Property Tax appeal for new valuation lawyer

you need a lot of lawyers it seems

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/37135-curb-cut-permitting-attorney

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/28888-we-are-cooked

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/31809

OMG -- it's petrfitz!
He claimed on streeteasy that he sold all of his RE properties, a few years ago; and retired to Eze.

I went to Eze last year and asked around that small town: could not find even one resident who knew him/heard of him (a newbie, former New Yorker. Must need to shop for groceries at the local stores and maybe go out to dinner once in a while).

Now petrfitz is back in Manhattan.
Retirement in the South of France was too difficult for him.

@Truth......you are kidding right? the amount of "partially occupied houses" in Eze where the owners are sometimes there but most of the time rented out there is no way anyone could know everyone there.

Besides....the rocks on Eze suck as far as a beach goes.......

deanc: No, petrfitz claimed that he sold his RE properties in NYC and retired to live in Eze.
New residents, especially from New York and particularly from Manhattan would be known around town.

The rocky beach is not an issue, as most residents have a boat.
Malta is also very nice, yet has no sandy beaches. Volcanic island beaches in the Med are rocky.
We're not talking about the Carrib or HI islands.

No kidding.

deanc: So, you actually went to Eze for the beaches?
If it's Med beaches that you're interested in, there are other towns in the south of France that would have met your requirements. Or, drive to Monaco or Italy. Sail to Capri, or Ischia. Hug the mainland of Italy, on the coast: plenty of beautiful beaches there.

The beach club is Eze is fantastic. Yes I'm back in NYC sitting on a few properties

Do not know any specific, but you need a CERTIORARI lawyer. They specialize in RE tax assesmments and appeals. The buildings accountant s/b able to recomend someone.

Also, search discussions/see thread - Manhattan RE tax consultant recommendation

petrfitz: That would be Eze sur Mer.
You sold your home in Eze and returned to NYC to sit on a few properties?!

Petrfitz, This is how far I got to in researching this a couple of months back. If your properties are a condo/coop, the condo/coop managing agent has to file a tax appeal via Certiorari lawyer. Your share is just a proportion of the total taxes even for a condo. Perhaps I am wrong in my findings. Will appreciate the name of the lawyer once you find out.

wow, 300 truly was stretched financially when he made his purchase.

Here's my co-op's Market Value history:

2013/14 15,998,000
2012/13 21,210,000
2011/12 21,210,000
2010/11 18,700,000
2009/10 18,000,000
2008/09 17,600,000
2007/08 20,000,000
2006/07 15,500,000

You win some and you lose some.

300 thanks this is for an entire property that is currently vacant

Truth I didn't sell Eze. I still have it just back in NY for awhile

Also I'm flattered you tried to find me. I have no idea why a private exclusive community who makes their money from wealthy property owners would not just point out where anyone lives. Did you ask them to point out Bono's house?

petrfitz: No, I already know where Bono's house is.
You must lead a very low-profile life in Eze. "...a private exclusive community who makes their money from wealthy property owners would not just point out..."
I didn't ask "a private exclusive community" to reveal where you live. It wasn't an official investigation.
Just me asking the many shop owners and restaurant owners/staff if they had met a recent addition to the town, from Manhattan who sold his New York properties and retired there in Eze.

Had I known where you were, I would have sent a message to you inviting you for lunch. Or dinner. Or a nice afternoon on the water.

If you really own a home in Eze (where you retired after timing the NYC RE market) it's good that you didn't sell it. Why would you need to return to Manhattan/NYC "for awhile, to sit on some properties"?

NWT: You don't have petrfitz's preternatural skill, so would not be expected to time the NY RE market.
You would always win and never lose.

Who said I am a recent addition?

oh, petrfitz:
You said so, in your comment on that se discussion about how you sold your NY RE, made big bucks and was going to retire and move to live in Eze. That was a couple of years ago. I was happy to hear that, for you.
I asked my friends in Eze (long-time residents) that year and they hadn't met you, nor heard of you.
I posted a comment to you after I returned to NYC and you responded to me with a nasty comment. I replied that I would ask around (above the "up top with the cati" area, that you narrowed down your location in your reply). You must be living big like Howard Hughes: on the secretive, stay-indoors all the time, down low.

I also read some comments about Las Vegas RE that you owned and lost big bucks on, in another thread discussion. Let's just say: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".

Whatever, petrfitz. Keep your preternatural NY RE market-timing secrets to yourself. I don't want to argue with you.
You must have been dreaming of Eze, last Tuesday there in Manhattan, when it was 3 degrees.
Sitting on some NY properties couldn't have helped you keep your wealthy tushy warm.

Again I didn't say I bought there a few years ago. You assume and do not have very good reading comprehension

petrfitz: Again, you wrote that you made big bucks cashing out on your RE and was going to retire and live in Eze.
I'm not going to re-post that discussion thread and don't remember exactly what you described your move to Eze to be. I assume nothing, however I remember that your retirement announcement was to move to Eze and live there. I have excellent reading comprehension, although that discussion thread appeared quite some time ago and I don't remember your exact comments.

Your comments on this discussion thread lead me to believe that your wealthy tushy is still frozen.

petrfitz and Eze thread: http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/21960-farewell

CRAP! Sorry. Wrong one. http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/21987-adios-im-out

huntersburg: Yep, that's the discussion thread.
Maybe petrfitz already had a place there, rented it until the wealth poured in for him.
With the big bucks from his RE cash-out, he must have bought it upon his retirement.

No need to apologize for re-posting the "Farewell" discussion thread. It's a streeteasy favorite!

got confused between Farewell and Adios. Everyone comes back to Streeteasy though.

"Farewell" is a final statement.
"Adios" is: "goodbye" and returning to streeteasy would be in the realm of possibility.
(unlike "Farewell" and the OP comment that accompanied it.)

I'm a simple person. That's beyond my level of education.

Yes, you are simple because you don't have a degree from Yale. We've read here on streeteasy about how that degree improves the lifestyle of those who graduate from Yale. Just imagine: You could have been "a high-income earner".
Or, could have just married one and stayed home doing nothing while fuming with anger and frustration.

Yale sounds like fun.

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