Comments on: Elevated Assessments and Egos at the tax assessor’s office http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/elevated-assessments-and-egos-at-the-tax-assessors-office/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Mon, 21 May 2012 04:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ineshttp://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/elevated-assessments-and-egos-at-the-tax-assessors-office/#comment-3148 ines Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:42:33 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=895#comment-3148 Hi Tony - nice to see you here! The whole tax assessment issue is so random here in Miami that I just shake my head in disbelief. Jim - you know I want to seek the man out - but no names were exchanged and I don't think I can do anything. As for estates - the problem becomes even bigger. For some unknown reason there is a mysterious equation for calculating reassessments when someone inherits a property in Miami. We have seen estates assessed at 150% of their market value even when the market was HOT. Hi Tony – nice to see you here! The whole tax assessment issue is so random here in Miami that I just shake my head in disbelief.

Jim – you know I want to seek the man out – but no names were exchanged and I don’t think I can do anything.

As for estates – the problem becomes even bigger. For some unknown reason there is a mysterious equation for calculating reassessments when someone inherits a property in Miami. We have seen estates assessed at 150% of their market value even when the market was HOT.

]]> By: Jim Duncanhttp://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/elevated-assessments-and-egos-at-the-tax-assessors-office/#comment-3142 Jim Duncan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:12:43 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=895#comment-3142 I mentioned in a recent post about how I'd be willing to counsel people in my area who are thinking about challenging their assessments. Assessments seem to have dropped anywhere from 5 to 10 percent in my immediate area, and the gov't is likely to simply bump the mil rate to recapture the "lost revenue" If I were you, I'd seek out that gov't employee in the assessor's office. I mentioned in a recent post about how I’d be willing to counsel people in my area who are thinking about challenging their assessments. Assessments seem to have dropped anywhere from 5 to 10 percent in my immediate area, and the gov’t is likely to simply bump the mil rate to recapture the “lost revenue”

If I were you, I’d seek out that gov’t employee in the assessor’s office.

]]> By: Tony - vidlisting.comhttp://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/elevated-assessments-and-egos-at-the-tax-assessors-office/#comment-3137 Tony - vidlisting.com Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:48:17 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=895#comment-3137 Incredible and very sad story. Since localities do their fiscal planning around property tax estimates, it doesnt seem to be in their interest to adjust the estimates downward. Tony Incredible and very sad story. Since localities do their fiscal planning around property tax estimates, it doesnt seem to be in their interest to adjust the estimates downward.

Tony

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