I recently read a post somewhere about appealing your property taxes. The poster wanted to know if you could, in fact, appeal your property taxes.

Yes, you can! Contact your local tax assessor's office to see what p...

Hi, I'm an out-of-state investor looking at properties in the 60411 zip code.  I see the price-to-rent ratios in the area look favorable, and the crime report on NeighborhoodScout.com makes it look C-class but not ter...

Do property taxes automatically get re-assessed after you buy a property based on the purchase price you pay? If it does, how do you really evaluate a property properly?

I recently decided to review the County Assessor's assessed values for all of my properties to make sure I wasn't grossly overpaying in property taxes for any of them. I found that most were in line with the actual v...

As many know, under Prop 60 in California (may not last long in broke CA) I can sell my home and buy a home of equal or lesser value and maintain my current property tax rate - a substantial savings for me as I've be...

I'm assigning my contract. The county assessed value is 80,000 dollars. It's a 3 bed 2 bath. It is currently being rented for 700 dollars/month. The tenant has been there for 15 months and doesn't plan to leave. There...

My wife and I are looking at a 3 unit, fully-rented house in a suburban neighborhood 20 mins from downtown. The house has been completely renovated (completed in Feb/March 2016) and seems to be turn-key. It was invest...

Hi fellow BPers,I'm new to real estate investing, and am looking into SFHs as rental properties in the Dallas area.  I'm trying to improve my methods for estimating expenses when analyzing deals, and I had a few quest...

Hoping one of you great people can clarify something for me. Looking at bonus depreciation and wondering if it is based on the county assessed value or purchase price?We purchased a commercial building for $420k and t...

May have been done before, but what are some things you've learned over the years you never hear about in real estate podcast or books? I've got a few.This helped me just starting out but moving the mortgage payment d...