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Originally Posted by Woogieman
What a person pays for a home is a snapshot of market activity as of that date. No buyer reasonably expects property taxes to increase increase 70-130%+ in a given year, it historically does not happen.
"The county can't go into every home and see how piss poor some people take care of their property"...then it seems pretty irresponsible to tax them as if they had renovated it, huh? Maybe even deceitful? Your appeal process has not been fruitful for those who have not had an appraisal performed ($450-500), and of course the time frame which the owners wee given to accomplish this was laughably short in duration, which was of course addressed in the class action suit (McClain).
I have another example of a retired couple in Grandview that went from $170ish to $268K. They a\enagegd an appraiser who discovered there 1st level ceilings are 7'1", and the 2nd level was 6'9", which according to HUD is not even allowed to be calculated as "above grade finish". The basement is 6' in height and concrete block that leaks in three walls. The problem is this...Jackson County has refused to create/maintain a database, or purchase software that tracks data granularly...the software exists because I helped design it. Rather than pay us to do it right, they will spend that money on attorneys and dart-throwing buffoons from Texas, who will experience the same chaos next assessment period. Again, you are out over your skis, but are too obtuse to be part of a solution to incompetent governance.
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Dude, we are talking about thousands upon thousands of homes that need to be assessed. You are working with a few homeowners at a time. The appeal process exists for the outliers. I’m glad you are helping these people, but all the hand wringing by people like Clay is just bitching because their home was finally properly assessed.