Money Matters
MrsAshleyH10
member
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Property Taxes
We got our second installment tax bill last week (Cook County, IL) and ouch. Our assessed value increased by 18% and the tax bill increased by 35%. We appeal every year ourselves, with 2012 year being the only successful appeal (valued to what we paid for the house in 2011). I'm now having to pull about $1k out of our savings account since our escrow account is short....
I have had several people tell me to hire an attorney who specializes in property tax appeals. It seems like the going rate (fee) is $50 for the appeal plus half of whatever the reduction is. I'm curious if any one has ever hired someone to appeal their property tax, what questions to ask, etc.
TIA.
I have had several people tell me to hire an attorney who specializes in property tax appeals. It seems like the going rate (fee) is $50 for the appeal plus half of whatever the reduction is. I'm curious if any one has ever hired someone to appeal their property tax, what questions to ask, etc.
TIA.
Re: Property Taxes