Comments on: Appraisal District Snitches? Please Help This Woman With Her Tarrant County Appraisal

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:21:04 +0000

Here’s a few suggestions to this Ft. Worth homeowner:

1. Take these neighbors off your Christmas card list.

2. Don’t invite them to your first official pool party this summer, after your new $100,000 pool project has been completed.

3. Keep tabs of the cars parked in your neighbors’ driveway, especially when the husbands and wives are out of town. If there’s an Escort parked in a driveway, take a picture of it. And by all means get the license plate number.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:52:23 +0000

The last time I was down there, I got a reduction — that was still a substantial increase over the previous year. Out of curiosity, I looked up the appraisal history of the appraiser at my hearing (the employee, not the appraisal board citizens) — guess whose home appraisal dropped significantly the year she bought the house, and had not climbed back up to the previous value in several years?

By: HK

HK — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:25:23 +0000

The homeowner could take pictures of her kitchen showing any updates (or lack there of). She could also take a CMA from the realtor showing the estimated sales price of $132,000.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:11:00 +0000

The stories from the tax appraiser’s office just keep getting stranger and stranger. I find it shocking that a government appraiser would base values on the hearsay of a neighbor. When asked, the appraiser is required to tell you what data they used (including the comparable homes in your area) to come up with their value. What a shame that a homeowner would have to hire an attorney to help satisfy a basic taxpayer right to protest their value.