I’m feeling pretty stressed right now. We’re working on getting our Somerset house rented, started the rehab on The McCarty House, need to knock out the section 8 inspection checklist, it’s tax season, and now Detroit property tax assessments came out.
With all this happening right now, we’re preparing to head to California for a month. I’m not looking forward to flying across the country with a three-and-a-half, one-and-a-half, and dog but it will be worth it. At least that’s what Kaitlin keeps telling me.
So on top of everything else I’m now scrambling to figure out everything I need to do to appeal our tax assessments which all were adjusted significantly higher.
And while Mike Duggan & Co. tout this as a win, it’s not all it’s not feeling like it.
Yes, real estate prices in Detroit are on the rise. Yes, I’m happy to see the city collecting increasingly more tax dollars. It will only fuel more progress.
But most of our properties are in dire need of significant repairs. Significantly bumping the property taxes isn’t exactly an incentive for people like me that are trying to improve the city.
That said, I’m thankful there’s a process in place to appeal the assessments, even if it is all a bit foreign for me right now. I’ll have to take a trip or two down to the assessors office, but I’m hopeful I’ll be successful getting these lowered.