In late 2014, just after joining the SOG, the NCDOR included me in the initial discussions among assessors about North Carolina’s reappraisal standards. This blog post includes some of the thoughts and questions that I shared with the group at that time. Please keep in mind that this post is written informally, from my perspective during late 2014. I was discussing with the committee, mainly through emails, whether the assessment system our taxpayers deserve was being delivered. On the other side of an inadequate reappraisal, I wasn't sure our lawmakers in Raleigh would accept an excuse of, “We weren’t given the needed resources”. I’ll refer again back to this related blog post on ways to request what is needed. 2014 I’ll openly admit that I’m no reappraisal expert….yet, but I want to offer my thoughts. Maybe I’ll become an expert after hanging out with you all more. One of our discussion points was related to staffing and funding. I had a conversation this week with an assessor in a small county with a 2014 reappraisal. It was an outsourced project, but the county has no real property appraisers on staff. They have one less employee now than before the reappraisal. They have one clerk
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