Sonoma County Hotel Reduction
Today we were able to work out a great reduction on a solidly performing hotel in Sonoma County. Through our requests and filing of the application for changed assessment we were able to get the 2010 assessed value reduced from just over $5,700,000 to $5,120,000 – this in a year when the hotel industry was [...]

Contra Costa Vacant Residential
5 acres of land in the city of Lafayette. This case involved an undeveloped tract of land in the hills above the city of Lafayette in Contra Costa County. Originally purchased at auction in 2008 for a little over a million dollars. Because it was purchased at auction there was a small...

Vacant Residential Land – San Bernardino
On Monday we had 3 separate cases of vacant residential development land in San Bernardino County, high desert area. We were successful in each one of the appeals saving our client over $14,000 for the 2009 tax year. This of course after the County denying any reduction was warranted! Project 1 was reduced from $925,000 [...]

Los Angeles House Reductions
As stated in the prior post, we had a huge day in Los Angeles for a number of clients. Due to our filed application for changed assessment, we had hearing officer appointments for an entire day in Los Angeles County and below is what we were able to do for our clients with Single Family Residences: From $778,594 to $750,000 - Property Tax Savings of $300 From $650,200 to $617,000 - Property Tax Refund due of $350 From $814,066 to $700,000 - Property Tax Reduction of $1,200 From $650,000 to $500,000 - Property Tax Refund due of $1,600...

Los Angeles County Property Tax Reductions
We had a big day late last month in Los Angeles County resulting in many reduction for our clients. Below is list of the property tax reductions were able to achieve through our hearing office appointments resulting from our filed applications for changed assessment: Office Building: From $1,448,000 to $1,000,000 - Savings of over $4,500! Retail: From $2,420,000 to $1,700,000 - Refunds to our client of over $7,200!......

Orange County Industrial Reduction
This property is a large industrial building on a few acres of land. At first glance, the property appeared to be well below value. In 2009, the assessment was at $10,400,000 and we were able to prove a reduction to $8,800,000. In 2010, it was solidly performing and any other property tax agent would have done a search for some comparable sales and realizing it was already reduced 20% would probably...

Orange County Industrial Reduction
The subject property is a warehouse in the Placentia area. We were able to secure a reduction in the 2009 year from $1,980,000 to $1,565,000. Now, through our application for changed assessment we were able to prove an additional reduction to $1,200,000.....

Kern County Big Box Reduction
After working with the County of Kern on what used to be a National Bookstore, we were able to secure a major reduction for our client for both the 2010 and 2011 years. This after not even having filed for he 2010 year! ....

Orange County Office Condos
We were also to prove reductions on a couple office condominiums in Orange County today. These are located in the Irvine area and for 2010 were assessed at $921,000 and $775,000. We had already secured reductions for 2010 through our Proposition 8 Request for Review to $555,000 and $440,000 respectively. A typical property tax agent would have been ecstatic about these reductions and likely would have...

Orange County Retail
Due to our pending application for changed assessment we were able to work out a reduction on a retail property in the Fullerton area of Orange County today. The County appraiser had offered a small reduction on the 2010 assessment of just over $850,000 but we didn't feel it was adequate. After declining their offer and...