This is a link to the original article written on Fort Worth Weekly. Skyrocketing property valuations, culture of deception, and baseless allegations. What's the worst that could happen? On June 10, 2022, I stood up early in the meeting to address the five-member board of the Tarrant Appraisal Distr

This is a link to the original article written on Texas Scorecard by Robert Montoya. Dropping truth bombs and getting to the bottom of the truth: Who filed a case against me and how deep are the layers of this complaint? We all cannot deny that our property tax system is broken. This have made me re

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Wow, I am BLOWN AWAY! I started ringing the alarm bell about the TAD election and invited anyone interested to send emails. THOUSANDS of you responded! It was really, really encouraging to me to see so many people respond. But it also showed just how many people are desperate for our property tax sy

  The Tarrant County Appraisal District (TAD) is having an election to decide who will oversee its organization.  Virtually nobody knows this election even exists. If we did nothing, this election would come and go. Nobody would notice. Nothing would change. We don't get to vote in this election, b

[scroll down to see TAD candidate interviews] Right now, the Tarrant County Appraisal District (TAD) is holding an election to decide who oversees the organization. TAD is the same entity that sets your property tax value and sends out the blue value notice every April. If you care about how TAD co

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  Take 5 minutes to call your lender… no really, it's easy. If your monthly mortgage payment has increased in the past year or so, it’s likely because your taxes and/or insurance have gone up. Your mortgage company likely uses a 12-month payment plan by default to pay off your escrow shortage, but

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  I fear that tax values are going to skyrocket this year. I recorded this video to share what you need to know:     I bookmarked the video here: HUGE Announcement 0:45 Real estate market update 3:55 Property tax disaster exemption application 9:00 New tax protest deadlines - 10:04   Next Step

  Scroll down to see a video overview of this info  Step 1 Send an email and call Morgan Meyer, the chairperson for the Ways and Means Committee (contact info below). Say this: Please schedule a hearing on House Bill 2403 and House Bill 2311.  HB 2403 What it does: Eliminates loophole used to rig el

How emergency preparedness features in your house affect your property value. After last week's crazy-snow-apocalypse without water and electricity for days on end, we’re all asking ourselves what can we do differently to prepare so we can avoid or mitigate against those kinds of situations in the

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Watch Chandler's disclaimer video Passed Schwertner R, et al: SB 725 Effective on 9/1/21 Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land and the liability for the additional tax imposed on such land if the use of the land changes as a result of

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There are little nuances and loopholes in the law that politicians and taxing entities use to increase your taxes.  This blog post is a compilation of different concerns people bring to me (in their own words) identifying these issues. I cannot vouch for the validity of these comments. I just feel t