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For interviews about Texas property tax rules and dates, contact Austin Staats at The Ambrose Group.
Media contact
- Austin Staats, Area Vice President, The Ambrose Group
- Email. [email protected]
- Phone. (713) 688-7733 (The Ambrose Group front desk)
About Texas Property Protest
Texas Property Protest is a property tax protest service for Texas homeowners, with one flat annual fee. A person on the team files the protest with the county appraisal district and goes to the hearing, and the service renews each year so the home is covered when new values come out. It serves homeowners in every Texas county. Nobody can promise a reduction, including us. Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group. Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.
Founded in 1994, The Ambrose Group provides appraisal, property tax consulting, cost segregation and brokerage across Texas, with offices in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, also serving the Austin area. It has served more than 45,000 clients since 1994.
Austin Staats
Area Vice President, The Ambrose Group. Leads Texas Property Protest.
Austin Staats is Area Vice President at The Ambrose Group in Greater Houston. He works with property owners on cost segregation and property tax, and he leads Texas Property Protest, the firm's flat-fee property tax protest service for Texas homeowners.
Austin joined Ambrose in March 2026 after nearly 15 years in enterprise technology sales leadership, including Area Vice President roles at BMC Software, Trellix and Salesforce. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from Baylor University and served on the advisory board of the Baylor Center for Professional Selling, mentoring students into sales careers.
He is studying for his Texas real estate license.
Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group. Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.
Short version
Austin Staats is Area Vice President at The Ambrose Group in Greater Houston, where he leads Texas Property Protest, a flat-fee property tax protest service for Texas homeowners. He joined Ambrose in March 2026 after nearly 15 years in enterprise technology sales leadership. He is a Baylor University graduate.
Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group. Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.
Long version
Austin Staats is Area Vice President at The Ambrose Group in Greater Houston. He works with property owners on cost segregation and property tax, and he leads Texas Property Protest, the firm's flat-fee property tax protest service for Texas homeowners. Under the service, a person on the Ambrose team files the protest and goes to the hearing.
Austin joined Ambrose in March 2026. Before that he spent nearly 15 years in enterprise technology sales leadership. He was Area Vice President, Worldwide Sales at BMC Software from 2021 to 2024, Area Vice President, U.S. Enterprise at Trellix from 2024 to 2025, and was Area Vice President at Salesforce. He brings that background to a simple job: explaining how a complicated process works, in plain language, so people can decide for themselves.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication from Baylor University. From 2017 to 2025 he served on the advisory board of the Baylor Center for Professional Selling, where he mentored students into sales careers. He is currently studying for his Texas real estate license.
Austin is glad to explain how the Texas property tax calendar works, how protest firms structure their fees, and what homeowners can ask any firm before they sign. He speaks to rules and process. Nobody can promise a reduction, including The Ambrose Group.
The Ambrose Group, founded in 1994, has served more than 45,000 clients across appraisal, property tax consulting, cost segregation and brokerage in Texas, with offices in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, also serving the Austin area.
Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group. Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.
License
Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group. Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.