Property-specific beats portfolio every time
See how lowering.tax compares to contingency-fee services like Ownwell and Five Stone Tax Advisors.
Switching from another service?
Ownwell charges 25% of your tax savings and files as your agent. They use portfolio-level comp analysis across thousands of properties. lowering.tax charges a flat $49, interviews you about your specific property conditions, and builds an evidence packet with photos, condition adjustments, and equity analysis. You file as the homeowner, not through an agent.
Five Stone charges a contingency fee and represents you as your agent at ARB hearings. They handle high volumes of properties with standardized arguments. lowering.tax is self-serve software that builds a property-specific case for $49. We capture evidence like HVAC age, roof condition, and functional obsolescence that volume services skip.
When an agent files Form 50-162, the Appraisal Review Board knows they're seeing the same company for the 50th time that day. Owner-filed protests signal that a real homeowner took the time to document their case. The evidence packet we build gives you the substance to back that up.
Scale. When you represent 50,000 properties, you can't interview each homeowner. So they rely on comps alone. The problem is that comps tell the county what similar homes sold for — they don't tell the county about your leaking foundation, your 25-year-old HVAC, or the commercial construction next door.
Many of our users switched from contingency services. If your prior service got a reduction, great — but ask yourself: did they know about your roof condition? Your original kitchen? Your drainage issue? A property-specific case often finds value they missed.
If a service reduces your assessed value by $50,000 and your tax rate is 2%, that's $1,000 in savings. At 25%, you pay them $250. At 35%, you pay $350. With lowering.tax, you pay $49 regardless. On larger reductions, the difference is even bigger.