Commercial & Multifamily Property Tax Appeals · Nationwide

Your tax bill may be too high.
We'll prove it.

Reserve Tax Group challenges over-assessed commercial and multifamily properties across all 50 states. No upfront fees. You pay only when we lower your tax bill.

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States Served
$0
Upfront Fees
35%
Contingency Only
Modern commercial office building
Our Promise
No savings,
no fee.
You never pay out of pocket. Our work is only compensated when your tax bill goes down.
The Process

How we lower your property tax bill

We manage the entire appeal so you don't have to file a single form, attend a single hearing, or deal with the assessor yourself.

i.

Free property review

Send us your property address and basic assessment details. We evaluate your current assessed value against market comparables and recent sales data — at no cost and no obligation.

ii.

We file and negotiate

If a case makes sense, we handle everything — evidence preparation, filings, informal negotiations, and hearings. You sign a simple authorization and we do the rest.

iii.

You save — then we get paid

When we secure a reduction, you keep 65% of the first-year tax savings. Our 35% contingency is only earned if and when we lower your bill. If nothing changes, you owe nothing.

Savings Estimator

See what a successful appeal could be worth

Enter your property's assessed value and local tax rate. We'll model what a typical assessment reduction could mean for your annual tax bill.

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Estimated outcome
Current annual tax bill $112,500
Projected new tax bill $99,000
Gross first-year savings $13,500
Our fee (35% of savings) $4,725
Your Net Year-One Savings
$8,775
Plus compounding savings in future years if the reduced valuation holds
Illustrative estimate only. Actual outcomes depend on jurisdiction, property class, market conditions, and the strength of the case. We provide no guarantee of any specific result.
Who We Represent

Property types we appeal

We focus exclusively on income-producing real estate — commercial and multifamily assets where the math actually moves the needle for owners.

Commercial office building

Commercial

Office, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use assets. We specialize in mid-market commercial properties where annual tax bills run $25,000 and up — the level where a professional appeal pays for itself many times over.

Multifamily apartment building

Multifamily

Apartment buildings, garden complexes, and large multifamily portfolios. We argue value the way assessors should — on income approach, market cap rates, real operating expenses, and verified rent rolls.

Industrial warehouse facility

Industrial & Warehouse

Distribution centers, light manufacturing, flex space, and last-mile logistics facilities. We know how to challenge cost-approach assessments that ignore functional obsolescence and current market rents.

How the Numbers Work

Example scenarios

Here's how a successful appeal typically plays out across different property types. These are illustrative examples, not testimonials.

The figures below are modeled scenarios based on typical mid-market assessments and reasonable reduction outcomes — not actual client results. We share them so you can see how the math works before you request a review.
Scenario A · Commercial

Mid-sized office building

Assessed value$7,500,000
Tax rate2.40%
Reduction secured14%
Gross savings$25,200
Our fee (35%)$8,820
Net year-one savings
$16,380
Scenario B · Multifamily

Apartment building (40 units)

Assessed value$12,000,000
Tax rate2.10%
Reduction secured10%
Gross savings$25,200
Our fee (35%)$8,820
Net year-one savings
$16,380
Scenario C · Industrial

Warehouse/distribution facility

Assessed value$4,200,000
Tax rate2.55%
Reduction secured18%
Gross savings$19,278
Our fee (35%)$6,747
Net year-one savings
$12,531
Delivered within 48 hours

Four institutional-grade reports
with every engagement

For buyers, sponsors, and investment committees underwriting an acquisition, we deliver a complete ad valorem diligence package — not a one-line tax estimate.

01
Pre-Acquisition

Pre-Acquisition Property Tax Report

A holding-cost analysis for the asset you're underwriting. We frame the year-one tax burden, exemption risk, and the binary upside / downside scenarios your investment committee needs to see.

Inside the report
  • Year-one tax burden and per-unit / per-SF metrics
  • Holding-cost scenarios with exemption sensitivities
  • Millage and jurisdictional review across all overlapping authorities
  • Pre-close action list and escrow guidance
02
Due Diligence

Property Tax Due Diligence Report

The diligence artifact your closing counsel and lender will ask for. Five-year reconciliation of valuation, millage, exemptions, and payment history with a red-flag register rated High / Medium / Low.

Inside the report
  • Five-year valuation and tax-payment reconciliation
  • Exemption continuity and transfer-of-ownership risk
  • Red-flag register with recommended remediation
  • Closing deliverables checklist for the data room
03
10-Year Projection

Tax Projections — Acquisition Analysis

A forward-looking 10-year ad valorem projection with Scenario A / Scenario B framing and a sensitivity grid. Published alongside a companion Excel workbook with editable assumption cells.

