tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post8748145905366722541..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: What is wrong with the Property Appraiser's Office? By GeniusofdespairGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-50155190488302874972011-06-06T15:04:40.815-04:002011-06-06T15:04:40.815-04:00Hey everybody. After reading your posts I reporte...Hey everybody. After reading your posts I reported these "under assessments" to the property appraiser because I think we deserve an explanation. After all we are the taxpayers! Here's the scoop according to their office... <br /> <br /><br />These properties have Chinese drywall. Because of the bad drywall, they say that state law gives the owners a break and they don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-71184669539560147212011-06-02T07:19:14.672-04:002011-06-02T07:19:14.672-04:00Thanks send it to me geniusofdespair@yahoo.com. Th...Thanks send it to me geniusofdespair@yahoo.com. There were sales in the million dollar range in 2007. I can understand the half million appraisals based on your analysis but the $135,000 doesn't make sense. Maybe the system has to change in the appraisers office. But your comment proves my point made in my comment above--- readers can help sort out what I present.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-49199277739067768852011-06-02T05:40:32.565-04:002011-06-02T05:40:32.565-04:00I am not an appraiser, I am a real estate agent. ...I am not an appraiser, I am a real estate agent. I think this situation is common. There are 223 units in this condo complex, of which about 160 have sold. All the sales this year have been for about 150% of the assessed values. Last year 139%. The year before 131%. So the values in the complex have been rising. <br /><br />When new condo buildings are developed, the county really has no Robert Bishoprichttp://www.realestatefeast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-84265695666314544732011-06-01T18:45:59.035-04:002011-06-01T18:45:59.035-04:00love you, genius.love you, genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-44089997283192629102011-06-01T13:02:48.793-04:002011-06-01T13:02:48.793-04:00Why is everyone so willing to assign what I am and...Why is everyone so willing to assign what I am and what I should be doing? I never said I was a watchdog. Go read the Ricker report for Watchdog.<br /><br />I throw stuff out there. That is what I have been doing for 4 years. Newspaper reporters, citizens etc. can follow-up what I dig up. I cannot very well be anonymous and then call people.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-40630411526832478132011-06-01T12:52:17.255-04:002011-06-01T12:52:17.255-04:00I appreciate your willingness to dig into these th...I appreciate your willingness to dig into these things but wish you'd act a bit more reporter-like and seek answers from the target of your investigation.<br /><br />Have you contacted the Property Appraiser for comment? Have they identified this as a problem or did they explain what the reason was for the low appraisal last year?<br /><br />Just throwing stuff out there dilutes your value Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-80620661858477781322011-05-31T23:57:08.841-04:002011-05-31T23:57:08.841-04:00Or maybe that the mentioned discrepancy is due to ...Or maybe that the mentioned discrepancy is due to Chinese Drywall issues that were in some but not all units in that development. The issue may look strange on the surface but you are missing all the facts on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-52613093249891193212011-05-31T17:11:33.704-04:002011-05-31T17:11:33.704-04:00Did you report this to the Property Appraiser? The...Did you report this to the Property Appraiser? They will investigate and change the assessment if appropriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-43924127568892336852011-05-31T17:11:21.657-04:002011-05-31T17:11:21.657-04:00Also possibility of a little mortgage fraud action...Also possibility of a little mortgage fraud action, did you check adjacent buildings and see what units went for there.<br /><br />Regardless Pedro Gracia is an incompetent commission lapdog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-78132603776548910642011-05-31T12:32:16.006-04:002011-05-31T12:32:16.006-04:00There is no defending apprasials like that. It sme...There is no defending apprasials like that. It smells of more than stupidity.<br /><br />Don't you think that an elected appraiser as opposed to a PROFESSIONAL one lends itself to a creation of such issues? <br /><br />If anyone can be an appraiser, then they will not necessarily know what they are looking at if they review staff work product and then staff can pull BS.<br /><br />Of course, youbetcha'https://www.blogger.com/profile/08839714059460928123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-28565830093985206832011-05-31T11:02:04.035-04:002011-05-31T11:02:04.035-04:00You are correct. They are completely incompetent a...You are correct. They are completely incompetent as well as dishonest. Who can forget that they gave sleazy Julio Robaina a free ride on his strip mall for years because they didn't realize it was built.Flonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-28656214729675008582011-05-31T10:10:55.943-04:002011-05-31T10:10:55.943-04:00PENINSULA II DEVELOPERS, INC. is one... The name o...PENINSULA II DEVELOPERS, INC. is one... The name of the building is the Peninsula II. It was built in 2007. I would suppose that is the developer.<br /><br /> Here is another. It sold 8/2010 for $1,030,000. That unit was assessed at $156,485 in 2010 (2009 for $664,452). It was bought by Peninsula 2501, Inc. That Corp. appears to be two people living there.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23344518196543024272011-05-31T09:31:02.976-04:002011-05-31T09:31:02.976-04:00Do you know who the developer is?Do you know who the developer is?Alvarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490502815660529473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-14733439168482205292011-05-31T09:12:03.058-04:002011-05-31T09:12:03.058-04:00Even the 2009 assessed values were too low if the ...Even the 2009 assessed values were too low if the properties are now going in the 700-800 thousand rangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-80425779784138786922011-05-31T07:04:34.767-04:002011-05-31T07:04:34.767-04:00Nice pick up. Wonder whose names are involved.Nice pick up. Wonder whose names are involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com