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This morning I met with the city property tax assessor. Since we got such a great deal on our house (we like to bargain) it ended up assessing out to about $20,000 more than what we paid for it.
I tried to be charming (which is not normally a characteristic I possess) hoping that he'd see things my way so our taxes would be lowered, and I think it worked! He's got to check into a few things because apparently he's surprised by how much we paid for it as well and has suspicions that it was in foreclosure when we bought it - which would explain why it would be assessed for more than what we paid for it. If he can find the proof that it was a standard sale (which we know it was) he said he would lower our assessment! Obviously we bought the place and are positive that it wasn't in foreclosure, so it's pretty much a done deal that our taxes will be lowered! Yea!
It's amazing how much money you can save by just doing a little bit of digging! I don't think our property taxes will be lowered drastically, but every little bit helps!
Things are good around the house - since the season finale's of Lost and The Biggest Loser last month we've found that we have a lot more free time. It's funny how that works eh? We spend most of our time out doing fun stuff and it's been really nice. I really don't miss watching TV at all....although can I just say that I can't WAIT to see what happens next year on Lost's final season?!?! I'm so ready to get all of my questions answered!
We went to Dexter's with a few friends for Trivia Night on Tuesday and our team name was the "Dharma Initiative." Does that make us total losers? I think so. The positive side note is that we did pitiful in the trivia, so at least we gave the Dharma a bad name.
I tried to be charming (which is not normally a characteristic I possess) hoping that he'd see things my way so our taxes would be lowered, and I think it worked! He's got to check into a few things because apparently he's surprised by how much we paid for it as well and has suspicions that it was in foreclosure when we bought it - which would explain why it would be assessed for more than what we paid for it. If he can find the proof that it was a standard sale (which we know it was) he said he would lower our assessment! Obviously we bought the place and are positive that it wasn't in foreclosure, so it's pretty much a done deal that our taxes will be lowered! Yea!
It's amazing how much money you can save by just doing a little bit of digging! I don't think our property taxes will be lowered drastically, but every little bit helps!
Things are good around the house - since the season finale's of Lost and The Biggest Loser last month we've found that we have a lot more free time. It's funny how that works eh? We spend most of our time out doing fun stuff and it's been really nice. I really don't miss watching TV at all....although can I just say that I can't WAIT to see what happens next year on Lost's final season?!?! I'm so ready to get all of my questions answered!
We went to Dexter's with a few friends for Trivia Night on Tuesday and our team name was the "Dharma Initiative." Does that make us total losers? I think so. The positive side note is that we did pitiful in the trivia, so at least we gave the Dharma a bad name.
2 Comments:
The Dharma Initiative? You are such a geek!
It is so worth talking to tax assessors-we had ours lowered as well. I am glad you did that!
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