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A: 100% in person. You can read the nonverbal cues and finesse the rebuttals and arguments.

Property tax protest tip: File today if you’re in Dallas County. The website is apt to glitch on deadline tomorrow.

Q: For your ARB hearing, is it better to do a phone hearing or in person?

Tip: When you go in front of the ARB, make sure you have your thoughts together. Limit your arguments to 3 minutes or less. No more than 10 photos. “Less is more. Limit your information the things that move the needle,” Goodrich says.

“It’s like having the test before the test,” Glenn says of the property evidence file.

Request the 14 day evidence file ahead of time. Then, if the appraisal review board uses evidence not in that evidence file, you can say it’s not admissible.

Protest tip: you can file an open records request to get the comments on your property from the appraisal district

Answer from Glenn Goodrich: the appraisal district is hearing that a lot right now, so by itself that’s not likely to win. You need to show the difference between your property and others that recently sold.

Q: can you argue the sales price you paid versus the appraisal district’s market price? Essentially, you overpaid. Is that an appraisal district protest argument?

We’re LIVE now, talking all things Texas property, taxes, protests, and appraisals. Drop your questions as we live tweet a CandysDirt property tax protest roundtable

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