Property Assessment

Ask a Question and Open a New World of Possibilities The 7 Powers of Questions: Secrets of Successful Communication in Life and at Work by Dorothy Leeds.  I personally recommend this book, having read it in 2002 shortly after it was published in 2000.  While the book has merit on many levels, I ...

Are you ready for your next promotion or new job opportunity? During the most productive years of our working lives most of us are seeking ways to advance our professional careers.  Whether through promotional opportunities available with your present employer or by changing employers, you can s...

What distance or time would you estimate residential buyers consider to be walking distance? With environment concerns and costs of owning a car increasing, public transportation may be more important to residential property buyers. I live in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where bus, lig...

Reduce the Reoccurring Cost of Property Taxes As a new property owner, you want to do everything you can to keep your cost of ownership as low as possible.  One important cost is the local property tax.  As a city assessor and practicing property tax consultant, I advise property owners to: Be s...

  Our Property Assessment blog is celebrating three years of blogging success today!  During this time more than 110 feature articles have been posted along with several reports and whitepapers of interest to professional property assessors and those who are concerned actions and policies related...

Three Book Suggestions for Property Assessors (and Real Estate Office Managers) Assessors deserve a vacation and I encourage you to take at least two weeks off to relax and recharge.  Having traveled widely (16 countries and counting) and lived in Chile for four years I can tell you first hand t...

 Why Now Could Be the Best Time to Plan for Improvements When you are in the middle of a storm is not when you want to spend a lot of time thinking about what you could have done differently. You are too busy with critical matters at hand.  When assessment notices were being mailed, as calls cam...

How to Make Informed Decisions in an Uncertain Market If you've followed news sources during the last few months we're probably confused amount where the real estate market is right now.  Often even the same publication will have conflicting stories with one source saying the market is showing s...

Evelyn Moore has lived in her residential neighborhood for more than eight years but is experiencing a new neighborhood event this evening sponsored by her home owners association (HOA).  The city assessor has been invited to speak on real estate assessments and taxes.  Evelyn and many of her ne...

An occasional series that focuses on careers in property tax assessment administration. What is Property Tax Assessment Administration?Throughout the world property owners in most countries are required to pay annual real estate taxes.  In the United States and Canada alone there are thousands o...