Montgomery Country Property Tax Protest

[MacDaddy67]

Same here and as I understand everyone in my neighborhood got the same treatment. My land value doubled but the house value was reduced by a like amount so my total assessment changed by about 1%. I’ve gone to protest myself for the last several years. You can request the comps the appraisal district used in determining your value as part of the protest process. The protest process is done in two steps. First you meet with one of the appraisers. If you reach an agreement you are done. If not you go before the appraisal review board and present your case. I would like to try a third party protest to see if they are more effective than I have been.

Why is the onus on the property owner to prove why the value shouldn't have gone up, seems to me it should be on the appraisal district to prove why it was raised. This information should be included in the appraisal increase when you first receive it.

[curtintex]

Any recommendations on who to hire in Montgomery County to protest my property taxes for me?

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Paula McLean 281-381-5150. Lives in your neighborhood, Mary. Her husband is an attorney in Conroe and she's been doing my protests for several years with great results.

[Mary]

Paula McLean 281-381-5150. Lives in your neighborhood, Mary. Her husband is an attorney in Conroe and she's been doing my protests for several years with great results.

Thank you...... I'll be calling her today!

[Landrover]

Any recommendations on who to hire in Montgomery County to protest my property taxes for me?

Debbie L. Cummings is the owner of the company we have had on retainer for years. She does not do all neighborhoods in Montgomery County but has added more employees over the last few years.

DLC Enterprises
P.O. Box 304
Magnolia, Tx. 77353-0304
Office: 281-789-4726
Fax: 281-789-4734
Cell: 713-882-1778
dcummings@dlcpropertytaxes.com

[elhefe]

I use O'Connor and Associates. Montgomery County tax office is a bunch of legalized crooks!!!! I live on 2 acres in Montgomery Trace and they taxed my property as "water front". I told them there was no water other than the creek 50 ft. behind my property line that is an overflow for the lake across Fish Creek. I finally had to take pictures to show them and then they admitted they were looking at an old plat that had a proposed lake on the edge of my property from the 1970's!!!!

[AgHntr10]

Same crap everywhere, mine increased 60% in San Jacinto County. I will be protesting.

[jb5001]

O'Connor and Associates. They have gotten mine lowered 11 of the last 12 years. You pay them half of whatever they save you.

I've used them with luck in the past in Fort Bend and Harris county. I'll be using them again this year.

[Richard S.]

O'Connor and Associates. They have gotten mine lowered 11 of the last 12 years. You pay them half of whatever they save you.

When you say 1/2 of what they save you, is that the appraised value or the actual tax amount????

[Rescue1]

When you say 1/2 of what they save you, is that the appraised value or the actual tax amount????

good question

thinking i may give them a shot too. im in Robertson county.

[Pineywoods]

I was born and raised in Montgomery County, and lived there for 44 years.
I still work in Montgomery County...
I moved from a small house on 1/2 acre to a bigger house on 30 acres in Leon County.
My taxes are about the same. Eff Montgomery County...

Yep. We lived in Montgomery County for 15 years and my wife was born and raised there. We finally had enough of the crazy growth and ridiculously high taxes. We bought a nice place up near Livingston a year and a half ago and we pay a third of what our taxes would be if our house sat in Montgomery County. My sister was paying $14,400/yr on their place before they moved!

[MacDaddy67]

Yep. We lived in Montgomery County for 15 years and my wife was born and raised there. We finally had enough of the crazy growth and ridiculously high taxes. We bought a nice place up near Livingston a year and a half ago and we pay a third of what our taxes would be if our house sat in Montgomery County. My sister was paying $14,400/yr on their place before they moved!

That would be a property worth $750,000 correct ?

[Pineywoods]

That would be a property worth $750,000 correct ?

They sold it for $875k

[SnJGuin]

I'm feeling pretty lucky cause mine hasn't went up and I live in North West Harris county.

[MacDaddy67]

They sold it for $875k

Not defending MCTA at all...but do you really thing $14400 for a $900,000 property is too much $$$....

The tax rate where I live in MC is 2%

[Pineywoods]

Not defending MCTA at all...but do you really thing $14400 for a $900,000 property is too much $$$....

The tax rate where I live in MC is 2%

It seems like a lot to me but I also wouldn't know what it's like to own a $900k property . I guess it's relative. I know our tax rate was a lot higher than 2% where we were. We just found that our money went a LOT further on the house/property/taxes in Polk County versus what we were getting nailed for there. Some people love the growth and don't mind the high taxes but I couldn't wait to get away from it all.