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quasi · 07-30-2018, 12:30 PM

Assessed value is such a funny thing when it comes to Property Tax and what have you.

My wife and I looked at a house (open house) in the spring, it was a nice house we've been flirting with moving and we met a realtor there who was actually not to pushy and nice. Anyone who's done open houses knows that besides selling the house one of the major purposes of the open house is so the realtors can try and get new clients and they always want to know if you have an agent.

Long story short we like this agent so we made an appointment for her to assess our house, interview and possibly use her. We were interested in the other house but I felt it was overpriced for the area. When we met with her she went through our house, comparable homes in the area and all that jazz.

She comes up with a number that is closed to our assessed tax value, I asked her how much stock she puts into that value or how often it's close to market value. She say's it's actually pretty close most times. I then asked her why the other house she was selling 4kms from us was 15% more then the assessed value. You could have heard a pin drop.

07-30-2018, 12:30 PM	#12552
quasi Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Cloverdale Posts: 11,654 Thanked 3,937 Times in 1,395 Posts Failed 83 Times in 42 Posts	Assessed value is such a funny thing when it comes to Property Tax and what have you. My wife and I looked at a house (open house) in the spring, it was a nice house we've been flirting with moving and we met a realtor there who was actually not to pushy and nice. Anyone who's done open houses knows that besides selling the house one of the major purposes of the open house is so the realtors can try and get new clients and they always want to know if you have an agent. Long story short we like this agent so we made an appointment for her to assess our house, interview and possibly use her. We were interested in the other house but I felt it was overpriced for the area. When we met with her she went through our house, comparable homes in the area and all that jazz. She comes up with a number that is closed to our assessed tax value, I asked her how much stock she puts into that value or how often it's close to market value. She say's it's actually pretty close most times. I then asked her why the other house she was selling 4kms from us was 15% more then the assessed value. You could have heard a pin drop. __________________ “The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place... and I don´t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But ain't about how hard you hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That´s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth.” - Rocky Balboa