Real Estate
Real estate is complicated and high-stakes. When disputes arise, you need an advocate to fight for you and your property or project. Clients trust David Denton to solve problems related to:
Home seller’s concealment of defects
Commercial lease disputes, damage or repair claims, tenant rights, and landlord remedies
Residential lease disputes, including evictions, lockouts, repair disputes, and security deposit claims
Judicial and non-judicial foreclosure
Construction defect litigation - prosecution and defense
Development joint venture disputes
Contractor payment disputes, including the placement and removal of liens, prompt payment claims, and Trust Fund Act violations
Purchase contract disputes; failure to close
Seller-financing problems
Boundary disputes, fence issues, trespass, and adverse possession
Easement negotiations and eminent domain proceedings (condemnation)
Restrictive covenant enforcement or defense
Title disputes and title insurance claims
Closing/title agent malpractice
Surveyor errors
Mr. Denton has extensive experience in easement negotiations, compensation disputes, right-of-access issues, and eminent domain litigation. He has represented subdivision developers, business owners, and individual landowners whose property has been targeted for condemnation or acquisition by condemning authorities. Uniquely, Mr. Denton brings to bear for his landowner clients five years of experience on the “taking” side in which he handled multi-tract right-of-way acquisition projects for pipeline companies, utilities, and governmental bodies all the way from easement negotiations to injunction and special commissioners’ hearings to trying cases to verdict.
David Denton is passionate about real estate. A developer, landlord, and real estate investor himself, Mr. Denton understands the complexities in creating and sustaining value in your real estate project. For that reason, he counsels developers, property owners, landlords, tenants, and real estate professionals in the sale, development, leasing and financing of commercial and residential real estate.
David is currently performing a total renovation of a century-old historic landmark in the Lavaca neighborhood near downtown San Antonio. Previously, he rehabilitated a dilapidated 24-unit apartment complex on the west side of San Antonio. David believes in the power of small-scale development to enhance communities. He is a trainee of the Incremental Development Alliance and has been extensively involved with the Urban Land Institute.