• Assessors use mass appraisal techniques and market averages to estimate your market value.
  • Often makes simple factual, clerical, and methodology errors.
  • Usually uses the least reliable appraisal method – the cost approach.
  • They don’t know the specifics of your property such as accurate income and expenses.
  • Your property may have deferred capital expenditures such as roof, HVAC, plumbing, parking or environment that may lower the taxable market value of your property.