IDEA: Is a recent property appraisal lower than the market value used for your property tax? Appeal now!

If you have had a recent appraisal done of your home or a building you own, compare it to the market value assigned to your property by your local county appraisal board which determines how much property tax you will pay annually.  If the appraisal that was completed was lower than the market value calculated by your appraisal board for the county, file a protest as quickly as possible in order to affect your next property tax bill that will be mailed out to either you or the escrow fund at your home lender.

Note: If an appraisal was done on your house but you did not receive a copy, call and ask for one.  You most likely paid for it thus, it belongs to you.