Investor · Great Barrington, MA · Member since 2015 · 153 posts · 39 votes
Is there a general process for applying to lower my property tax assessment? I recently bought two MFHs for far lower than the assessment value and far lower than the sellers paid. Is this something that's locally determined? I asked my lawyer about it and got some convoluted answer about the assessment lagging a year or two behind values--how it's based on a year or two ago and not current or some malarkey like that. Is that true?
What's been the general process from your perspective?
Many thanks.
Michael
Investor · Great Barrington, MA · Member since 2015 · 153 posts · 39 votes
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Interesting. Thanks George P. I guess I got the impression it was a common thing because everyone associated with the transaction was like "oh, just appeal that after you close." I suppose people will ebulliently tell you whatever you want to hear during a purchase.
I'd appreciate hearing of cases where this did successfully work out and how you did it.