A lot of opportunistic out of commission/out of favor real estate attorneys are now catching up on property Tax lien investors. They simply buy a $100 so that they can charge $5000 in attorney fees.
This is one of the least known scams in this business. But people started to fight against it. I highly suspect a large portion of the attorney fees goes back to the original investor, like Tax Ease liens.
There is no way Tax Ease will only make 5% of what their attorneys make. But this would be relatively easy to find out. Just follow the money trail and figure out how taxes are being paid on these unethical revenues.
Follow the money trail and you would understand why the attorney fees are considered "unreasonable".