Comments on: Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/ Your Money. Your Career. Your Life. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Pinyo @ Moolanomy http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-4734 Pinyo @ Moolanomy Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:05:53 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-4734 Patrick, that's good information. I am glad you are able to get your property taxes reduced Patrick, that’s good information. I am glad you are able to get your property taxes reduced

]]> By: Art Dinkin http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2734 Art Dinkin Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:44:42 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2734 I see your point too Patrick and think you made the right choice. I asked these questions because I think we sometimes tend to get too short-sighted. All we want is lower property taxes now... until we try to sell our house and then think our house is worth a lot more than the realtor's opinion. I have never had a huge increase in my property taxes. In fact I celebrated the tax bill when the assessment was finally more than I had paid for the house! I think it took 3 or 4 years before that happened. :) Great blog Patrick. You have a new reader. I see your point too Patrick and think you made the right choice.

I asked these questions because I think we sometimes tend to get too short-sighted. All we want is lower property taxes now… until we try to sell our house and then think our house is worth a lot more than the realtor’s opinion.

I have never had a huge increase in my property taxes. In fact I celebrated the tax bill when the assessment was finally more than I had paid for the house! I think it took 3 or 4 years before that happened. :)

Great blog Patrick. You have a new reader.

]]> By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2730 Patrick Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:03:42 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2730 Art, great question! No, I am not concerned that I convinced the government that my house is worth less than the government thinks. My house was incorrectly listed as having one more bedroom and several hundred more square feet than it actually has. The appraisal was over $30,000 more than it should have been. When it was reappraised it was actually brought equal to fair market value. This saved us about $700 per year for two years when it will be reassessed again. We will not sell the house between now and then so in my opinion, that is money I should not have to pay, and it is money I can have working for me now in some other investment. I do get the point of your question, and I think it is an excellent point! Art, great question! No, I am not concerned that I convinced the government that my house is worth less than the government thinks.

My house was incorrectly listed as having one more bedroom and several hundred more square feet than it actually has. The appraisal was over $30,000 more than it should have been. When it was reappraised it was actually brought equal to fair market value.

This saved us about $700 per year for two years when it will be reassessed again. We will not sell the house between now and then so in my opinion, that is money I should not have to pay, and it is money I can have working for me now in some other investment.

I do get the point of your question, and I think it is an excellent point!

]]> By: Art Dinkin http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2716 Art Dinkin Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:31:38 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2716 Are you at all concerned that you just successfully won the arguement that your home is not worth nearly as much as the government thinks? Could this come back to haunt you if you sell you house? Are you at all concerned that you just successfully won the arguement that your home is not worth nearly as much as the government thinks? Could this come back to haunt you if you sell you house?

]]> By: Carnival of Personal Finance #128 - Investment Truth Edition - Stock Trading To Go http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2694 Carnival of Personal Finance #128 - Investment Truth Edition - Stock Trading To Go Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:20:21 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2694 [...] Money Life presents Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win!, and says, “This is an article about how to appeal property taxes and hopefully save a few [...] [...] Money Life presents Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win!, and says, “This is an article about how to appeal property taxes and hopefully save a few [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2586 Patrick Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:48:41 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2586 Good point, Mrs. Micah. Using a lawyer is also an option for a personal situation, but you have to be careful that you don't spend more for the lawyer than the amount you save on taxes! ;) Good point, Mrs. Micah. Using a lawyer is also an option for a personal situation, but you have to be careful that you don’t spend more for the lawyer than the amount you save on taxes! ;)

]]> By: Iguanaz » Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2571 Iguanaz » Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:39:03 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2571 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG county-taxes.png]Last summer I successfully challenged my property tax assessment and won! The process was very simple, and is something everyone should look into doing if they own property. The result can possibly save you hundreds of dollars! This was my situation: My wife and I finished our basement last year. When we hired the contractors to do the electrical and plumbing work, we filed for a permit with the county to keep everything legal. After the work passed inspection we received [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG county-taxes.png]Last summer I successfully challenged my property tax assessment and won! The process was very simple, and is something everyone should look into doing if they own property. The result can possibly save you hundreds of dollars! This was my situation: My wife and I finished our basement last year. When we hired the contractors to do the electrical and plumbing work, we filed for a permit with the county to keep everything legal. After the work passed inspection we received [...]

]]> By: green » Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2570 green » Challenge Your Property Taxes and Win! Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:32:42 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2570 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG county-taxes.png]Last summer I successfully challenged my property tax assessment and won! The process was very simple, and is something everyone should look into doing if they own property. The result can possibly save you hundreds of dollars! This was my situation: My wife and I finished our basement last year. When we hired the contractors to do the electrical and plumbing work, we filed for a permit with the county to keep everything legal. After the work passed inspection we received [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG county-taxes.png]Last summer I successfully challenged my property tax assessment and won! The process was very simple, and is something everyone should look into doing if they own property. The result can possibly save you hundreds of dollars! This was my situation: My wife and I finished our basement last year. When we hired the contractors to do the electrical and plumbing work, we filed for a permit with the county to keep everything legal. After the work passed inspection we received [...]

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2569 Mrs. Micah Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:24:50 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2007/11/19/challenge-your-property-taxes-and-win/#comment-2569 All good stuff. The building I work for actually has an item in the budget to have lawyers go over our property tax assessment and challenge it if it's over what the company thinks it is. And this year, they won back thousands. All good stuff. The building I work for actually has an item in the budget to have lawyers go over our property tax assessment and challenge it if it’s over what the company thinks it is. And this year, they won back thousands.

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