# Reasonable lease bonus request
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reasonable-lease-bonus-request/16169
**Category:** Tarrant County, TX
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reasonable-lease-bonus-request/16169 "2013-05-01T21:03:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Lorie\_Palacios](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Lorie_Palacios)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reasonable-lease-bonus-request/16169/1 "2013-05-01T21:03:03Z")
I still don't understand the whole lease thing. Why are they willing to offer leases/bonus's? What happens if I don't sign a lease and it starts producing? Is it recommended to execute lease? I'm new to the neighborhood (7 months); my neighbors shared (proof provided) their lease where there was a 9000.00+ bonus offered (in 2008). I was recently contacted and offered right under 500.00. Seems like a big difference, obviously. Why were bonuses so high initially? What is a reasonable amount I can request?
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### Author:  [@Kitchen](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kitchen)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reasonable-lease-bonus-request/16169/2 "2013-05-08T18:11:14Z")
I don't think we will be anywhere near the lease rates that were offered a few years ago. I think it also depends on where you are located. I am working on a lease for a friend for property in Mansfield right now. He was offered $1000 an acre (only .25 acre tract). I spoke with a local landman who said I should be able to negotiate anywhere from $1000 - $4000 an acre in the current market. The price of gas is looking better this year.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/reasonable-lease-bonus-request/16169/3 "2018-08-15T02:11:24Z")