We were contacted by a property owner in San Bernardino County who had filed a 2010 application for changed assessment on a vacant retail building. We received our agreements back on April 30th, to handle her 2010 appeal which was scheduled for May 16th. The building was occupied by a national video rental chain...

After filing an application for changed assessment to lower the assessed value of a home in San Bernardino County, we were able to work out a reduction with the County Assessor’s office resulting in refunds to our client. After some back and forth with the County we were able to show why the comparables used were in fact superior and provided our own more realistic sales. As a result, we were able to show the fair market value was not the enrolled $1,100,000...

We were appealing the assessed value of a 2.3 acre commercial site with an older, 3 tenant retail building that fronts the main street and a older single family residence behind it in Sacramento County. The back of the lot, which is unimproved, is considered excess land. The 2010 enrolled value was $1,795,000 and the 2011 enrolled value was higher at $1,808,000. It looks like this value would have carried forward to the 2012 tax year

Yesterday we attended a hearing before the board of appeals on a fast food restaurant (major chain) in Los Angeles County. By showing that the reduced rent paid by the tenant towards the end of the lease, and that this particular chain was inferior to other top brands, we were able to secure a reduction in the property tax assessment for the 2010 fiscal year from $1,556,900 to $850,000. That’s a single year’s property tax savings of over $7,700 and a...

After receiving and reviewing our application for changed assessment filed with San Diego County, we were offered a stipulation on a parcel of vacant residential land in La Jolly. The parcel was originally assessed at $1,385,000 and we were able to accept a reduction to $1,000,000 saving our client over $4,000 in property taxes in one year!

This is a very unusual property and all but impossible to value using comparable sales. The property consists of about three and a half acres and a collection of hotel type buildings, duplexes, cottages, travel trailers and mobile homes. The enrolled value was over $1.2 million dollars. Our agent determined...

We were able to work out a stipulation on a duplex in San Diego County, assessed at $1,737,989 for the 2011 year. This reduction in the property tax base was achieved after providing the County with information pertaining to comparable sales and income produced by this property. The value we agreed upon was...

Today we achieved a 2010 decline in value property tax reduction on a hotel in Ontario, San Bernardino County. The assessment for the 2010 fiscal year was $3,304,182. After working with some comparable sales and analysis of the income, we were able to reduce the property tax assessed value to $2,750,000, or $50,000 per room. This is a savings to our client of around $5,500 for a single year!