I live in one of those “used to be rural ag” areas that the county is trying to tax like a suburban subdivision, so they try to treat it like one.
Having to go through the county commissioners myself, because the appraiser’s department is a collective ass.
Our Appraiser is an elected official, so he can’t be too asinine in his appraisals. State law says the the appraisals should be within 10% of the real estate market for that particular area. So, they take into considerations what the property sold in the area since the last appraisal (every ten years) has gone for.......................