No one is immune from hiring the wrong person to help them solve a problem. Not even Dallas Morning News Watchdog Dave Lieber , who in 2017 regretted hiring this man, Jonathan Kutner of Property Tax Protest in Dallas. The consultant failed to follow through, and Lieber had no hearing and no appraisal reduction that year.You can protest your property tax appraisal without a consultant.
Some may charge a fee based on the percentage of savings on market value reductions and not from the appraised value, which is what you’re taxed on.It’s difficult to find consultants. There’s no public listing. But you can learn more at the licensing page at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation site —of the top prize for column writing from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
* Helping the widow of Officer J.D. Tippit, the Dallas police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, get buried beside her late husband. DAVE LIEBER is “The Watchdog” investigative columnist for The Dallas Morning News who fights for his readers and exposes bad practices in business and government.