Lowering your Property Taxes

For many home owners who have owned their homes for several years now, values have declined. In many ways this can be stressful. However, if you are happy in your home, if your home suits your needs, if it provides you the shelter you need and your family is happy there; your home is doing just fine. It is doing what it is supposed to do. It's giving you a place to live and raise a family. No need to sell, No need to worrie, No need to change anything. Or is there? The one thing you may want to change is the value of your home in the eyes of Uncle Sam. Convincing him that your home value has declined can make it so that your property taxes will decrease! In turn that may decrease your fire insurance. Hmm, that may be a good reason to look into it. Go to your county's assessors website to find out what you can do to get your property taxes lowered. http://maps.assessor.lacounty.gov/