How to lower your property taxes

Photo: Karin Price Mueller

Property taxes are calculated based on assessments, so when the Bamboozled home was hit with a nearly $60,000 increase in in just one year, it was time to fight. The house was assessed at higher amounts than more-updated neighbors. Read this Bamboozled column on NJ.com to follow their journey toward getting a $50,000 assessment reduction, and to learn how you could try to do the same.