cook county property tax assessment appeals attorney?

Question

Does anyone know a good attorney to handle a residential cook county (illinois) property tax assessment appeal?

Answer 1

Don't pay an attorney!!!

You can do it yourself! It's easy. All you need to do is send in info on similar properties. Get their website off of their notification to you. You can enter anyone's house address.

All you need to do is find simiar properties to yours in your immediate area.
Right down the addresses.
Go to their website.
One at a time ...enter the addresses.
They will give you the code to enter.
Enter the code....the property will pop up.
Compare it to yours. [do yours first and print it out].
If their property is similar to yours....same lot size, same number of stories, etc. and they pay less taxes. Print it out.
I believe now they only ask for three comparisons.
They used to ask for five. Double check that on your notice.

If you know of any City Workers that live on your block, or neighboring block....run their properties....even if a larger house than yours. Theirs for some reason is always lower. Use it as a comparison if is lower.

[for example.....my immediate neighbor retired as a City Electrician Supervisor. We have the EXACT same buildings Two story brick. His was listed as a two story FRAME. He also had central air and rented out the basement. He paid $800.00 a year less than I did. I printed his out and used it for a comparison.]

I have five properties. I did it all myself and won four out of the five appeals.
If you don't have a computer, go to the public library and have them help you.

Please!! Don't give away more of your money to some attorney who will do the same thing you can do.

Good luck.!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If the assessed fee is above recent revenues expenses of comparable residences in the section, you need to use those as helping records (if the recent revenues are above your assessed fee, your agent is in all risk nicely suited). Ask your realtor for a catalogue of recent revenues on your section and seize 3 that are for comparable properties, yet for a lesser quantity (word: if those properties have been foreclosure or short revenues, you won't win with the aid of fact the assessor's workplace is in all risk to reject them as no longer indicative of the industry). you need to additionally submit any info you have of declining housing expenses on your section (ideally could be expenses on your zip code, yet your city is next maximum suitable). Zillow could have this for you, in any different case, your realtor could have that information. An appraisal could help, yet assume to pay $4 hundred or extra for the appraisal.

Answer 4

I have also asked the same question 4 times, and did not get a proper answer

Answer 5

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