Is Zillow tax estimate any good?

[Hersh M.]

I was trying to analyze a property in Fort Worth, Texas.

I looked up the taxes on Zillow as well as on the county assessor site. The 2 are very different for 2012. One is about $2000 and the other is about $3000.

For 2014, the values from the 2 sites are pretty close.

Has anyone else seen this before? I will ofcorse go with county site info but just wanted to make sure i am looking in the right places. 

[Daria B.]

Originally posted by @Hersh M.:

I was trying to analyze a property in Fort Worth, Texas.

I looked up the taxes on Zillow as well as on the county assessor site. The 2 are very different for 2012. One is about $2000 and the other is about $3000.

For 2014, the values from the 2 sites are pretty close.

Has anyone else seen this before? I will ofcorse go with county site info but just wanted to make sure i am looking in the right places. 

I don't go by what Zillow has. I use the link or just go to the county appraiser site. Then I call to verify the TRIM values they have and tell them that I am an investor since the homestead will not apply in my case so that I get the actual values. This helps a great deal because the taxes as shown on a non-appraiser site generally in what I see are not accurate.