{"id":1072,"date":"2015-12-17T23:13:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T05:25:26","slug":"tricks-for-lowering-your-property-tax-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2015\/12\/17\/tricks-for-lowering-your-property-tax-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Limit Curb Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Limit Curb Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Tax assessors are given a strict set of guidelines to go by when it comes to the actual evaluation process. However, the assessment still contains a certain amount of subjectivity. This means more attractive homes often receive a higher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/assessedvalue.asp\">assessed value<\/a> than comparable houses that are less physically appealing.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, your property is essentially being compared to your neighbors&#8217; during the evaluation process, as well as others in the general vicinity. While it may be difficult, resist the urge to primp your property prior to the assessor&#8217;s arrival (which is usually a scheduled affair). Finally, if possible, don&#8217;t make any physical improvements or cosmetic alternations to the home (new counter tops, stainless steel appliances, etc.) until after the assessor has conducted the evaluation. (When selling your home, a little primping goes a long way. Learn more in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/pf\/07\/fix_and_flip.asp\"><em>Fix It And Flip It: The Value Of Remodeling<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limit Curb Appeal Tax assessors are given a strict set of guidelines to go by when it comes to the actual evaluation process. However, the assessment still contains a certain amount of subjectivity. This means more attractive homes often receive a higher assessed value than comparable houses that are less physically appealing. Keep in mind, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2015\/12\/17\/tricks-for-lowering-your-property-tax-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Limit Curb Appeal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}