What is the best proof when going into the city assessors office? Is it comparables or is it an appraisal? I honestly don't know what the assessor or the board of review likes the most. But I believe the keys are to cutting your Michigan property taxes are: Have written proof such as appraisal
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06/16/2009
Isn't like the gas companies? They know they have us. Every year we travel more in the summer so they raise the gas prices. I HATE IT when I drive up to the pump right now! They make more profits because they know we will still travel. Wouldn't it be awful if the rest of the companies around
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06/16/2009
Whether you are young or old it doesn't matter. Whether you are a man or women, experienced or doing it for the first time it's easy to score your first foreclosure. Some of the keys to scoring your first Metro Detroit foreclosure are: Knowing the Metro Detroit real estate market and housing pr
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06/16/2009
Right now I am hearing the same stories again all over the Metro Detroit real estate market. I heard that there was a house that sold in Francavilla a Livonia subdivision for $80,000. Or my friend bought a house for $30,000 in Farmington Hills. The first story is a blatant lie. I checked all
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06/12/2009
I had about 20 people over last night to watch the hockey game. Too bad the Red Wings were out played. There is no doubt in my mind that the Penguins deserved to win. They are a great team and them had it all together. They really dominated a lot of the games. I am still impressed with thos
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06/12/2009
I had a young lady call me about selling her Canton condo. She no longer lived in the area. She didn't want to sell it three years ago because the Metro Detroit housing market had gone down a little bit. So they had been renting it for the last three years. But now they have to sell it. She
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06/11/2009
HOW TO FIGHT YOUR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT I do a lot of comps for Metro Detroiters that want to fight their Michigan property tax assessment. So many Metro Detroit cities are not lowering the property taxes as quickly as Metro Detroit home values have fallen. Some cities are giving what I a call
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06/10/2009
I love it Fiat has 35% ownership of Chrysler, and the union and the US government has the rest of the ownership of Chrysler. Whether you live in West Bloomfield, Northville, or Troy it should be an interesting run and I hope they make but........... I doubt it. Chrysler is banking on a bunch of
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06/10/2009
It is simple math. OK everybody is asking the question of how long will it take to come back to the highs of 2004. Now this depends on what area you are in and how far back home prices have fallen. In Michigan the newer home prices have gone back to about 1994 prices. In some cities it is 1980
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06/10/2009
Here is the latest Livonia real estate update and what is going on in the Metro Detroit real estate market.Right now metro Detroit is in what I would say is a slight stabilization of prices. A small plateau. I still think Wayne and Oakland County home prices are going to go down. Simply becau
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06/08/2009
