The other day I got an email from someone living in Florida asking if they could make a living in the property tax appeal consulting business. I geared up later that day drinking what might be an excess amount of coffee for a late night reply that would cover both the residential and commercial property […]
Facts speak for themselves. It lets the listener decide. Facts along with well thought out explanations are necessary when presenting one’s case. One needs facts and evidence to educate those in a position to pass judgment on market value. As years pass, home assessment valuations develop gaps between sales prices and assessed values. Municipal tax […]
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In my many years observing the process, most property owners who are granted property tax reductions are the affluent. Those who are on the poor and older side of the equation hardly ever challenge their property tax assessments and have paid the larger share of the tax burden. Many agree that most municipal tax systems […]
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Appealing a property tax assessment over assessment is a non-brainer when you’re aware of that issue. Problem is, most are not aware of those possibilities and do not know how to appeal property tax valuation adjustments. You’ll know exactly how using our course. Expanding our vision, most realize “over-assessed property taxpayers matter.” Perhaps a future […]
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Property taxes do not go away when you lose your job. Considering penalties and interest on property taxes still owned, many face foreclosure. While the full impact on unemployment has yet to show in government statistics, economists have seen it rise into double digits and many are in trouble … and for a long time […]
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Right at this very moment there’s a golden opportunity that’s happening. I’m talking about property tax appeals. Unless one gets into the system and files a property tax appeal, NO reduction in property taxes will happen for residential properties or business owners whose incomes suffered. Unfortunately, most do not have the knowledge or have time […]
This 16 page study Published in 2016 research was partially supported by the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute and Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Memphis. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1017&context=economics_facpubs Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons CONCLUSION The central estimates show a range of between a 14 to 18 percent decrease in property value for residential […]
Living next to high tension electric towers, signal amplifiers, cell phone towers and other EMR emitting devices near a home need to be alert. A Palo Alto community cited a 20% drop in property values in other communities that were in the area of a cell tower. Here is an excellent study in The Appraisal Journal that shows cell […]
A fantastic water view can increase market price of a home. Andy Krause, principal data scientist at Greenfield Advisors, a real-estate research company notes that the increase in price appreciation is in the eye of the beholder. This research company gave the following view adjustment statistics which are similar adjustments corroborated by Appraisal Institute publications. […]
How often do we hear, location, location, location when it comes to valuation statistics. Living next to loud noises has a definite impact on valuation since the amount of sound levels affects the desirability of living in an area where annoying noise abound. That airports, trains, highway traffic noise effect a home’s value is indisputable. […]