Challenge Your Taxes: Homeowner's Guide to Reducing Property Taxes

by James E.A. Lumley and Jim Lumley

How to save hundreds--even thousands--of dollars a year in property taxes You can't escape paying property taxes, but you can avoid paying more than you have to. This authoritative new guide explains how. Written by an experienced real estate counselor, Challenge Your Taxes helps you evaluate your property assessment and pinpoint any inaccuracies that, once amended, could dramatically reduce your tax bill. With proven guidelines and practical tips,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471190659
• ISBN13: 9780471190653
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Taxed into hell

i read this book and will post remarks on lexingtontruth.com If people knew how that property taxes have made their property worthless they would leave this nation and find freedom. i live in a little HELL on earth and this book will help other avoid tax HELL Holes like NC. If you read this book you can avoid lexington, NC and NC and other states that allow forced annexation to turn people into tax slaves just to own a crappy home in the worth place I could find to live in. I hate this place more than anything and people need to read this book cover to cover.

Thorough

This book does a good job of explaining the property tax system and how most people value their property. The book includes examples and worksheets which can be extremely helpful when you are gathering data for your case. The main idea in this book is that your property taxes are too high because your property has not been properly recorded in the tax assessor's office. Determining this and obtaining the data suggested in this book will prove to be valuable information for most homeowners. This is a common reason used to successfully lower your property taxes. However, if this approach has not worked for you, you may want to look into my book, Lower Your Property Taxes, as I have taken a different approach.