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Paul Karas · Karas Realty Advisors Ltd.
About
Paul Karas · Karas Realty Advisors Ltd.
Who Provides This Service
Paul Karas has been doing tax appeal work since the Great Recession, the last time property valuations were in extreme flux. He learned the trade in one of the highest tax rate jurisdictions in the country, and became a credentialed valuation expert in 2016.
Learning the tricks of the trade in property tax took years of trial and error, thousands of dollars in valuation education and countless hours of practice. The point of hiring him is that you use his data sources, reports and subscriptions instead of buying your own.
Unlike the transactional side of real estate, property tax rewards depth. When someone asks a property tax question here, they get the long answer.
Background
Credentialed in valuation in 2016, after years of appeal work and formal valuation education.
Appeal work that started the last time valuations were in extreme flux, and has continued through every cycle since.
The trade was learned in one of the highest tax rate jurisdictions in the country, where errors are expensive and arguments have to be airtight.
Why It Matters
Property tax is not merely a job here, it is a consuming passion. It is a subject woven into the fabric of a community, especially an urban one.
Picture it plainly. A well funded police force attracts families. Families create safer neighborhoods where children do well. Those children become tomorrow’s workforce, which draws business to the area. Property tax is the cornerstone of that transformation.
The reverse is just as real. An assessment error, left alone, can trigger a financial catastrophe for one owner. For most people property tax is a line item on a bill. Here it is a lens for looking at how a city works, a complex system with the power to build or break a community.
Where To Start
Every engagement starts the same way, with a free consultation to find out whether there is an opportunity at all.
One to four units. Your assessment reviewed against the property record card, then appealed if the numbers do not hold up.
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Five units and up, plus industrial. Income and market evidence assembled, filed and argued on your behalf.
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A fact finding call: your properties, your deadlines, whether an appeal is even worth filing this year.
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If you do nothing, you guarantee the result: no reduction. Find out in one call whether you have a case.
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