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In reply to the discussion: Really hard jobs. Name one. [View all]davsand
(13,421 posts)Here in Illinois I don't argue if they tell me to get off the property. I just say ok and leave.
The reason for that is if I have to stand on the center line of the road and "value" ANY piece of property, it will IMMEDIATELY have a base value of $1,000,000. It might be a run down "pile o crap in the woods", but it is still gonna be worth a million for tax purposes.
If the property owner objects to that value they can PROVE that it is over valued. At that point they are gonna have to either submit an independent fee appraisal (meaning they are gonna pay somebody to come out and measure it) or else they're gonna have to allow somebody from the county on that property to get an accurate measure.
Either way it will get taxed.
Right now I've got a guy that has threatened to sue me because his local assessor promised to look the other way for a few years--meaning his new house was not being taxed. I put him on the tax rolls and now he's threatening to sue me for (I just love this one...) "breech of promise."
Laura