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Property Tax Reassessment Firm Still at It, but under Investigation
You could make an argument that this company is providing a service, although they are misleading at best and criminal at worst. I received a mailer from them last month in which they indicated that my property value (by their estimation) had fallen to $576,000 and that they could save me $3,000 in property taxes. One problem: No home in my neighborhood has sold for less than $800,000. There's no way I would be reassessed at the figure they indicated. In fact, it's unlikely I could save any money at all. So I would be throwing away the money. Of course, they aren't guaranteeing you'll get your assessment lowered — only that they'll file the paperwork. I phoned them to ask a few more questions. One of my questions was: "Where are you located so I can come down and speak with someone in person?" They refused to give their address. The most I got out of a woman named Andrea was that they were located in Mission Valley (I received another mailing a few weeks later with a very similar look to it that was from a company with a slightly different name located in Los Angeles). I am a real estate broker and have advised family and friends how to go about filing the reassessment appeal for free if they think it could save them on property taxes. I did an item on my blog that has direct links to the assessor's Web site and the paperwork you can fill out to file. It must be turned in by May 30. Here is the link: http://housingsandiego.blogspot.com/2009/04/prope…— May 20, 2009 5:33 p.m.