Reply #28: Wave "hi" to the TAX MAN!!!

[davsand]

Bet ya money it was the property tax assessor. If they took pictures of just the front of the house it was most surely the tax guys. Usually, appraisers get photos of the front and back of a comparable sale (at least in my area they do) but the tax guy just needs a photo of the front, usually.

Counting the windows makes me think it is the tax assessor too...

I've been out doing just that same thing a few times, myself, and I've had people ASK what I'm doing. We were ALWAYS out with signs on our vehicle that ID'd us as tax people, and we ALWAYS had on picture IDs. Even with all that people still got freaked out.

The absolute oddest thing was measuring however. As an appraiser, I would call first to warn people I was coming. As taxing officials, however, we'd just go out and DO it. It always felt strange to me to do it--but that was just how it worked. I never went out that I didn't feel like I was in Jr High and sneaking in some guy's yard.

Imagine, if you will, standing in some back yard with a tape measure and a clip board and having some dog sneak up behind you and run a cold wet nose up the back of your leg and up under your skirt...

I just about dropped my clipboard and ran, but the guy I was working with just about died laughing.

Fun and games for the tax guys... You should have gone out and asked--it might have made the day for them!!!!


Laura