Save a Fortune on Your Home Owner's Property Tax!

by Bob Lafay and Harry Koening

The authors, both of whom are consumer-advocates, reveal their proven formula for saving money on property taxes, outlining in detail an easy-to-follow plan for researching and comparing property... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0793129370
• ISBN13: 9780793129379
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Covers the basics. Not enough resources for more info.

This book gives an overview of how property tax is assessed and how to file an appeal. It covers the basics very well. In this regard, this book helps to fill in information that's hard to come by otherwise. However, it drops the reader there. To be complete, the book needs to list state offices that deal with local property tax issues. It needs to give a much better list of internet resources available to property owners. It needs to get down to the nitty-gritty of how property tax assessments are figured. It assumes that the local tax offical is going to spend as much time as necessary to educate you in these areas. More than likely, the offical won't. I hope the authors write a second edition and fill in these gaps.

Easy to understand, simple to use, and based on solid facts.

I like this book as there are no chapters, just a few easy to follow steps. I found the answers to my questions: Can I expect to win my challenge of my Homeowners Property Tax?I have never understood how Property Taxes on my home were derived, and I thought there was nothing I could do to protect the assessed value assigned to it by the Assessor. After reading this book and reviewing the questions and answers at the end of each step, I now have a clear idea of how to approach the Assessor to get them lowered. Recently, I talked with a friend of mine from Missouri who had read "Save A Fortune on Your Homeowners Property Tax." He told me it only took him two steps to get his home taxes reduced by $60.00 a year. That is not a fortune, but he says he is really pleased with his lower tax bill.Another fact that makes this book valuable is the annual savings I might get by checking for the proper market values each year and then comparing them to amounts assigned to our Homeowners Insurance. This is a strong exhibit to provide the insurance company to make sure our premiums are based on realistic numbers.As someone who doesn't have the time to delve deeply into the world of real estate or tax issues, but who does want to understand the subject, and save money, I'd recommend this book highly.