Seattle Eminent Domain Attorney | You Can Catch More Flies With Honey Than Vinegar

The title of this post is an old saying I'm sure you've heard many times before, and it applies to Seattle eminent domain law and the process of negotiation the sale of your property to the government. Often when landowner first find out the government is taking their property their initial emotion is anger. Many landowner feel like the government has singled them out and decided to impose their force on them for one reason or another.

The truth is, you were probably just another landowner on another set of engineering plans for another road improvement project.

The key to making yourself feeling better, to sticking it to the man if possible, is getting the most money you possibly can for the sale of your property. And the best way to do that, if you couldn't tell by the title of my post, is to work with the government on the sale of your property, not against them.

As a Seattle eminent domain lawyer I've seen time and time again how starting off on the right foot can actually lead to more money. Often the differences in value, though objectively presented, come down to a value judgment. And I can tell you from experience that the more the government likes you, the more they know your story, the more likely they are to agree to your numbers. So, if your property is being taken by the government through eminent domain, don't yell and cuss. Hire a good Seattle condemnation attorney, butter them up, and take as much money as you can get.