real estate taxes: Tax Assessment, Don't fight it!
- 09/25/07 07:03 AM
Frankly, with prices dropping, it might be tempting to try to fight your tax assessment. Prove to the government that your place is worse LESS than tax assessment. Why not! Free money right? Use that cash for Disney World. Wrong! Unless you are part of a collective effort to reduce the tax assessment for an entire building or county, it can hurt you if your taxes are $30,000 lower than a nearby similar house. Why? Buyer agents still use the tax assessment as a benchmark when comparing 2 properties. If I see a property for sale with a $500,000 tax assessment and it (10 comments)
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FRANK LL0SA Esq.- Northern Virginia Broker .:. FranklyRealty.com