What are the Services we Provide?

We handle everything from beginning to end. We first make an evaluation of you property to ascertain whether the property is over –assessed and has the potential to achieve a reduction in assessment. Assisting us in this aspect of the process is primarily our own experience – we have been involved in real estate consulting and assisting in the review of assessments, and bring to this problem a substantial amount of experience.

         Services Include:
              • Real Property Tax Consultation.
              • Independent real estate assessment
              • Condemnation Awards
              • Property Tax Compliance Appeals
              • Value Negotiations
              • Review and file for prior year value reductions where appropriate.

In most cases, we find that commercial property is over-assessed and we can obtain an assessment reduction and relief from the tax burden. We then discuss our findings and give you a recommendation as to whether we should proceed with a real property tax appeal. We work closely with experienced legal counsel in reaching this conclusion and we will make legal counsel available to you to discuss recommendations and a course of action.

In virtually every case, proceedings must be filed in accordance with the Real Property Tax Law of the taxing authority, and as your tax agent, we will recommend and retain legal counsel highly experienced in the field to initiate these proceedings. As your tax agent, we will maintain close supervision of the progress of these proceedings and will keep you fully apprised of all developments.

The process itself requires very little involvement from the property owner, other than to provide us with various financial information. If an appraisal is warranted, as your tax agent, we will retain a highly qualified appraiser, proceed as far as necessary to accomplish our objective of reducing your assessment and thus your taxes.

There is no additional fee involved in our retention of legal counsel and/or appraiser. This is solely our expense as part of the fee. You will not be separately billed for any of these expenses. They are our responsibility.

We pride ourselves on giving you accurate information and keeping you fully informed as the matter progresses. Our recommendations and expectations are realistic. Simply stated, we will not waste your time or create unrealistic expectations as to what can be accomplished.

What Does all this Cost?

As incredible as it may sound, the service effectively costs nothing. Our fee is tied directly to results and we only charge a fee where we have achieved a refund or an actual reduction in the real property tax burden. Therefore, the fee comes out of the results, not out of your pocket. For example, we will charge a percentage of the refund and/or tax savings received. The billing only takes place when we actually achieved and realized theses results or you have received the refund.

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