Top 10 Reasons to Protest Your Property Taxes

10. APPRAISAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE OVERWORKED AND UNDERFUNDED. 

9. APPRAISAL DISTRICT APPRAISERS GUESS AT THE INTERIOR CONDITION OF YOUR PROPERTY. 

8. MASS APPRAISAL SYSTEMS HAVE A BUILT IN AND ACCEPTED MARGIN OF ERROR. 

7. PROTESTING YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS THE BEST WAY TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT PROPERTY ARE WILLING TO FIGHT EXCESSIVE TAX BURDENS. 

6. THE HIGHER NUMBER OF PROTESTS THE MORE LIKLEY PROPERTY OWNERS WILL SEE REAL CHANGE TO THE BROKEN PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM. 

5. IF YOUR PROPERTY IS NOT SIMILAR TO THE TYPICAL PROPERTY IN YOUR AREA YOU COULD BE PAYING TOO MUCH IN PROPERTY TAXES. 

4. WHEN THE MARKET IS UP YOUR TAXES ARE HIGHER BASED ON A REAL ESTATE BUBBLE. BUT WHEN THE MARKET IS DOWN APPRAISAL DISTRICTS ARE RELUCTANT TO REDUCE VALUES SO YOUR TAXES ARE STILL HIGH. 

3. PROPERTY OWNERS WHO CONSISTENTLY PROTEST THEIR TAXES GENERALLY SEE LOWER ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX BILLS. 

2. A SUCCESSFUL PROTEST COULD LOWER YOUR MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENT. 

1. THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM IS DESIGNED SO THAT TO ACHIEVE FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY AS A PROPERTY OWNER YOU MUST FILE A PROTEST.