Hotel Owners Can Avoid Property Tax Surprises 

Jan 1, 2007, By Bernice Dowell

The feverish pace of hotel acquisitions over the past two years has driven sale prices to record levels. Assessors tend to use high sale prices as the basis for property tax calculations. ...

Avoid Pitfalls of the Cost Approach 

Dec 1, 2006, By Jim Popp, Esq.

The valuation of manufacturing plants for property tax purposes presents a challenge for both owners and property tax officials. ...

Aging Industrial Plants Worthy of a Tax Discount 

Sep 1, 2006, By John Garippa Esq.

Many automobile assembly plants have been closed and sold for a far different use than vehicle assembly. This phenomenon provides owners of all types of industrial property with lessons on how to protect themselves from unfair property taxation...

Hurricane Aftermath 

Jul 1, 2006, By Christopher J. Dicharry, Esq.

When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck in August and September of 2005 long after the Jan. 1 assessment date for setting values for Louisiana property...

New Rules on Intangibles 

May 1, 2006, By Kenneth J. Rogers, CRE

Many state statutes recognize that a recent sale represents the best evidence of market value for real estate tax assessment purposes. Given the record...

Why Assessors Trip Up on Apartment Valuations 

Mar 1, 2006, By Gilbert D. Davila, Esq.

All too often multifamily property owners are unaware of the errors assessors make in the valuation of their properties. By understanding how these mistakes...

Taking Their Cue From Hotel Owners 

Jan 1, 2006, By Jim Popp, Esq.

Considerable debate swirls around the valuation of shopping centers for property taxation. The debate focuses on whether shopping centers contain business...

How to Avoid High Property Taxes 

Aug 1, 2005, By Vickie L. Norman, Esq.

The foundation for a property tax appeal rests on an analysis of the property's value for real estate tax purposes. The valuation analysis can be based...

Why owners of triple-net leased properties bear an unfair burden 

May 1, 2005, By Jerome Wallach, Esq.

Owners of triple-net-leased properties too often conclude that they have no reason to appeal their property tax assessments, since the property taxes...

Assessors Exploit Their Advantage 

Feb 1, 2005, By Joel R. Marcus, Esq.

In the late 1970s, property owners were on an equal footing with the local assessor. In those days it was almost impossible to obtain important information...

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