Detroit News: Half of Detroit property owners don’t pay taxes

Shollin · February-21-13, 11:37 AM

Do people think over assesments are exclusive to Detroit? When I sold my home in Harper Woods, the SEV was 45,000 down from a high of 75,000. The city felt my house was worth 90,000. I sold it for 40,000. I wish I could've just stopped paying taxes.

**JBMcB** · February-21-13, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Shollin

Do people think over assesments are exclusive to Detroit? When I sold my home in Harper Woods, the SEV was 45,000 down from a high of 75,000. The city felt my house was worth 90,000. I sold it for 40,000. I wish I could've just stopped paying taxes.

You can appeal the assessment to the city. When we bought our home the city tried to asses it for $10,000 over the already inflated sale price. I had it knocked down to $10,000 below sale price by showing them how much work the house needed [[it hadn't been occupied for almost a year.)

Shollin · February-21-13, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by JBMcB

You can appeal the assessment to the city. When we bought our home the city tried to asses it for $10,000 over the already inflated sale price. I had it knocked down to $10,000 below sale price by showing them how much work the house needed [[it hadn't been occupied for almost a year.)

I did it appeal it. I got it knocked down a couple grand but the neighborhood was going to shit so I dumped it to an investor. I had lived in my house for 15 years at the time so it's not like it was empty and needed work.