**Before we begin the blog we would like to point out that the following blog’s purpose is to give the reader a general description of the online property tax protest process. We ask that every reader be aware that each county has its own rules. RealValueIQ has used extra caution in making sure the following […]
Author: Jordan Todd
RVIQ Report Card: Analytics Aimed At Educating
What is a RVIQ Report Card? The RealValueIQ Report Card will be a recurring blog title and format that we will use often. When you see RVIQ Report Card in the title of one of our blogs, we invite you to be nosy and check out our grades! Expect two things from a RVIQ Report Card titled […]
The Future That Has Already Happened
RVIQ Savings Guarantee
Announcing the RVIQ Savings Guarantee: We are really setting a new standard bar for property tax services this year with our biggest announcement yet, The RealValueIQ Savings Guarantee! RealValueIQ is promising every customer who purchases our RealValueIQ full-service protest package for the 2019 property tax season (prior to May 15) the following: Any customer that does […]
For Texans Who Want Change: Appealing Property Taxes is The Quickest Way
There is one thing that leaves me discouraged about the state of our country, and that is what this blog post is about. Ironically, I wrote a blog post almost a year ago to the day in response to Dave Lieber’s “Everyone Should File a Protest” Campaign / Article in the Dallas Morning News, and we agreed […]
Something Nobody is Telling Texans about the GOP Tax Proposal
There are two major parts of the tax proposal that will effect Texans. One is obvious, and the other is far from obvious, and as is usually the case, the one that is far from obvious could have much more significant impact on the everyday Texan. But first, the obvious….. The GOP tax proposal would […]
Bexar County Residential Property Taxes: Taxation Without Representation
I warned you guys that my last Facebook Live post would not be the last you heard about this article I discovered from June of last year, interviewing Michael Amezquita, Bexar County’s Chief Appraiser about the current status of Bexar County’s commercial property taxes. Here is the link to the article, if you have not […]
Money Isn’t the Real Reason Everyone Should Protest Their Property Taxes
Dave Lieber, who is better known as The Watchdog, of Dallas Morning News has launched a “Everybody File a Protest” Campaign using his platform with the media channel in the DFW area. You can read the article here. While RealValueIQ agrees with The Watchdog’s overall campaign – specifically that of everyone should file a protest […]
Travis Guide and Glossary
You, the homeowner, know your home best. But it can feel like you’re in the dark when your property valuation arrives in the mail from the Appraisal District and the terminology is in an unfamiliar appraiser code. RealValueIQ aims to help homeowners understand the appraisal system and its terminology to better decipher their home’s valuation. […]
What The Texas Property Tax Relief Act (SB2) Means to You
The majority of homeowners should like Senator Paul Bettencourt’s Property Tax Relief Act being passed by the Senate narrowly 5-4 on Monday as a positive, strictly when it comes to the property tax appeals system. It will only be positive, however, if the current three year trend continues when it comes to the number of […]