Looking for a House in Riverview/Midtown

[Conan71]

East side of Peoria? Great neighborhood. Congrats!

[SXSW]

East side of Peoria? Great neighborhood. Congrats!

Yep, in between Peoria and St. Louis.  You can see Woodward Park from my patio.   

[Mike 01Hawk]

www.zillow.com

Have fun, it's like Realtor.com meets Google Maps.

[jne]

Don't put too much stock in Zestimates.  Zillow is a very useful tool, but can also be wildly wrong about value.  The crappiest house on my street has the highest Zestimate and i feel like my house is valued a little low.  I found it to more often be on the high side when I was shopping.  Zillow don't know jack about the condition of a house.

[Conan71]

Don't put too much stock in Zestimates.  Zillow is a very useful tool, but can also be wildly wrong about value.  The crappiest house on my street has the highest Zestimate and i feel like my house is valued a little low.  I found it to more often be on the high side when I was shopping.  Zillow don't know jack about the condition of a house.

Market comparison with strictly objective components for evaluation.

[sauerkraut]

I just bought one of these on 20th St. near Peoria.  Looking forward to moving in and making improvements. 

WoW That's great, congrats- Don't forget to file for your tax rebate too, the thing ends April 30th. Home Ownership Rockz! 

[sauerkraut]

April 27th at 1:30 pm I'm going down to Ken Yazels tax assessor's office for some sort of hearing with a panel. I'm protesting my homes value. They want to hear my side of the story. I did my homework. I think they have my home over valued, it's appraised at $60,000 the neighbors across the street is appraised at $48,000 another home one block north of me is on the market for $50,000 and it's fully re-modled with 3 bedrooms, My digs has 2 bedrooms no fireplace and needs remodling I paid only $33,000 for it, it's a good home but needs up-dating. Other listings in my area are much less than what they valued my digs at. The letter they sent me said they want to reach, and work out a fair value for my home that is fair to all parties involved.

[Conan71]

April 27th at 1:30 pm I'm going down to Ken Yazels tax assessor's office for some sort of hearing with a panel. I'm protesting my homes value. They want to hear my side of the story. I did my homework. I think they have my home over valued, it's appraised at $60,000 the neighbors across the street is appraised at $48,000 another home one block north of me is on the market for $50,000 and it's fully re-modled with 3 bedrooms, My digs has 2 bedrooms no fireplace and needs remodling I paid only $33,000 for it, it's a good home but needs up-dating. Other listings in my area are much less than what they valued my digs at. The letter they sent me said they want to reach, and work out a fair value for my home that is fair to all parties involved.

Wait, your APPRAISAL was $60K or was the county ASSESSMENT $60K?  Huge difference between appraisals and assessments.

There you go people, if you want to finally meet Sauerkraut, you'll know where and when.

"Rinaldi's, 13th & Rutland Rd. Thursday night, 8pm, southwest entrance!"

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4194/saturday-night-live-the-bensonhurst-dating-game

[sgrizzle]

Wait, your APPRAISAL was $60K or was the county ASSESSMENT $60K?  Huge difference between appraisals and assessments.

There you go people, if you want to finally meet Sauerkraut, you'll know where and when.

"Rinaldi's, 13th & Rutland Rd. Thursday night, 8pm, southwest entrance!"

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4194/saturday-night-live-the-bensonhurst-dating-game

Anyone got crowd barricades? We should have people with signs and banners lined up to cheer him on.

[sgrizzle]

April 27th at 1:30 pm I'm going down to Ken Yazels tax assessor's office for some sort of hearing with a panel. I'm protesting my homes value. They want to hear my side of the story. I did my homework. I think they have my home over valued, it's appraised at $60,000 the neighbors across the street is appraised at $48,000 another home one block north of me is on the market for $50,000 and it's fully re-modled with 3 bedrooms, My digs has 2 bedrooms no fireplace and needs remodling I paid only $33,000 for it, it's a good home but needs up-dating. Other listings in my area are much less than what they valued my digs at. The letter they sent me said they want to reach, and work out a fair value for my home that is fair to all parties involved.

There are a lot of variation in home prices. Have you looked up what the assessed value was before you bought it? Did it just get upped to $60k because you bought it?

As far as I know they value based on sq footage, lot size and market price and not # of bedrooms and whether it has a fireplace or nice countertops.

[sauerkraut]

The zestimate thing on line says my house is valued at $63,000, I think that web site is old & out dated though, the neighbors house next door was $74,000 on that site.

[sauerkraut]

There are a lot of variation in home prices. Have you looked up what the assessed value was before you bought it? Did it just get upped to $60k because you bought it?

As far as I know they value based on sq footage, lot size and market price and not # of bedrooms and whether it has a fireplace or nice countertops.

Yeah it was assessed at $60,000- I bought it "as-is" for almost half the assessed value. Anyhow I'm going to fight it. I did get my homestead exemption so that helped me on my taxes.

[sauerkraut]

Wait, your APPRAISAL was $60K or was the county ASSESSMENT $60K?  Huge difference between appraisals and assessments.

There you go people, if you want to finally meet Sauerkraut, you'll know where and when.

"Rinaldi's, 13th & Rutland Rd. Thursday night, 8pm, southwest entrance!"

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4194/saturday-night-live-the-bensonhurst-dating-game

The assessment was $60K, I never had the home appraised.

[Conan71]

The assessment was $60K, I never had the home appraised.

Take all your supporting documents with you showing the purchase price, that's your best argument.  Good luck.

[sauerkraut]

Take all your supporting documents with you showing the purchase price, that's your best argument.  Good luck.

Yep, I'm ready, I even have pictures of my home and of near by homes that sold for less, It's on April 27th at 1:30 pm. I don't know how the parking will be I'm thinking on just taking the bus to downtown. It's located at 500 s Denver room 215. I don't know if it will take a long time or be fast. I may have to wait for others who are protesting. I don't want to drive there and get a $65.00 parking ticket