Jeffrey Lytle

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Property reassessment

Anon wrote: Thanks Ms. Rodoni for your worthwhile suggestions. I picked up the forms and I think using your advice I will save over $1,000 per year! Why didn't our current Assessor or her staff take the time to let the public know about this opportunity? Perhaps with their government paycheck they don't really care about those of us who are really paying the bills. My Response - Because less tax dollars coming in means department staff must be cut while operations are trimmed too! In a county that is a majority of "public sector employment", less tax dollars = less public employees = less election votes. When a public employee loses his or her job due to an elected officials actions, the chance of that elected official receiving a vote by that "let go employee" is less than favorable. Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (24 min ago | post #9)

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Property reassessment

Turquoise wrote: I downloaded the Assessor's form from the internet, did on-line research on comparable properties (augmented by info from my local realtor), and got an $80,000 reduction in my assessed value (yes, I'm one of those who bought during the peak years). That resulted in an $800 reduction in my annual property tax bill. It's well worth investing a little time to do this. The Assessor uses values as of January 1 to set the rate for the following tax year July - June. So, look at sales between Oct 2009 - March 2010 to appeal your assessed value for tax year July 2010 - June 2011. My Resposne - Could you provide your APN # so people can go to the Parcel Map Books to use your appeal as an example of what the department used as a basis for devaluation? This information is nothing above and beyond what the department legally gives out on the computer system they operate and on the back sides of the PMB pages which should show the most recent APN owner(s). Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (25 min ago | post #8)

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Property tax time tip

Lastly, the tricky part for many not familiar with "the appeals process" is how Proposition 13 ties in with the other propositions. Read Prop. 13 first because all other propositions are subordinate in legality and structure when it comes to assessment values of property and real-estate in California. Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (29 min ago | post #15)

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Property tax time tip

Because less tax dollars coming in means department staff must be cut while operations are trimmed too! In a county that is a majority of "public sector employment", less tax dollars = less public employees = less election votes. When a public employee loses his or her job due to an elected officials actions, the chance of that elected official receiving a vote by that "let go employee" is less than favorable. Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (37 min ago | post #13)

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Property tax time tip

Could you provide your APN # so people can go to the Parcel Map Books to use your appeal as an example of what the department used as a basis for devaluation? This information is nothing above and beyond what the department legally gives out on the computer system they operate and on the back sides of the PMB pages which should show the most recent APN owner(s). Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (41 min ago | post #12)

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Property reassessment

Probably not unless you form a neighborhood committee that attains the fair and appropriate amount of evidence so that as a unified neighborhood, you all can petition for a "value reduction" since values were mostly created at the time prior to influction of exterior/non-origi nal environmental impacts (people are a character of the environment). One thing you can do is this: ask the County Real estate appraisal department to verify what amount of taxes you pay for the portion of land you own underneath the developed (paved and sidewalked) road section that runs by your house. You should not be paying for land (public easemented) you don't have autonomous use over. The irony is you may be paying for the tweakers in more ways than one. Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (50 min ago | post #7)

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Property reassessment

Yes, county supervisors "protect " the appraisal department to death since it is the department that has the most affect upon the "Humboldt County General Fund". Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (56 min ago | post #6)

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Property reassessment

Your absolutely correct in that the process is no secret; but, then again, how many consumers actually look into "Real estate laws and procedures" before making a purchase? I mean really, mosr buyers don't consider "ALL" costs and liabilities. Unfortunately for many, the learning curve is gained after the purchase and the bills prove the financial mistake that was made. Lastly, as far as the process - it means nothing when that process is abrogated, circumvented and choreographed through malicious and intentional misconducts to commit public tax fraud. Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (57 min ago | post #5)

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How is our local real estate market compared to other regions?

Both? Anyhow, great stuff! It is many parties who have become involved in what was said for years as "EASY MONEY". Now, the financial outcome of "little work which yielded astronomic profits" have created a greed which has, in effect, included innocent bystanders as victims (those who were not responsible are punished by all those who created this mess) who end up subsidizing another's DEBT CREATIONS. This mess IS STILL silenced by government for increased tax purposes without a care to the "real victims" (The morally and ethically responsible). Anyone, nitwits aside, with half a brain could have seen the patty melts of Real-Estate frying in the saucepan, sizzling away sts. Whether dishonesty was used by any Realtor in making their profits is a separate issue for which does not apply across the board 100%. There are good and bad people of all makes, models and professions. Often, for many of us bloggers, this does not get stated often enough. This issue is also one of those "too big to fail trips". Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (Yesterday | post #23)

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How is our local real estate market compared to other regions?

Accuracy is of importance too! Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (Yesterday | post #22)

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How is our local real estate market compared to other regions?

Always, and I mean always, look at any residential property as being 1% minimum of total asset cost for minimum monthly debt. In this case: $2500.00 +/-. So, for RESIDENTIAL income property, if the sales asking price was 250k, you best be getting over $3000.00 per month minimum if substantial debt is owed. The only way an owner makes it is if a substantial portion or all of property debt is paid off at THE TIME OF original purchase; otherwise, principle + interest; principle + interest, etc...; AND, to have this arrangement, one must have "secure employment - longterm" (and here in lies a forgotten problem). Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (Monday Dec 21 | post #10)

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Dutch Bros. coffee gives back with Buck for Kids Day

Well, it appears you have a good heart (school programs?). It is just that my "liquid sunshine" cleanses my understanding about the difference between compassion for youth and "commercial tax break kickback/donation " schemes being used to give a community the appearance that a corporate business in the western region of the U.S. is "compassionat e" for a community, organization, etc..... It is solely about money through the kids using socio-political schemes. You know, instead of schemes, how about paying the employees a higher wage. Then, families will have more income to provide for their children. In fact, same thing with the customers - more money in the pocket is a better opportunity to "better provide" for a child by the parent (and also the customer of Dutch Bro's). The cumulative effect is eye-opening when considering what over-charging customers and under-paying employees can economically create, including the reactionary vices that bureaucrats then tend to systematically devise through "circle-jerk " economic subsidization tickeries. This is not about the kids - this is about "bureaucrats and businesses using the kids as politcal and economic tools"! Jeffrey Lytle McKinleyville - 5th District  (Sunday Dec 20 | post #5)