• A Client owned 18 small to mid-sized apartment communities--including several low-income projects.  After trying to appeal the taxes themselves, they hired DeWald to work on their behalf.  DeWald reduced their property taxes by a cumulative total of $900,000 from 1999 through 2004.

• A nation-wide health care firm with 17 nursing homes in Indiana received minor results from a leading national real estate tax services company.  We traveled the State to examine each facility and uncovered issues leading to a reduction in taxes for 15 of the properties. 

• DeWald uncovered multiple assessment errors and opportunities to reclassify the price schedule of a resort hotel.  Negotiations with government officials led to a refund of $65,000 and substantial future savings.

• In one year, we saved one our clients a total of $712,000 in tax savings on five of their properties. 

• Over the course of 9 years, we have helped one of our clients save $199,900 on just 1 of their properties!

• We were called after a prominent Chicago-based property tax consultant assured our client that their real estate was properly assessed.  Our evaluation uncovered major measurement, use, and schedule errors that, after correction, resulted in annual tax savings over $50,000 a year.