1. Click the Sign Up Now button and create an account with your contact and billing information. Returning clients should sign in with their username and password;
2. Once the account has been verified and a password set, click the property search button and enter the ten-digit parcel number for your property (PIN);
3. Click your cursor on the property address (a blue link), answer the questions and click add to  cart; and
4. Go to the checkout, digitally sign the contract and enter payment information and click submit;
5. You will then receive an email with a copy of the contract and another with your receipt. Our staff takes it from there!

The assessment review is the first step in the property tax appeal process. 

During an assessment review, our team of Realtors and real estate analysts determines the correct property value by using the LCA proprietary database and their years of experience in the marketplace.

The next step is to have an attorney review the documentation and determine if an appeal is warranted.  If so, we file your appeal and complete all administration, documentation, hearings, and communication with the county.  [LCA will advise our client by email (or mail if our client doesn’t have email address) of our attorney’s determination.]

For more information on the assessment appeal process, visit our Assessment Appeal page.

To review our fee structure, please visit our Lake County Appeal Fees page.

Our fee structure is two parts…

• A $65 upfront fee per property to conduct a property assessment review.*
• A contingent fee of 37.5 % of the first year’s tax savings.**

Our team works together using our proprietary software to determine whether your property is fairly assessed.

If we find the property valuation to be unfair, we file the appeal at no additional cost. If the appeal is successful, we will collect 37.5% of the first year’s tax savings, while you retain the remaining 62.5%, as well as 100% of any subsequent years’ tax savings. (Note that tax savings end when the quadrennial assessment period ends.)

*There are no refunds after a 3-day grace period immediately following the time of sign-up.

** We determine your tax savings by taking your original assessment and subtracting your lowered assessment and multiplying the difference by the tax rate set forth on your property tax bill. 

We determine your tax savings by taking your original assessment, then subtracting your lowered assessment and multiplying the difference by the tax rate set forth on your property tax bill.

You will receive the result of your assessment review about one week prior to the appeal deadline for your township.  The deadline varies every year. Our communications are primarily by email, so be sure the emails are going into your inbox, and not to your spam folder.