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Greater New Orleans · Property Tax Appeals

Karas Property Tax

Hire a property tax expert before the deadline

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For most people property tax is a line item. For me it is a lens through which I examine the world. Paul Karas
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Karas Realty Advisors Ltd. · Greater New Orleans, Louisiana

The Representative

Karas Realty Advisors Ltd. handles property tax appeals and real estate tax matters across the Greater New Orleans area. Paul Karas has been doing tax appeal work since the Great Recession, the last time valuations were in this much flux, and became a credentialed valuation expert in 2016.

Meet Paul
Dusk over a New Orleans neighborhood
33
Contingency fee, residential 1 to 4 units
25
Contingency fee, commercial and 5+ units
79
Admin fee, credited against the final invoice
2016
Credentialed valuation expert since
A quiet desk in a historic New Orleans office

Here Is The Bad News

You Cannot Tell What Works Until You Try

If you are new to property valuation, there is no shortage of content out there, and no way to know which of it applies to your parcel. You find out when you appeal on your own, which costs time and money. So the consultation is free. In one call you learn your deadlines, whether a refund is even possible, and what is worth pursuing.

Property tax is different from the rest of real estate. If you do nothing, you guarantee your result: no reduction.

The Free Consultation

What We Cover

A simple fact finding procedure. By the end of it you know whether you have a deadline coming, a possible refund, or nothing worth chasing this year.

01

Your Property List

The essentials: which properties you are responsible for, and where each assessment currently sits.

02

Your Deadlines

How to look up the dates that matter in your jurisdiction, so nothing lapses while you decide.

03

Is The Value Realistic

How to judge whether the current assessment is defensible, or whether the record card is simply wrong.

04

How To File

What an appeal actually requires, and what happens after it is filed.

05

How To Optimize

Where the results usually come from, and which evidence tends to move an assessor.

06

Then A Straight Answer

If no appeal is warranted, you hear that. We can always circle back next year.

Where To Start

Three Ways In

Every engagement starts the same way, with a free consultation to find out whether there is an opportunity at all.

If You Engage Us

What Else You Get

01

Proven Strategies

Processes and arguments built over years of appeal work, so the filing is streamlined and the argument is already tested.

02

Stronger Client Offering

For agents and investors, property tax is one more real conversation to have with a client, and one more reason they call you first.

03

A Fluff Free Zone

Current data, current strategy, and a direct read on whether your case is worth filing.

04

Real Cost Savings

The data sources, reports and subscriptions a credible appeal needs cost hundreds on your own. They come with the engagement.

Fit

Who This Is For

Property owners at any level who want to understand property tax appeals, and owners who would rather hand the whole thing over.

This Is For You If You

  • Want to reduce your property tax burden and do not know where to start
  • Have thought about appealing but do not want to learn it by trial and error
  • Want to hire a consultant, but want to understand the process first so you hire the right one
  • Are already appealing and are not happy with the results
  • Want the essentials of property tax appeals without the fluff

This Is Not For You If You

  • Have successfully appealed your own property taxes before
  • Know the fundamentals of appeals and valuation and are after a deeper academic study
  • Believe your assessment is already fair
Karas Property Tax

Straightforward pricing, no gimmicks. The fee is a share of the first year of tax savings, so we are paid when you save.

Karas Realty Advisors Ltd. specializes in real estate tax matters by bringing taxpayer concerns to the attention of the proper taxing authorities with the goal of obtaining fair and equitable assessments.
Greater New Orleans · Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Family

Free Consultation

Act Before The Deadline

If you do nothing, you guarantee the result: no reduction. Find out in one call whether you have a case.

Request A Free Consultation

504-376-4510