorneys, economic development, utilities, property owners, and outside developers
• Manages appraisals of real estate parcels under consideration for purchase by the County to determine fair market value
• Determines type and amount of land rights required and the method of acquisition best suited to needs of the County
• Collaborates with County Departments on current and pending projects
• Secures real estate appraisals of parcels under consideration for purchase by the County to determine fair market value
• Performs personnel functions, i.e. interviews job applicants, manages, trains, develops, counsels, and evaluates staff
• Acts as a subject matter expert and resource for real estate matters and processes
• leads special projects

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Real Estate or other relevant field
• Five years of management in the public or private real estate industry
• Ten years of experience in general real estate transactions or related project, program or contract management including responsibility for contract/document preparation
• Knowledge of operations, services and activities of land acquisition, tax foreclosure proceedings, leasing and abandonments
• Knowledge of laws and regulations related to the sale of surplus city property and tax foreclosed properties
• Knowledge of principles, practices, rules and regulations relating to acquisition, including eminent domain, appraisals, and leasing of real property
• Knowledge of current real estate market and trends
• Knowledge of principles of supervision, training and performance management
• Knowledge of principles and techniques of budget preparation
• A Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and current membership of the State Bar of Texas (preferred but not required)

A Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and current membership of the State Bar of Texas