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Re-Challenged My Property Tax Assessment

by That One Caveman on May 27, 2008

Way back in January, I wrote that I was challenging our very unfair property tax assessment. Finally, last month, we received the review board’s reassessment. They dropped the assessor’s valuation of our property by $25,000, but it was still $29,000 more than our purchase price from just 2 years ago. My wife [...]

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Challenged My Property Tax Assessment

by That One Caveman on January 11, 2008

Wednesday morning, I went to the county courthouse to challenge my property tax assessment. (I talked more about receiving the notice from the county in a previous post.) When I arrived, 4 of my neighbors were already there! Apparently, they over-assessed our entire neighborhood. Hopefully that will give me some leverage [...]

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Year-End Charitable Giving vs Year-Long Giving

by That One Caveman on December 21, 2007

As I wrote before, one of my goals for 2008 is to increase my giving to my church to reach 10% of my income, meaning I intend to tithe in 2008. We give consistently throughout the year so that it has become a habit, a part of our lifestyle. On the flip side, [...]

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It’s Hard to Get Ahead When Taxes Pull You Down

by That One Caveman on December 15, 2007

Well, I just received the most enjoyable piece of mail today… My credit union sent out my new set of coupons for paying my mortgage for 2008 and, much to my bewilderment, the amount went up by almost $50 per month! That means my taxes for last year were more than $400 higher [...]

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