I did the same thing and had the taxes lowered 3 times.

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That is how I read it too.

It also does take up a significant amount of resources to do it every year.

But hey, FF and Bob declared me to be wrong and I guess that means it is true!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

And every time the person wins the appeal it pretty much proves they were correct to do it. You simply have no good rebuttal to that. If you have one beyond just repeating yourself a dozen times in a row feel free to share it.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I was involved with one too.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Your entire argument originally centered around shorting the state municipalities $$$$.

Please tell me this is a fucking "bit".

Poor Denis. It's gotta be rough to learn one afternoon that you're everything wrong with the state of Illinois

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The first year I appealed, house prices had dropped about 20%, but the assessor actually said values went up. The entire neighborhood was completely Mis-assessed. At my hearing the Kane County review board asked the assessor why they hadn't fixed it. The assessor replied that they didn't have time to do it.

You only win your appeal when the facts support your case. Meaning I had comparable sales data that showed FMV. They design the system. I just did what was required to prove my case.

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You did nothing wrong. Brick is just doing his usual "shit starting" routine, as I'm sure you have become accustomed to.

Haha thanks. Yeah I am saddened by this development. It's like when I learned my home builder was shit despite 13 years of direct experience to the contrary. I'd actually be concerned if certain contrarians agreed with me.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

There are many reasons why an appeal gets granted. It may not be worth the resources to fight against it. It could be that the decision makers on the appeal board almost always say yes to an appeal. Cook County get 400k appeals every year.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

See, now this is a good way to explain it rather than what you did in the first post which was basically "I pay 30% less than my neighbors".

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Looks like your speculation here is wrong

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Of course not. I followed the rules. I've owned a home since 1999. I appealed three times in those years and won each time. I was proven right.

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Well yeah, he completely changed from his first post.

I have no problem with the new way he explained it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I did that because that is exactly what the Trib article found. The assessment and appeal system is broken. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Yeah. I read your first post that you were paying 30% less than what your home would be a comparison to in your neighborhood because you appealed every year.

If your house is currently taxed at the rate that you would put it up for sale on the market then I have no problem with what you did.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

If the assessment system worked, I wouldn't have needed to appeal. And once I appeal it screws my neighbors in a relative sense. The system sucks. I want to pay my fair share, and that's what I paid.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

If you really are bailing for Minnesota, you should know that it's the opposite of a libertarian paradise. The state-level Democratic Party is still nominally socialist (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party).

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That's the problem with the system. You can't assume it will self-correct, or else you'll be the sucker who is overpaying relative to your neighbors.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I am in the Twin Cities right now funny enough. We're probably going to buy land and build in Wisconsin. I'd prefer MN, but my wife wants to be closer to home.

There is no Libetarian paradise for me to go to unless that group is successful in NH. It's ok. People love government.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Well, government has traditionally been a force for good in Minnesota, not like Chicago where it's just shit-toothed Irishmen bilking the state out of money so their fuckup nephews can have do-nothing jobs. It's the Norwegian influence, I'm sure. It was one of the only two states I initially thought would go for Bernie in the primary. I was only off by 20!

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