As an attorney in Cook County with numerous years of experience when it comes to helping homeowners appeal and lower their property tax burden, I also see many homeowners not taking the exemptions they are allowed to take to lower their property taxes even further. Many times, homeowners are not being
If you own property in Cook County, Illinois, you are undoubtedly aware that the odds of the Cook County Assessor raising your taxes every time your property is reassessed, are very high. The best way to help slow the rate of increase is to appeal the Assessor’s results of your
As the Coronavirus continues to move around the country and around the world, governments are ordering people to “Shelter in Place” which means working from home, avoiding unnecessary travel, and not congregating in groups of people. However just because a person is homebound is no reason as to why they should
The Cook County, Illinois Assessor, Fritz Kaegi has announced his plan to reassess every single property in Cook County in order to account for the Coronavirus. At this time, there has been no explanation of exactly how the Cook County Assessor’s Office plans on doing it nor has the Assessor
Estate Planning for most people is a way to organize their assets, a way to distribute those assets when they die by using a will or a trust, and a way to control those assets while they are alive by using Powers of Attorney. But some people need more than
40% of all American marriages are a second marriage for one or both spouses. This is according to PEW research published in 2015. That same study found that 22% of children (under the age of 18) live with parents who are either in their second marriage or cohabitating with someone other than
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