You can contest the appraisal if you can provide sales of homes in your area in similar condition that sold for your price with finished basements.

My thinking would be to have the owner sign a waiver, but we all know waivers and contracts can be contested in court.

I was basically told to deal with it or contest the appraisal, I chose to deal with it.

In FL you have 2 choices to get clear title: 1 wait 4 years for no one to contest the sale2 do a Quiet Title action, about $1500 and 3-4 months process

I'm not going to sink into a pissing contest with you; it's not worth it for either of us.Did you get to be a CPA, lawyer, or Realtor without education?

That would be because the owners and lienholders have XXX amount of time to contest the tax sale as being valid for a number of reasons.

That way gives you, the buyer, a chance to contest the fees.

There are certainly opportunities for that in NW Indiana and I don't buy there anymore but I know people who do and can put you in touch with some people working there as well.Regardless, welcome to the forum and any information you can give us on contesting property taxes would be more than appreciated!

If you dont sell the house, you can then fall back to all the traditional methods like Open Houses, hiring a realtor, or go further afield with eBay or an essay contest.

I also told them at application what I expected, and how the eviction process worked: Rent is "due on the first, LATE ON THE SECOND, on the third, or at the latest the 5th, their 3 DAY LETTER, would be "nailed and mailed", on the 4th day I would be at the JPs office to file a WRIT OF FORCIBLE DETAINER, and that once I had taken that step THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.It must have worked, between 1980 (converted my first house in Houston to a rental) and 1998 (sold and seller financed my last rental in Houston, I only got to the filing stage 3 times and only had ONE TENANT SHOW UP IN COURT to contest.