Inside the report
  • 10-year projection under both exemption-maintained and exemption-lost scenarios
  • Sensitivity grid stress-testing value and millage growth
  • Downside shock table for partial exemption loss
  • Companion Excel model with editable assumptions
04
Underwriting

Underwriting Memorandum — Tax Inputs

Structured for direct insertion into an Argus Enterprise or Excel pro forma. Year-one snapshot, growth assumptions, jurisdictional breakdown, and a 10-year drop-in schedule for the property tax line.

Inside the report
  • Year-one snapshot ready for operating pro forma insertion
  • Base / upside / downside growth assumptions
  • Escrow, reserve, and lender-sizing guidance
  • Cap-rate and DSCR impact matrix for downside stress
Our Fee

You only pay if we lower your tax bill.

Our 35% contingency fee is earned only on the first-year tax savings we secure for you. If we can't reduce your assessment, you pay nothing — no consultation fee, no filing fee, no hourly billing.

35%
of savings
James Whitmore, Founder of Reserve Tax Group
About Reserve Tax Group

Built for owners who don't have time to fight the assessor.

Founded by James Whitmore after two decades representing institutional owners at every level of the appeal process — from informal reviews to state appeal boards. Reserve Tax Group was built on a simple idea: a serious appeal deserves serious advocacy, and owners shouldn't pay for results they don't get.

  • Commercial & multifamily focus. We don't dabble in residential. Our entire practice is built around income-producing real estate, where the math justifies a professional appeal.
  • Nationwide coverage. We appeal in all 50 states, with deep expertise in high-value jurisdictions including Texas, Florida, New York, California, Georgia, and Illinois.
  • Institutional-grade deliverables. Our diligence suite meets the standard expected by investment committees, lenders, and closing counsel on nine-figure transactions.
  • Strictly contingency on appeals. We take on cases we believe in — we're not paid unless you save.
Client Voices

What commercial & multifamily owners say

A representative selection from the owners, sponsors, and investment committees we've worked with.

Reserve secured a 17% reduction across our Dallas multifamily portfolio. They knew the comps, knew the assessor, and didn't oversell the case. We've engaged them for every reassessment cycle since.
Marcus Holloway
Principal, Holloway Multifamily Partners · 1,200+ units
We brought Reserve in to review three Class B office assets we were underwriting. Their pre-acquisition tax projection caught a $400K exemption issue our broker missed. They've now closed every appeal we've handed them.
Jennifer Walsh
Director of Acquisitions, Brightwater Capital
Most appeal firms either won't touch industrial or don't understand the income approach. Reserve built our case around actual NOI and walked it through the appeal board. We saved north of $80K year one on a single distribution facility.
Daniel Park
CFO, Vector Logistics Real Estate
Reserve took on our 280-unit garden complex in Houston after another firm passed. The reduction wasn't just first-year — the lower assessment carried forward and we're still benefiting four cycles later.
Rachel Adebayo
Managing Member, Mosaic Residential Group
Common Questions

What owners usually ask first

Nothing upfront. Our fee is 35% of the first-year tax savings we secure — billed only after we've successfully lowered your assessment. If we don't reduce your tax bill, you owe us nothing.
We focus exclusively on commercial and multifamily properties nationwide — office, retail, industrial, hospitality, mixed-use, and apartment buildings. We do not take on single-family residential cases.
For acquisition engagements, we deliver the full four-report package — Pre-Acquisition, Due Diligence, 10-Year Projections, and Underwriting Memorandum — within 48 hours of receiving the parcel ID and basic deal information.
Depends on the jurisdiction. Informal reviews often resolve in weeks. Formal hearings before an appeal board typically take 2–6 months. We update you at every stage and handle all filings and appearances.
Sign a one-page authorization giving us the right to represent you before the assessor. Send us any rent rolls, operating statements, or appraisals you have on file. That's it — we handle every step from there.
We'll tell you honestly in the free review. If we don't think there's a strong case, we'll say so. We only take appeal cases where we believe we can win — it's how our contingency model works.
Most states have deadlines between April and June, with Texas closing on May 15. If you tell us your state when you submit your review, we'll confirm your exact deadline and how much time we have to act.
Get Started

Request your free property review

Send us a few details about your property and we'll tell you — honestly — whether there's a case worth pursuing.

Talk to us

No obligation. No pressure.

We'll review your property, compare it against market data, and give you a straight answer. If we don't see a case, we'll tell you. If we do, we'll explain exactly what we'd do and what the likely outcome looks like.

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Serving commercial & multifamily owners in all 50 states
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