Property Tax Appraiser and Property Tax Attorneys

Attorneys charges are quite high. $275 an hour is typical. The return on investment may not pan out since they are not experts in valuation.

Valuation is based on comparable evidence and adjustment factors to account for differences of square footage, age on home, and so on.  An appraiser will charge about $300 for the appraisal and another $500 or so to take time to present the evidence for you to the Board of Equalization.  That’s the “professional” route.

That is why I offer the cost effective approach do-it-yourself manual for those of us without deep pockets.

Establishing value is not rocket science. It is quite simple: Gather property tax information on your home, gather information on recent sales and sold listings in your neighborhood area, analyze the information and evaluate your property and then present your case to the assessor or Tax Appraisal Board.

A few hours effort and you could save multiple thousands of dollars in the lifetime of a reduced assessment.

If you don’t want to go it alone, hiring an attorney and appraiser combination is going to cost you upward of $1,000 by the time it is all done …. and there is no guarantee you’ll win.

Any appraiser and attorney will be glad to work for you at those rates and will do a good job.