You can hire a lawyer if you want. It costs something like $900 in the end (I think the initial fee was $750 and then to appeal the decision was another $150). My lawyer is saying he’s getting my assessed value down a good bit, though I’m not 100% sure what would have happened if we would have just done nothing. It’s likely though if you own the house for 5+ years that appealing with a lawyer will work out financially for you.

Our process started around January 2021 and just now we have our final hearing in February 2023 so it takes a long time for the process to play out.