 TITLE: How to Save Money on Property Taxes CONTENT: Show the Tax Assessor Around\n----------------------------\nWhen assessors perform revaluations, they may or may not attempt to visit your home to check the status of its interior. If they do not view the interior, they may make assumptions about the value of appliances and other structural features, and that could inflate your home's assessed value.\nIf you know a revaluation is scheduled, or if you're appealing your assessment, be sure to do a walk-through of the home with your assessor so you can let them know about things like that 15-year-old furnace and the unfinished basement that could offset some of your assessed value. Bear in mind, however, that the assessor will also take into account recent renovations, and those could influence the assessment in the other direction. END