Market Value vs. Equity | Deep Dive Tactics for a Winning Protest

In the Texas Tax Code, you have two distinct paths to victory. While Market Value focuses on what your home is worth on the open market, Unequal Appraisal (Equity) focuses on fairness. Under the Texas Constitution, taxation must be “Equal and Uniform.” This means that even if the CAD’s value of your home is technically … Read more

The Annual Protest Bible: How to Fight the CAD and Win

If you take only one thing away from this entire guide, let it be this: Protest your property value every single year. In Texas, the appraisal process is an automated “mass appraisal” system. The County Appraisal District (CAD) uses algorithms that don’t know your roof is leaking or that your neighbor’s house (which is identical … Read more