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Anybody Know How The Illinois Property Tax Homeowner Exemption Works?
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Don't know much, but what kind of exemption? Senior citizen, home improvement, disability, etc.?
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that's what I'm trying to find out (and thanks for responding). Apparently there might be some homeowner-friendly loopholes we can exploit, which we should since they've increased our property taxes like 150% or something in the past 3 years
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Ouch. Here's link I found a couple of clicks into a google search, but I doubt you'll get much about loopholes:
http://cookcountyassessor.com/Exemptions/Exemption-Forms.aspx
http://cookcountyassessor.com/Exemptions/Exemption-Forms.aspx
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When I first bught my house I didnt know that I was paying tax as if I were renting it out. Had to have it changed as owner occupied. Also, u dont need a lawyer to contest tax hikes, just go find comps and appeal with those yourself. Wife has done it several times just using Zillow and filling out the form.
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Supposedly if you have the toilets removed it's considered uninhabitable which really knocks the assessed value down.
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Simmer down there Pritzker.
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Hey, it saved him over 300,000.00 that supposedly he's paying back due to all of the bad publicity.
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Here's a YouTube discussion on it, it's long but might help point you in the right direction.
[video=youtube_share;vB_a1DLhCuk]https://youtu.be/vB_a1DLhCuk[/video]
[video=youtube_share;vB_a1DLhCuk]https://youtu.be/vB_a1DLhCuk[/video]