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The Tax Doctor is In & Busy: Can You Protest a Substantial Residential Improvement?

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2011 /

A reader writes: Tiffany, Can you protest a 2011 valuation on a substantive residential improvement value increase on an old home to offset a land decrease (the 2011 value is the same as 2010). No change in valuation from 2011 to 2010, but there’s no way the 2010 residential improvement was correct. Bruce, Absolutely. This…

The Tax Doctor is In & Busy: Can You Protest a Substantial Residential Improvement?

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2011 /

A reader writes: Tiffany, Can you protest a 2011 valuation on a substantive residential improvement value increase on an old home to offset a land decrease (the 2011 value is the same as 2010). No change in valuation from 2011 to 2010, but there‚Äôs no way the 2010 residential improvement was correct. Bruce, Absolutely. This…

The Tax Doctor: Park Cities Land Values Down, Improvements Up

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2011 /

A Reader writes: Tiffany, DCCD reduced land values and increased improvements in the Park Cities last year because the builders are out of the market here so land values actually did go down. They lowered land but increased improvements so there was little if any net effect. Most people did not pay attention to DCAD…

Take Mom Horseback Riding on Mother’s Day — In Your Backyard!

By Candy Evans / May 6, 2011 /

It’s kind of special to live in Texas where we can have horses at home if we live on one acre of land — even in the city limits! Of course, not many of us have one acre lots. That’s why you need to check out The Bridges at Preston Crossings. It may be a…

14 Year Old Arrested for Mutilating Cartel Victims in Mexico

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2010 /

A 14 year old boy — a child — was arrested by Mexican authorities for beheading and cutting the genitalia off several cartel victims on behalf of the drug cartels. And he was heading for the U.S., arrested while boarding a bus for Tijuana, en route to visiting his mother in San Diego. News like…