All Forum Posts by: Tyson Allen

Looking forward to another great meet up! I always walk away knowing more than I did when I arrived. I find these meet ups essential to growing my real estate business. 

@Ryan Renze & @Account Closed There is also a meet up this next Thursday 8/17 at the Des Moines Social club starts at 6:00 usually there is a guest speaker covering a topic. This happens once a month. 

@Rebecca B. I can't share his number through the forum but I think if you accept my colleague request we can instant message each other.

Thanks Chase! He is doing great.

My wife and I will be there can't wait for another highly informative evening!

I would recommend Brad Neal from Renter's Warehouse. I'm part of a local real estate meet up in Des Moines that he is a part of. Great guy and tons of knowledge. Extremely Professional. Instant message me for his phone number. 

Rachel, I have some retnals throughout the metro here in Des Moines. Have you tried posting on Zillow? What I like about Zillow is it post to their site as well as Trulia and HotPads. Half of my tenants come from CL and the other half from zillow/trulia/hotpads. Hope this helps. I rent some single family homes near yours that are 3 bedrooms 2 bath 2 stall garage ranches for 1550 and 1600. Hope this helps with your pricing 

Thanks for sharing Chase and look forward to seeing you again.  My wife and I will be there.

I am relatively new to real estate investing with 4 single family rentals in the Des Moines Polk County area. My question is around property taxes and how to minimize the increase in assessed value of your property. This year I had a property increase roughly 50,000 in value increasing my tax liability by 1,200. What would be the best way to fight this increase? I understand that I can present comps that have sold in the area to a formal assessor review but does anyone have any other strategies they have used in the past to decrease the assessed value of a single family rental?

To give a little background on this property it was recently remodeled top to bottom and although it looks really nice and a lot of items are new the quality is of average building material. 

Would it be best to request an oral hearing and if so what data should I bring to debate in why my assessed value should be lowered?

Is my best bet to find some comps and submit those?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

@Mike Cumbie Thank you for the great insight. So many valid points in your response.