Guides
How to appeal your property tax, in plain English.
Six guides that walk through the whole appeal: how to file it step by step, how to tell if your home is over-assessed in the first place, what evidence actually moves a board, how to find the comparable properties that carry your case, why assessed value is not the same as market value, and the deadlines that quietly decide whether you get a hearing at all.
How to appeal your property tax assessment, step by step
The full path from your assessment notice to a decision: reading the notice, the informal review, gathering comps, filing on time, and the board hearing.
How to tell if your home is over-assessed
The two quick checks that tell you whether an appeal is even worth your time: the market-value test and the uniformity test, with the math done in plain English.
What evidence actually wins a property tax appeal
Comparable sales are the backbone, but not any comp will do. What boards find persuasive, what they ignore, and how to assemble a packet that is hard to wave away.
Assessed value vs market value: what the difference means for your bill
Assessment ratios, effective tax rates, and how a single percentage buried in your notice decides how much of your home's value actually gets taxed.
Property tax appeal deadlines: don't miss your window
Appeal windows are short, they vary by state and county, and missing one usually costs you a full year. How to find your deadline and what to do if it is close.
How to find comparable properties (comps) for a property tax appeal
Three to five genuinely similar homes near yours, assessed lower per square foot. What makes a comp valid, where to pull the data, and the cherry-picking mistake that gets an appeal thrown out.
Read the guides, then check your own address.
The guides are free. The report does the legwork for one address: your market estimate, your assessed value, the gap, the comps, and the appeal steps for your area.
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