pARTICK Pat O'Connor, MAI, ai, pUTRID-POT OF GOLD

Posted by Cochise on May 26, 2008 at 09:59:28:

pARTICK Pat O'Connor, MAI, ai, pUTRID-POT OF GOLD

"For example, Dallas-based North Texas Property Tax Services charges 40 percent of the tax savings, while Houston-based O'Connor & Associates charges 50 percent."

"If we reduce your property value by $10,000 and your tax is 3 percent, that would equal $300 in savings on your tax bill, and our take is $150," said Scott Sherrill, marketing director at O'Connor & Associates." (USPAP VIOLATION-FEE BASED UPON RESULT)

Patrick C. O'Connor has been president of O'Connor & Associates since 1983 and is a recipient of the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. He is also a registered senior property tax consultant in the state of Texas and has written numerous articles in state and national publications on reducing property taxes. He continues to set the standard in direction and quality of our appraisal products, adding services ranging from business valuations and business appraisals to cost segregation analysis for income tax reduction.

As president, Pat O'Connor drives his firm to aggressively fight the rising costs (USPAP VIOLATION-ADVOCACY) of property taxes in counties across Texas including filing the highest number of property tax protests in Harris County. In addition, he and his staff coordinate and provide expert witness testimony for lawsuits against various central appraisal districts. Mr. O'Connor authored the first definitive consumer guide to Texas property taxes entitled, Cut Your Texas Property Taxes."

"Complaints have been filed against O'Connor & Associates with the Texas attorney general's office, the Houston BBB and the state Department of Licensing and Regulation.

The complaints said O'Connor representatives didn't show up for appraisal hearings and that the company "contracted for or accepted compensation for services not performed."

pARTICK Pat O'Connor, MAI, ai, pUTRID-POT OF GOLD
The Houston Better Business Bureau has given the company an "unsatisfactory" rating because of unanswered complaints."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/pyip/stories/DN-moneytalk_26bus.ART.State.Edition1.461edef.html

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