2019 Adams county property value postcard

[cmailliard]

Mine is up 18.5%. Increase of $75,000

[DFBrews]

This is my starter home trying to do 5 years and move to something bigger with a shop. I am not going to fight it. I Want the equity. I checked some comps around me and they sold for the 293-300 the county said mines worth.

[kidicarus13]

How are you guys successfully fighting it?

[Skip]

Always wondered who pays them the entire amount right away. But it must be a decent amount of people since they try every year my taxes go up

I have to!

I had the current "servicer" make a typical mistake in their favor and book my extra principal to escrow. I had to call, while the rep was researching, asked who would actually use that extra escrow line in the first place. She said a lot of people do.

I'm especially irked at the law that lets them calc a "cushion" in these accounts and show a shortage when there isn't an actual one. My opinion is, if the account is neg, I will fund. Otherwise I am "paying as agreed."

And a few servicers ago I had Ocwen who used this to try and create a default (they monetize defaults). They double paid my hazard insurance without actually sending a second payment to State Farm, but they made the second negative entry on the account. That immediately triggered an escrow analysis because it was neg (just in accounting entries not real dollars). They had my payment going up about $240 (IIRC). All done to construct a default which is typical of that company. Had to pay this new amount for several months until they corrected their error. Then had to request (in writing) another escrow analysis to correct.

[davsel]

How are you guys successfully fighting it?

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/148232-...t=Property+tax

This worked for me back in 2015:

I was able to file a protest online - link is on the NOV I received.

Of course, the Teller County website that has a tool for showing comperable qualified sales does not work, but I was able to use Zillow.
I found houses that have recently sold, and Zillow has a link on each property to the Assessor's site that provides the legal info needed to complete the online appeal.
They want to know what I believe it is worth, the reason why, and the legal info on three comparable sales. Fairly painless actually.

They still raised it a bit, but came down a lot. I did not have to do anything else.

[whitewalrus]

I have to!

I had the current "servicer" make a typical mistake in their favor and book my extra principal to escrow. I had to call, while the rep was researching, asked who would actually use that extra escrow line in the first place. She said a lot of people do.

I'm especially irked at the law that lets them calc a "cushion" in these accounts and show a shortage when there isn't an actual one. My opinion is, if the account is neg, I will fund. Otherwise I am "paying as agreed."

And a few servicers ago I had Ocwen who used this to try and create a default (they monetize defaults). They double paid my hazard insurance without actually sending a second payment to State Farm, but they made the second negative entry on the account. That immediately triggered an escrow analysis because it was neg (just in accounting entries not real dollars). They had my payment going up about $240 (IIRC). All done to construct a default which is typical of that company. Had to pay this new amount for several months until they corrected their error. Then had to request (in writing) another escrow analysis to correct.

That really sucks. I?m sure it?s not fun dealing with them.

[hollohas]

Got my JeffCo one today. +$41,145.

[hollohas]

The BS thing is they base the county "actual value" on the comps. But houses are selling for MORE then they appraise for. So it's not "actual" by any definition.

[00tec]

+$49,311

The guy farming my land needs to plant so I can file this paperwork

[Lurch]

98k. Effing yippie. I want my damn dirt road paved now for that increase.