Patrick C. O'Connor has been president of O'Connor & Associates since 1983 and is a recipient of the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. He is also a registered senior property tax consultant in the state of Texas and has written numerous articles in state and national publications on reducing property taxes. He continues to set the standard in direction and quality of our appraisal products, adding services ranging from business valuations and business appraisals to cost segregation analysis for income tax reduction.

Harris County Appraisal District estimates the market value for 1.6 million parcels of real estate with a staff of about 150 appraisers. That's an average of over 10,000 parcels per appraiser per year...

Tips for Individual Real Estate Investors

Tax tips and tax help to assist taxpayers by describing options for tax reduction and tax cuts through lawful tax deductions. Tax deductions contribute to national prosperity by providing capital to b...

Renovating and upgrading an investment property acquisition is a source of both opportunity and risk. When a property has deferred maintenance, the cost of curing the deferred maintenance can be diffi...

How to use private bonds to your advantage, as well as little known facts about private bonds and tax credit properties.

Market studies are performed to evaluate real estate market conditions with regard to an existing or proposed property. The focus of a market study details competition within the submarket, the streng...

Financial Modeling is essential for making decisions  to acquire, keep or sell investment real estate. The central aim is to provide a framework evaluating options and risks. Financial modeling is als...

Lease audits are an integral and essential component of due diligence when purchasing an investment property. Lease audits apply to apartments, office, retail, industrial, self storage and any other t...

  Real estate consulting covers a breadth of areas including market rent study, market study, feasibility study, highest and best use analysis, cost segregation and analysis for an under performing a...

 

Casualty Losses can be tax deductions.

Feasibility studies are a combination of a market study and financial analysis used to determine if it is financially feasible to develop a proposed property. They are also performed to evaluate the f...