Archive for ‘File Your Own Protest’

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Effective Age

By jkutner, 5 May, 2010, No Comment

Here we’ll discuss Age and Effective Age adjustments to comparable sales when you present a property tax protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board.

Do Market Conditions Matter?

By jkutner, 3 May, 2010, No Comment

Used to be when a protesting Texas property owner testified market conditions were terrible Appraisal Review Board members’ eyes would glaze over as if Chicken Little were testifying, “The sky is falling”. It’s different this year . . .

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Pool

By jkutner, 29 April, 2010, 3 Comments

Here we’ll discuss Pool/No Pool adjustments to comparable sales when you present a property tax protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board.

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Condition

By jkutner, 27 April, 2010, No Comment

Here we’ll discuss property condition adjustments to comparable sales when you present a property tax protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board.

Arbitration: A Texas Taxpayer’s Last — and Best — Resort!

By jkutner, 29 March, 2010, 1 Comment

Arbitration can be even more productive than the Appraisal Review Board process — and the reductons larger — because it’s an uneven playing field tilted in the owner’s favor . . .

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Neighborhood

By jkutner, 22 March, 2010, 4 Comments

Here we’ll discuss Neighborhood adjustments to comparable sales when you present a property tax protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board.

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Logic and Lot Value

By jkutner, 18 March, 2010, 2 Comments

Logic can make a difference when presenting your property tax protest before your Texas Appraisal Review Board. Consider two identical homes, one backing to a golf course and the other across the street . . .

How Far Back Can I Go for Comparable Sales?

By jkutner, 12 March, 2010, 1 Comment

In a sluggish market where sales volume has slowed considerably, the now clearly defined window presents opportunities that didn’t exist as clearly before 2010 . . .
The rules for consideration of foreclosures and general economic conditions has also changed in 2010 . . .

Commercial Defaults’ Effect on Your Property Taxes

By jkutner, 4 March, 2010, 2 Comments

At Property Tax Protest we’re building a portfolio of reports that will support protests for our commercial clients in 2010. Here’s one relating to commercial properties that are delinquent on their mortgages.

Adjustments to Comp Sales: Size

By jkutner, 2 March, 2010, No Comment

Here we’ll discuss Size adjustments to comparable sales when you present a property tax protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board.