For consultants and attorneys
You know how to file. The work that does not scale is finding which properties are worth filing for, and assembling comparables that hold up. That is what this is.
What you get per case
- The subject, its assessment, and its assessed value per square foot.
- The peer group it was measured against, with its median and spread.
- Five named comparables with addresses, chosen nearest that median rather than lowest-assessed.
- The equalized value and the reduction, and for Douglas an estimated annual tax saving computed from the bill the treasurer actually issued.
- Every source named and dated on the page.
What it deliberately tells you against itself
Where the subject is graded above its comparables, the document says so and states that it overstates the case to that extent. A board that notices a concealed weakness discredits every other figure on the page, so it is better for you that the document concedes it first.
Working the list
Most firms want the list before they want the documents: screen it, decide which cases to take, then pull packets for those. The Overassessment Register is built for that.