--- title: eBooks & Guides --- [![Fair Assessments LLC logo](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hub/163576/file-2350210184.png?width=225&height=74&name=file-2350210184.png "Fair Assessments LLC logo")](https://www.fair-assessments.com/) # Helpful eBooks & Guides ## ![part2](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/part2.jpg?width=125&name=part2.jpg)At Fair Assessments, LLC we have the *knowledge*, *experience* and *resources* to lower your property taxes by reducing and capping tax assessments. ## Tax Assessment Guides ![sales-approach](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sales-approach.jpg?width=464&name=sales-approach.jpg "sales-approach") [![More Info](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/d8490e22-d736-4ddd-9cc5-3a9603ab2af6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/d8490e22-d736-4ddd-9cc5-3a9603ab2af6) ### How Tax Assessors Use the Sales Approach to Value Your Property --- The Sales Comparison Approach to value is used extensively by fee appraisers. When you get your home financed the bank always requires an unbiased opinion of value so that they know they are not lending more money than the property is worth. For houses especially, the Sales Comparison Approach is seen as the “go-to” approach to valuation by appraisers, lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ![cost-approach](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cost-approach.jpg?width=464&name=cost-approach.jpg "cost-approach") [![More Info](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/11075bcc-1fbc-4a07-81f1-d552e51d5af2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/11075bcc-1fbc-4a07-81f1-d552e51d5af2) ### How Tax Assessors Use the Cost Approach to Value Your Property --- Market value can be defined as: *The most probable price that a property would sell for on a specific date, in terms of cash, and provided that the property is exposed to the open market, and the buyer and seller are both acting in their own best interests and are not under any undue pressure*. Every state can have their own market value definition, but they all have all or most of the elements of the definition above. ![checklist-1](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/checklist-1.png?width=464&name=checklist-1.png "checklist-1") [![Download](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/5e21b214-c8b9-4adc-aae7-22ae3bf356db.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/5e21b214-c8b9-4adc-aae7-22ae3bf356db) ### The Property Tax Appeal Checklist --- **Get organized, stay organized:** - What to do before filing a property tax appeal - What to consider when filing a property tax appeal - Things to watch for after filing a property tax appeal ![income-approach](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2019/income-approach.jpg?width=464&name=income-approach.jpg "income-approach") [![More Info](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/741e48f1-a719-44b2-a7a1-27a88010af9d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/741e48f1-a719-44b2-a7a1-27a88010af9d) ### How Tax Assessors Use the Income Approach to Value Your Property --- The Income Approach uses capitalization to convert the anticipated benefits of the ownership of property into an estimate of present value. The income approach is most commonly used in the valuation of commercial, income producing property. It can only be used on single family houses if there is a very active rental market in the neighborhood. ![ga-tax-appeal-guide](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ga-tax-appeal-guide.jpg?width=464&name=ga-tax-appeal-guide.jpg "ga-tax-appeal-guide") [![More Info](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/2fa9b033-a847-4674-b32d-347938a26e31.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/2fa9b033-a847-4674-b32d-347938a26e31) ### Georgia Property & Tax Appeal Guide --- **Ready to get under the Gold Dome?** In this process you tell the tax assessor what you think your property is worth on the effective date of appraisal, which is January 1 of each year. The property tax return form, PT-50R is shown on the following page. If you do not submit this form to the county where your property is located then you have, in effect, submitted the tax assessor’s prior year value as your estimate of value or “returned value.” ## Property Tax Appeal Guides by County ![B&W seal](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/B%26W%20seal.png?width=708&name=B%26W%20seal.png "B&W seal") ### DeKalb County --- #### A Step-by-step Property Tax Appeal Guide [![Download](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/ba26123f-71e5-4b69-bd25-42e8259503a0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/ba26123f-71e5-4b69-bd25-42e8259503a0) ![0.00873100.1284076289](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/0.00873100.1284076289.jpg?width=626&name=0.00873100.1284076289.jpg "0.00873100.1284076289") ### Fulton County --- ### A Step-by-step Property Tax Appeal Guide [![Download](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/797a8e16-53eb-4704-b6c0-31bf7ca7e70f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/797a8e16-53eb-4704-b6c0-31bf7ca7e70f) ![59e68f0c25ad4.image](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/59e68f0c25ad4.image.jpg?width=829&name=59e68f0c25ad4.image.jpg "59e68f0c25ad4.image") ### Gwinnett County --- #### A Step-by-step Property Tax Appeal Guide [![Download](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/163576/0a195fb9-4ee2-44c9-a3e3-dd9c669c24a5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/163576/0a195fb9-4ee2-44c9-a3e3-dd9c669c24a5) ### About Fair Assessments, LLC ![David Thomas Jones headshot](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2019/headshot/david-thomas-jones-headshot-200x200.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=david-thomas-jones-headshot-200x200.jpg) **Daniel Thomas Jones is the managing director of Fair Assessments, LLC** Dan is a valuation professional with expertise in reducing property taxes for real property owners and tenants. Prior experience includes working for two county property tax assessment departments. He was a commercial and residential manager for the Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors, Atlanta, Georgia. His specialized knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the mass appraisal property tax process, as well as the ability to relate to the county appraisal staff ensures excellent results for your property tax appeal. ### Frequently Asked Questions **Why should I appeal my tax assessment?** The mass appraisal process used by the tax assessors is unreliable and there is often room for adjustment. Additionally, in Georgia, settling your property tax appeal at a formal hearing caps your taxable value for three years. You may want to do this even if you think the assessor’s market value estimate is reasonable. **Will the county hold this against me?** No the tax assessment appeal process is written in the tax laws of the state and is a right that all taxpayers have.  Many people have good reasons to appeal their value and the tax assessment staff understand this. [View all Frequently Asked Questions](https://www-fair-assessments-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/frequently-asked-questions)  [![linkedin](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/linkedin.png?width=30&name=linkedin.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fair-assessments-llc/)[![facebook](https://www.fair-assessments.com/hs-fs/hubfs/facebook.png?width=30&name=facebook.png)](https://www.facebook.com/FairAssessments/)  ** Phone: (404) 618-0355** © 2026 Fair Assessments, LLC. All Rights Reserved.