Property taxes are a major expense of being a homeowner, and the way that local governments calculate how to charge an appropriate property tax can be both frustrating and confusing. One key to ...

Calculating land value for tax purposes may seem tricky, but it doesn't have to be. There are many ways to determine property valuation for tax purpose. But the three valuation methods most commonly ...

Property owners this week received a piece of mail from their counties — definitely not the fun kind. Assessors offices across the state recently sent out property valuations, and the jump in value is ...

Last week’s column explored Proposition 19 and the number of property tax transfer applications approved statewide in the last fiscal year. Voters in 2020 approved Prop. 19, which allows property ...

One key metric that landlords use to evaluate the profitability of their rental property investment is the return on investment (ROI). ROI helps investors understand the percentage return they are ...

Imagine that your home is destroyed in a fire. As you start the process to rebuild your life, a hard reality settles in: Your insurance coverage falls short of replacing your lost personal property.