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#1 David Love

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Posted 24 July 2011 - 03:56 PM

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Tarrant County values rebound about 1% some cities are up, others (not so much.)

I've purchased a number of houses in several states and more than two in Tarrant County, I THOUGHT I had the property valuation somewhat figured out, at least in Tarrant County, until I started looking at commercial property.

Not sure if it's the norm but in what situation is it "normal" for a property's value to show a slow steady increase in value over 5 to 10 years, with some fluctuations with recent economic activity, slight dip but nothing too drastic, then the asking price for the property is 2 to 3 times the value? Nothing new in the area, no plans for a lake or shopping center, in fact, most of the areas I've looked at have gone downhill since my budget isn't that big, no remodeling, nothing invested, not even a fresh coat of paint, is this the norm for Tarrant County? Valuations are 33% to 50% of asking price and I'm not talking the occasional one or two.

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Posted 24 July 2011 - 05:16 PM

Hmmm.. If I was negotiating for commercial property, first item I would ask my self... is what is the current fair market value. Meaning, within the last 12 months.. what has other property say 10 other properties of like kind 'sold for' not "asked for" in the same local area ? Then what is TAD tax value showing for the property you are looking at? If you have bought and sold property.. then you probably know the drill.

Is there some event that is going to change the property value over next 12 months ? Not sure... gas leases? TRV ? Not sure. I would have thought that over last 2 - 3 years property values would have been 'FLAT' or gone down. Statistics can be shifted to make them report any value you want... then BIG PRESS RELEASE. WOW ! Property owners can ASK any value they want ! Its the selling of other like kind property that sets he current fair market property value of the property that your looking at.

Added value above fair market value is only speculative for sellers. LOLLLL Maybe its because we have a new Mayor(ess) with sound financial background that is causing the property speculation. "Valuations are 33% to 50% of asking price " Who is providing the valuations ? A real estate agent ?



Residential / Commercial Property

Tarrant County values rebound about 1% some cities are up, others (not so much.)

I've purchased a number of houses in several states and more than two in Tarrant County, I THOUGHT I had the property valuation somewhat figured out, at least in Tarrant County, until I started looking at commercial property.

Not sure if it's the norm but in what situation is it "normal" for a property's value to show a slow steady increase in value over 5 to 10 years, with some fluctuations with recent economic activity, slight dip but nothing too drastic, then the asking price for the property is 2 to 3 times the value? Nothing new in the area, no plans for a lake or shopping center, in fact, most of the areas I've looked at have gone downhill since my budget isn't that big, no remodeling, nothing invested, not even a fresh coat of paint, is this the norm for Tarrant County? Valuations are 33% to 50% of asking price and I'm not talking the occasional one or two.


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Posted 24 July 2011 - 07:12 PM

Hmmm.. If I was negotiating for commercial property, first item I would ask my self... is what is the current fair market value. Meaning, within the last 12 months.. what has other property say 10 other properties of like kind 'sold for' not "asked for" in the same local area ? Then what is TAD tax value showing for the property you are looking at? If you have bought and sold property.. then you probably know the drill.

Is there some event that is going to change the property value over next 12 months ? Not sure... gas leases? TRV ? Not sure. I would have thought that over last 2 - 3 years property values would have been 'FLAT' or gone down. Statistics can be shifted to make them report any value you want... then BIG PRESS RELEASE. WOW ! Property owners can ASK any value they want ! Its the selling of other like kind property that sets he current fair market property value of the property that your looking at.

Added value above fair market value is only speculative for sellers. LOLLLL Maybe its because we have a new Mayor(ess) with sound financial background that is causing the property speculation. "Valuations are 33% to 50% of asking price " Who is providing the valuations ? A real estate agent ?


Residential / Commercial Property

Tarrant County values rebound about 1% some cities are up, others (not so much.)

I've purchased a number of houses in several states and more than two in Tarrant County, I THOUGHT I had the property valuation somewhat figured out, at least in Tarrant County, until I started looking at commercial property.

Not sure if it's the norm but in what situation is it "normal" for a property's value to show a slow steady increase in value over 5 to 10 years, with some fluctuations with recent economic activity, slight dip but nothing too drastic, then the asking price for the property is 2 to 3 times the value? Nothing new in the area, no plans for a lake or shopping center, in fact, most of the areas I've looked at have gone downhill since my budget isn't that big, no remodeling, nothing invested, not even a fresh coat of paint, is this the norm for Tarrant County? Valuations are 33% to 50% of asking price and I'm not talking the occasional one or two.

I start with TAD for values, I've always made the assumption those values were within 10 to 20% of the actual value, sometimes a little low, but asking 100 to 300% over the TAD value has me wondering where to even start when it comes to negotiation.

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Posted 24 July 2011 - 09:08 PM

Commercial property value is much less dependent on the tax TAD value than residential property. It seems that commercial is more in sync with future potential value than past or present apparent value.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 07:41 AM

I think TAD values commercial property partly based on economic activity. If you are manufacturing or retailing something in your commercial property it will get a higher assessment. Conversely, it allows people to hold on to empty buildings longer than they should, such as the T&P warehouse, with low tax assessments.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 08:15 AM

Over the years I've been privy to the actual purchase price of a number of commercial and industrial properties. I have always found the TAD appraisal to be substantially lower than the actual price that was paid, often less than 50% of the true price. I have often wondered why the local governments don't cause a stink over this. It seems to me that if non-residential property were appraised closer to its true worth, that could substantially lower the tax burden on homeowners.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 11:42 AM

Over the years I've been privy to the actual purchase price of a number of commercial and industrial properties. I have always found the TAD appraisal to be substantially lower than the actual price that was paid, often less than 50% of the true price. I have often wondered why the local governments don't cause a stink over this. It seems to me that if non-residential property were appraised closer to its true worth, that could substantially lower the tax burden on homeowners.

