Property Taxes

Notices of Appraised Residential Real Estate Values Are Out, and Our Tax Doctor is IN

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2013 /

We welcome our new Tax Doctor on Candy’sDirt.com, Rob Wheelock of PropertyTaxManagers.com. (His ad is on this page, click on it and wander over to his website.) Rob is a tax fighting veteran with more than 10 years of experience who also works on special assignment for the Texas State Comptroller’s Office as an Arbitrator, settling property tax disputes between…

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Jenna Bush Hager & Real Estate: They Still Have a Townhome to Sell in Baltimore

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2013 /

I’ll bet Jenna Bush Hager and her cute hubby, Henry, sure wish they had bought a place in Dallas. They would get a bigger home to bring home baby Mila, and mom and dad would be nearby. Instead, because of work, they bought a cute townhome in the Federal Hill area of Baltimore back in…

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When Realtors Call a House Sex on the Block, You Know You Have a Winner : Monday Morning Millionaire II

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2013 /

Last Thursday, I was treated to a reception at 3622 Edgewater in such a special Uptown location, and such a stunning home, I came home and started thinking about selling my own place. Then I checked my fertility. Now if you know me, I do this about three or four times a week — think…

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Tarrant County is Mailing Property Tax Notices Early, But You Still Have Until May 31st to File

By Joanna England / April 4, 2012 /

“It has been common practice in Tarrant and all of the surrounding counties for YEARS that the District will send out their notice of appraised value on May 1st,” says property tax consultant Tiffany Hamil. “Tarrant County has been known to even send their notices out past May 1st, but to my knowledge they have never sent their notices out PRIOR to May 1st … until THIS YEAR.”

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Ask The Tax Doctor: What’s That 65 Homestead Exemption? Sure is Fuzzy…

By Candy Evans / March 21, 2012 /

A reader writes, our Tax Doctor Tiffany Hamil responds: Dear Candy: I am confused by the age 65 homestead deal in our state. Is it the same in each county? When you turn 65 do you get a break on your property taxes or are they just frozen? I understand this is because property taxes…

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