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  • April 11, 2010 at 8:40 PM #17335
    EconProf
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    For everybody who bought in the past 5 years, you are probably paying too much in property taxes. Now is the time to file an appeal to lower your assessed valuation by downloading the forms from the County Assessor’s Office, or getting them directly from the County Administration Building on Pacific Highway.
    You will need comparable sales prices from three months before or three months after January 1 of this year. That is why now is the time to ask your real estate broker for comps, but only for the past six months, and only for properties very similar to yours.
    The form is easy to fill out, the Assessor’s Office is flooded with tens of thousands of appeals, and you should not overpay your property taxes.

    April 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM #538290
    NotCranky
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    It’s nice of you to post that. I wish I could use the good advice but I bought raw land and the improvements are assessed pretty much dead on with current prices.

    April 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM #538412
    NotCranky
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    It’s nice of you to post that. I wish I could use the good advice but I bought raw land and the improvements are assessed pretty much dead on with current prices.

    April 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM #539242
    NotCranky
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    It’s nice of you to post that. I wish I could use the good advice but I bought raw land and the improvements are assessed pretty much dead on with current prices.

    April 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM #538975
    NotCranky
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    It’s nice of you to post that. I wish I could use the good advice but I bought raw land and the improvements are assessed pretty much dead on with current prices.

    April 11, 2010 at 9:33 PM #538879
    NotCranky
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    It’s nice of you to post that. I wish I could use the good advice but I bought raw land and the improvements are assessed pretty much dead on with current prices.

    April 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM #538361
    EconProf
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    Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.

    April 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM #538482
    EconProf
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    Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.

    April 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM #539311
    EconProf
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    Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.

    April 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM #539045
    EconProf
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    Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.

    April 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM #538949
    EconProf
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    Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.

    April 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM #539115
    NotCranky
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    [quote=EconProf]Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.[/quote]
    I can’t, In part because I bought it cheap at the time.It closed in 2004 so a little ahead of your suggested window too. It would be hard to defend a case with comps. I actually thought the dealings with the assessor’s office on improvements was fair. Their guidelines were reasonable.

    April 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM #539382
    NotCranky
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    [quote=EconProf]Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.[/quote]
    I can’t, In part because I bought it cheap at the time.It closed in 2004 so a little ahead of your suggested window too. It would be hard to defend a case with comps. I actually thought the dealings with the assessor’s office on improvements was fair. Their guidelines were reasonable.

    April 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM #539019
    NotCranky
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    [quote=EconProf]Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.[/quote]
    I can’t, In part because I bought it cheap at the time.It closed in 2004 so a little ahead of your suggested window too. It would be hard to defend a case with comps. I actually thought the dealings with the assessor’s office on improvements was fair. Their guidelines were reasonable.

    April 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM #538431
    NotCranky
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    [quote=EconProf]Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.[/quote]
    I can’t, In part because I bought it cheap at the time.It closed in 2004 so a little ahead of your suggested window too. It would be hard to defend a case with comps. I actually thought the dealings with the assessor’s office on improvements was fair. Their guidelines were reasonable.

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