How We Can Help

We may be able to help you reduce your proposed value. We have been in the Property Tax business since 1991 and have saved many hundreds of owners thousands of dollars. We are experienced and know the appraisal district methods and procedures.

There are 2 parts of our work: Review and Appeal

The first part is review. We review each property to see if there are comparable sales that may indicate the property is overvalued. We may also look at similar property assessments to see if there is uniformity and equality. For this portion of work there is a flat fee. Residential properties are normally $150.00; vacant land, commercial and Business Personal Properties are $200.00 and up.

The second phase of our work is Appeal. Sometimes we try to negotiate with the district. If that is not successful, we will appear before the ARB. If we are successful in reducing the market value of your property, your value will be lowered and your property taxes reduced. When we succeed in reducing your value, we receive a success fee. This fee is detailed in our Agent-Owner Agreement but for most properties it is about 50¢-75¢ for each 1% of value reduction. An example would be if your property is reduced $15,000, you should save about $487. Our success fee would be about $90 for a property with a homestead; less if it has an elderly exemption and more if there are no exemptions.

Our work is designed for the owners who may have complex issues. Some don't have the time to fight it and/or cannot be at the ARB Hearing when schedules. Others just don't want to do it themselves and prefer a professional to handle it.
The real truth is this: If you do not try to reduce the value, you WILL PAY THE HIGHER TAXES. The worst case is if the ARB sustains the value, then there is no property tax savings. You will have paid the flat fee and we will have spent many hours in preparing and presenting our case for you... but we both tried!

Who is the Pro-Te$T Team? Randy McKechnie (Ma-kek-nee) and Tracy Stanley are the principals behind the Pro-TE$T team. We have over 160,000 comparable sales gathered from MLS, builders, VA, FHA and the appraisal district that we will use in the protest process.