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Real Estate Appraiser - Richard L. Sanderson Consulting - AAS #239
Bringing a local government, local property assessment/valuation perspective to the real estate community.
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An occasional series that addresses the need for local real estate assessors to collaborate with other real estate professionals with the end desire to assist property owners in the community. First Things FirstWhy would local assessors want to collaborate with real estate professionals?  And si...
05/17/2010
Bookmark These Key Sites for Real Estate and Make Your Life Easier In these extremely fast-paced times we all need to know where to go quickly for real estate information for our own professional purposes and in order to find answers for our clients.  When the Internet has 17 times more informat...
05/06/2010
 Knowing the Basics of How Property Assessments Work Can Save You Money When starting a new business you have so many things to do that it's easy to overlook some important items.  Real and personal property taxes are a real cost of doing business and it's critical that you know the basics when ...
04/30/2010
Important Information Concerning One of the Highest Reoccurring Costs of Homeownership: Property Taxes As a first time homebuyer you are not expected to be a tax expert, but after initial concerns about how much home can you afford and financing terms, one of the most important reoccurring costs...
04/26/2010
Change to Reflect Value Declines May Not Be Best Long Term Solution The ProblemMany property owners are outraged by the fact that their property assessments are not declining as fast as market values, or in some instances even increasing.  Throughout the country news stories are reporting on the...
04/24/2010
How to Significantly Improve Results from Real Estate Advice, Discussion, and Q&A Websites Make the world a better place -- at least a little section -- by improving your online experiences and those of others.  The reason we submit questions to question and answer (Q&A) websites is because we w...
04/18/2010
Timely Educational Opportunity Offered by IAAO On June 7 and 8 the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) will present the 2010 Preparation and Trial of the Property Tax Assessment Appeal Seminar in Kansas City, Missouri.  This seminar offers a great opportunity for professional ...
04/05/2010
Are property assessors approachable? Have you tried one of the many question and answer websites available today?  I've monitored several of these Q&A sites (also advice and discussion sites) that focus on real estate quite actively since January.  I've visited other general Q&A sites for more t...
04/02/2010
If tax policies are to be improved tax administrators and policymakers must hear from all stakeholders that are affected.  As real estate professionals who serve clients and potential clients where real estate taxes are one of the highest annual costs of homeownership, shouldn't you be intereste...
03/28/2010
Saving Time to Focus on Priority #1 No matter what business you're in, service you provide, or mission you pursue, you have a need to save time.  Savings time can often mean the difference between success and failure.  But like the old adage that you must spend money to make money, you also need...
03/24/2010
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