Hi y’all, welcome to a 🚨Special Edition🚨of Selling Austin, brought to you by Abode!

The deadline to contest your property taxes is coming up on May 15th. Owning a home is expensive enough - you are probably overpaying - i’ll break down how to save THOUSANDS $$$ 💰️ 

Okay, let’s get into it.

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I’m an ex-dentist turned Realtor - let’s work together! Email me, tweet me or send me a carrier pigeon. 🐦️ 

Property taxes are complicated (my conspiracy theory is that this intentional to overwhelm you - ok, i’ll take my tin foil hat off now).

Anyways, let me simplify things:

• Texas doesn’t have state income tax - instead - property taxes fund local infrastructure (schools, streets, roads, police + fire etc)

• The single biggest savings for most people comes from applying for homestead exemption

  • This exemption caps the annual increase in a home’s taxable value at 10% (this really came in handy for homeowners during the pandemic boom)

• Here’s the problem - people apply for exemption and stop there. This is a mistake.

  • Property tax assessments aren’t always accurate - turns out the appraiser is not in the business of saving you money - who knew?

  • Challenging your property tax assessed value is a bit of a pain. You need submit a protest, gather evidence, review opposing evidence and plead your case against the tax appraiser in front of a panel of local officials.

    • Trust me, this is not nearly as fun as legal shows led me to believe (I’m looking at you, Suits 👀)

Fortunately, there are other ways to do this. Most involve handing over the protest case of your house to another company with unclear expectations of the outcome. Out of all the companies that i’ve come across that do this, Abode is the best.

Let’s pause for second -

Longtime readers will know, to date I’ve never accepted sponsorships for this newsletter. I am protective of y’all.

But Abode is legit. I chose to work with them because I believe in their product and the value it provides. They have serious experience and the best deal structure in Texas.

Okay, let’s get back to it -

Sounds expensive. How much will this cost?

They will contest your taxes for no charge. You pay only if they save you money.

When they reduce your property taxes, you will pay a portion of the savings.

Remember when I talked about providing value?

I want you to have the lowest rate in all of Texas: they’ll take 20% of what they save you.

👉️ Here’s the link to this deal.

This is a peek at my personal savings estimate - I’ll be putting Abode to work 💪 

TLDR:

• Property taxes = complicated, expensive

• Save money with no downside and the lowest rate in Texas using Abode.

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