Property Tax Appeal Companies - Houston TX

[Masha Rizzi]

I don't know about any one else - but my property taxes have increased significantly this year (50% on one of the property alone). This was totally unexpected and way out of the norm (I've had my properties for years now and these jumps were drastic!). 

Does anyone in the Houston area have any property tax appeal companies they could recommend? I know I can do it myself, but I'd like to see what the cost is versus my time value. 

Thanks! 

[Kyle Mccaw]

I have used https://www.poconnor.com/ for years. They do a good job.

[Jerry Ta]

i use https://saveonhousetaxes.com/

i tried doing it myself before and wasn't worth the time or effort and was actually pretty frustrating

I do get savings using them, couldn't tell you if its better or worse compared to other companies. 

[Manju Nat]

@Kyle Mccaw What % do po connor charge as fees? That information is very hidden on their website!

[Kyle Mccaw]

Quote from @Manju Nat:

@Kyle Mccaw What % do po connor charge as fees? That information is very hidden on their website!

 They charge 50% of what they save you. That's kinda the standard in that industry. 

[Manju Nat]

Thanks @Kyle Mccaw! I'm probably going to try ownwell this year, they charge 25%.

[Courtney Nguyen]

@Masha Rizzi I have been using Holly Graves from Paula Mclean and been very happy with the results.  If you  tell her you are a PM and give her multiple properties to protest she might cut you a deal.  For me she charges me 35%.

[Kristi K.]

Quote from @Masha Rizzi:

Does anyone in the Houston area have any property tax appeal companies they could recommend? I know I can do it myself, but I'd like to see what the cost is versus my time value. 

I just did my first protest this year this morning. It took me 15 minutes to file online, it was an easy one as I had an appraisal from Oct last year but 6 hours after I turned in the protest they returned their resolution. They had it appraised at $351,000, I appealed and said it was $321,000 and they came back with a new proposal at $320,500. That saves me over $700 this year in taxes. I would have to pay 25% to 50% of that to get someone else to do what I did in 15 minutes. I don't know about you but it's worth doing it by myself for a $175 to $350 fee that took less than 30 minutes to do.... 

[Jerry Ta]

Quote from @Kristi K.:

Quote from @Masha Rizzi:

Does anyone in the Houston area have any property tax appeal companies they could recommend? I know I can do it myself, but I'd like to see what the cost is versus my time value. 

I just did my first protest this year this morning. It took me 15 minutes to file online, it was an easy one as I had an appraisal from Oct last year but 6 hours after I turned in the protest they returned their resolution. They had it appraised at $351,000, I appealed and said it was $321,000 and they came back with a new proposal at $320,500. That saves me over $700 this year in taxes. I would have to pay 25% to 50% of that to get someone else to do what I did in 15 minutes. I don't know about you but it's worth doing it by myself for a $175 to $350 fee that took less than 30 minutes to do.... 

 You think it's easy because you received what you wanted, maybe you could have gotten more. The part that gets difficult is when you don't get the value you were looking for and have to go to the in person process. 

[Kristi K.]

Quote from @Jerry Ta:

I can explain it to you Jerry but I can’t make you understand it. I’ve been to the in person process many times over the years. You go ahead and pay someone else to do it for ya. I’m just trying to help people realize they don’t need to pay someone else to do something they can do for themselves very easily. 

[Courtney Nguyen]

@Kristi K. which counties are your properties in?

[Kristi K.]

Quote from @Courtney Nguyen:

@Kristi K. which counties are your properties in?

Comal and Guadalupe.

[Jerry Ta]

Quote from @Kristi K.:

Quote from @Jerry Ta:

I can explain it to you Jerry but I can’t make you understand it. I’ve been to the in person process many times over the years. You go ahead and pay someone else to do it for ya. I’m just trying to help people realize they don’t need to pay someone else to do something they can do for themselves very easily. 

 If you can already tell by what I've written. I've done it myself, so I know the process personally. I have MULTIPLE properties also.....so maybe you can caveat, its easy to do ONE property, but when you have MULTIPLE properties, you do have to spend some time putting together the information. Ultimately, its up to you to change their mind on why the value should be less than their own valuation. Hope you can understand why it may be difficult when you're doing it on your own. 

On top of that, you're in "Comal and Guadalupe," come back to me when you're in Harris County, Fort Bend County, Montgomery - since the question was asked about HOUSTON. Don't need your unrelated 2 cents. 

[Ryan Kelly]

@Masha Rizzi I use Home Tax Shield and they have done a fantastic job. We saved over $300,000 in appraised value over 5 properties last year, saving us more than $6800 in tax. The charge is $15/property + 30% of savings. More affordable than most and have a high success rate.