It was somewhat of a shock to me!

Over the past couple decades I've followed buildings here and there, noticed the For Sale signs, then checked out the appraised value online, in the early days by visiting the court house, but I've always just assumed "commercial" appraisals were dealt with the same as residential. Recently I gained the ability to pull a lot more info on listed properties, building after building it's 250K to 350K asking prices appraise at 80 to 110K...? What REALLY makes it confusing is some appraise at what you'd expect and it's not that they've just sold, which again would be what I'd expect, they're just appraised near what their asking price is, it's bonkers.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 12:06 PM

If you find a commercial property that your REALLY need, suggest you arrange for an independent appraiser.

As a part of their final appraisal.. they should have written documentation/ photos of at lease 5 other recently SOLD (12 months) properties of like attributes that financially support their appraised value.

NOW you get to ask your questions as to why the property was appraised at the appraised value. And maybe how much influenced 'speculative' value is included in their appraisal.

This will also give you some negotiation material when it comes to buying price settlement.

I would also look into historical area environmental soils reports which might surface some big issues you might not want to deal with.

I am thinking about the abandoned TXU / Tarrant County College and Power Plant near the bridge on North Main. Something about the City or some agency approving a ' do not have to remediate waiver' on the soils contamination.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 01:59 PM

The overall service I opted for has COMPS as one of its add on services, some seem to trend towards TAD values, some don't, but it's the lack of sales in the past year or so that has some of those skewed a bit, to be honest I think that might be a good thing, for a buyer I mean.

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Posted 26 July 2011 - 06:29 PM

Here's a production and distribution facility in the Riverbend Industrial Park. According to TAD, the land and building is worth just under $3 million. The business personal property is worth just under $5 million. So according to TAD, the whole thing has a fair market value of about $8 million. Yet a Boston firm just acquired it for $17.9 million.

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Posted 26 July 2011 - 07:20 PM

Here's a production and distribution facility in the Riverbend Industrial Park. According to TAD, the land and building is worth just under $3 million. The business personal property is worth just under $5 million. So according to TAD, the whole thing has a fair market value of about $8 million. Yet a Boston firm just acquired it for $17.9 million.

Great example of what I'm experiencing, only difference is the next one you run into goes for 10% more or very near TAD appraised value, but many are in the 100 to 300% of TAD value.

Note: I do not thing taxing businesses more will solve anything, I believe that's what's partially to blame for many of the job losses we've seen over the last few years. I'm just trying to get an idea as to a structure's actual value without having it appraised.

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Posted 12 June 2017 - 12:47 PM

I thought this ST article by Max B. Baker is very relevant this year.  As an attorney, I am representing two property owners at TAD review board hearings.  At one of the hearings, my client was protesting an increase in valuation from $60,000 last year to $136,000 this year on a house in Arlington.  This particular board paid no attention to his evidence and sided with the TAD representative who presented evidence on comparable values in the area, and ruled that $136,000 is what it will be.  I suspect a lot of property owners are going to be shafted this year.

 

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Posted 06 February 2019 - 11:10 AM

Another Texas legislative attempt to limit property tax valuations statewide is again being opposed by taxation authorities.in our area.  See the FWBP article below.  I understand both side of this issue, though I've represented more than one commercial and residential property owner who protested exorbitant increases in their Tarrant County property tax valuations last year.  On the other hand, local officials may rightly frown on legislative attempts to limit their taxing autonomy, especially when faced with unfunded mandates.

 

http://www.fortworth...993cd9c847.html



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Posted 11 December 2019 - 06:07 PM

I moved this discussion to this thread as I think it is more align with taxation policy than Downtown Office Occupancy even though the two topics share some commonality.

 

 

 

To oversimplify, the reason it is a problem is that it is more normal for the tax base to be 2/3 commercial and 1/3 residential, and because we don't have jobs here, ours is approaching 1/3 commercial and 2/3 residential.  So if we have to come up with $100 to pay for something, individual residents have to come up with double of what they would if we were more balanced.  I think we can all agree that businesses have bigger budgets than individuals and can carry the tax burden more easily than residents.

 

 Though this line of debate stems from the "Downtown Office Occupancy" Thread,  I have been following your reasoning and it seems to come down to an issue or problem of tax burden.

 

Your points being property taxes and schools.

 

I will give you these facts to consider:

 

(1)  Is there a corporate tax in Texas?   Corporate rates, which most often are flat regardless of the amount of income, generally range from roughly 4% to 10%. ... Currently, six states – Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming – do not have a corporate income tax.

 

(2) Texas is overly dependent upon Sales Tax Receipts. It also does not have a Personal Income Tax.

 

These two factors together go along way to explain a great deal about the Texas Miracle Job Economy. 

 

Schools do receive State Funding, however, it is my understanding that funds are distributed back in numbers that are aligned with the contributions of a community.  If a wealthy community (Colleyville,South Lake) contributes more in real dollars through property taxes, the a community like Fort Worth whose property taxes/per household is significantly smaller, than you will get the results that you are complaining about.

 

To be fair, Fort Worth schools have a wealth problem, and that problem is not made by it, but by the real estate market and financial markets which have traditionally red lined whole community from acquiring wealth through home ownership.

 



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Posted 11 June 2023 - 12:12 PM

I noticed this flyer in with my TAD valuation notice offering free Property Fraud Alert service through Tarrant County (i.e. Title Theft).  It's sort of overly simple, they just ask for you to confirm your name and how to reach you for notifications.  I guess that's all they need?  Theoretically, you could flag any property owner's name or business name and get a notification if there's activity through the clerk's office, that might be sort of handy for certain commercial properties if you're keeping an eye on sales activity.

 

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