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Who has successfully fought city property appraisal?
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:32 pm
City raised my property appraisal by $80k. Doubling our land value from $75k to $150k.
We still have some shitty properties on my street, and some crime. What would your strategy be besides referencing that?
Appraisal is 5k more than we paid....
We still have some shitty properties on my street, and some crime. What would your strategy be besides referencing that?
Appraisal is 5k more than we paid....
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:38 pm to Larry Gooseman
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Who has successfully fought city property appraisal?
I second this... Just got mine and its fricking outrageous...
Its 40k higher than the property has EVER appraised for. Even before the housing crash.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:43 pm to Lsut81
I showed up in houston wearing shorts and a t-shirt to my hearing, told them I lived next to a shack (which i did at the time) they asked me what i thought it should appraise at, we met in the middle. Took a few hrs out of the day but i wasn't doing anything anyway.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:48 pm to JL
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I showed up in houston wearing shorts and a t-shirt to my hearing, told them I lived next to a shack (which i did at the time) they asked me what i thought it should appraise at, we met in the middle. Took a few hrs out of the day but i wasn't doing anything anyway.
So should I look as disheveled as possible?
Eta- meet in the middle is still $40k increase!
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:52 pm to Larry Gooseman
Haha, it wasn't my strategy. I was hungover at the time and could care less if I won, just wanted to see how the system worked.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:52 pm to JL
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I showed up in houston wearing shorts and a t-shirt to my hearing
It says you can appeal online
Posted on 3/27/14 at 2:54 pm to Lsut81
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It says you can appeal online
I'm much more persuasive in person.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 3:01 pm to Larry Gooseman
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I'm much more persuasive in person.
I see... Im thinking of writing something to the extent of
The highest the property has ever appraised in 12yrs is X, the housing market is not better than it was in 2006-2008, there is a vacant lot immediately backing up to me, and I had is appraised last year at X....
Posted on 3/27/14 at 3:44 pm to Lsut81
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It says you can appeal online
Then they just have to click a button to reject you. Probably better odds if you show up in person & establish you are a potential pita.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 4:08 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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establish you are a potential pita.
My plan exactly. I'm relentless.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 5:24 pm to Larry Gooseman
It's not hard. I get paid to do it for commercial properties. Bring facts/evidence with you or they will laugh i your face. I lowered an apartment complex's real estate taxes by $35,000 last year. That was a SWEET check.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 5:27 pm to I Love Bama
You need to get comps in area for your appeal. Bring paperwork with you.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 6:57 pm to Larry Gooseman
me. I tried to sell a house and couldn't find a buyer so I kept it as a rental. They reassessed it for basically the asking price. I suggested to the assessor that he purchase it for that amount if it was worth that much and they came down to my number.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:14 pm to Larry Gooseman
I assume you mean Baton Rouge. They have a roughly 2 week window each year where you can go downtown in person to dispute. I did this a few years ago because my house had lost a good bit of value from when I bought it before the crash. I showed them the selling prices of houses on my street. They technically were not allowed to consider sales from the current year (this was in August), only the previous calendar year, which is total bullshite. The guy was reasonable, however, and came down significantly on the value. With the homestead exemption, it reduced my prop taxes by 30%.
Posted on 3/27/14 at 7:22 pm to LeonPhelps
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Posted by LeonPhelps I assume you mean Baton Rouge. They have a roughly 2 week window each year where you can go downtown in person to dispute. I did this a few years ago because my house had lost a good bit of value from when I bought it before the crash. I showed them the selling prices of houses on my street. They technically were not allowed to consider sales from the current year (this was in August), only the previous calendar year, which is total bull shite. The guy was reasonable, however, and came down significantly on the value. With the homestead exemption, it reduced my prop taxes by 30%.
Houston Inner Loop, I should have specified.
Posted on 3/28/14 at 3:12 am to Larry Gooseman
That's exactly where my house was, in the heights. The people are really reasonable, it didn't take much to get it done but I was like 24 at the time so I think they gave me a break. if you are an adult may want to bring some better evidence, I just had some pictures on my Iphone.
I went into a room, there were three people there, presented my claim in about 5 min and they made the adjustment in front of me. I proposed a number and the head guy agreed to meet me halfway, other two just nodded. Had so sit in the waiting area for like an hour or two but was only in the room about 10 min max. Got $10k off the appraised value.
I went into a room, there were three people there, presented my claim in about 5 min and they made the adjustment in front of me. I proposed a number and the head guy agreed to meet me halfway, other two just nodded. Had so sit in the waiting area for like an hour or two but was only in the room about 10 min max. Got $10k off the appraised value.
Posted on 3/28/14 at 7:57 am to Larry Gooseman
I'm in the middle of doing it right now, the state appraiser said my numbers are correct. But still can't find anyone in the city's appraisal office that knows what they are doing.
Posted on 3/28/14 at 1:31 pm to Larry Gooseman
I fought the county's assessment in 2010 based upon neighboring property assessments and had it reduced $47k. Facts are facts, as is reality.
Posted on 3/28/14 at 5:42 pm to JL
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Haha, it wasn't my strategy. I was hungover at the time and could care less if I won, just wanted to see how the system worked.
This is great. 
Posted on 3/29/14 at 9:53 am to Larry Gooseman
I just got an email back from the tax assessor yesterday saying they reassessed my property and it reduced my taxes by more than half.
They were absolutely trying to screw me over though. They tried to reclassify it as commercial property and trumped up the value to ridiculous amounts.
The email I got from them was a complete joke. It looked like it had been written by a mentally challenged 12 year old and they basically said they added one too many zeros on the property value.
Personally, I think they saw that I lived out of state and thought they could slip it past without me noticing.
They were absolutely trying to screw me over though. They tried to reclassify it as commercial property and trumped up the value to ridiculous amounts.
The email I got from them was a complete joke. It looked like it had been written by a mentally challenged 12 year old and they basically said they added one too many zeros on the property value.
Personally, I think they saw that I lived out of state and thought they could slip it past without me noticing.
This post was edited on 3/29/14 at 9:55 am
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