Property tax appeal comparison · 2026
Abode Money vs AppealMyTax
Abode Money keeps 25% of your savings every year. We charge $49 flat, one time. You keep 100%. You do the math.
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Abode Money
Contingency: they keep 25% of your property-tax savings; full-service, done for you (TX and FL)
About 25% of savings, every year
Abode Money is a full-service, done-for-you protest firm in Texas and Florida that keeps 25% of the property-tax savings it wins for you (abodemoney.com, retrieved July 2026). AppealMyTax charges $49 flat, one time, and you keep 100% of the savings, every year you hold the lower value. On Abode's own self-reported $946 average saving, 25% is about $236, roughly five times our one-time $49, and their cut repeats each year they find a reduction.
Coverage
Texas and Florida, full-service (Abode Money, retrieved July 2026). 7 states with real parcel data (Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas), about 22.7M properties (us).
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AppealMyTax
Flat-fee packet, no contingency, no recurring cut.
$49 flat
One time. You keep 100% of your savings every year. Ownwell keeps 25-35%, O'Connor keeps half. See your exact overpayment free first, no signup.
Coverage
Real per-parcel assessment data in 7 states, about 22.7M properties: Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas. Deepest in Florida (all 67 counties) and Texas (HCAD iFile-ready), plus a full statutory appeal guide for Georgia.
Real-world cost comparison
Texas homeowner, $50K overassessment, $1,155/yr savings
Annual savings on appeal
$1,155
Abode Money cost
About $289 (25% × $1,155), repeating each winning year
$866/yr after their cut, repeating
AppealMyTax cost
$49 one-time
$1,155/yr after the one-time $49, every year
Multi-year math
Abode's 25% takes about $289 of a $1,155 reduction in year one, and repeats every year it wins. Our $49 is one time. Because Texas reassesses annually, you re-run the packet each cycle and still keep 100%, so the gap widens the longer you hold the lower value.
Abode Money: pros & cons
Strengths
- ✓ Hands-off: a tax professional pulls the comps, files the paperwork, and negotiates with the county for you
- ✓ No upfront cost, and a savings guarantee (no savings, no fee)
- ✓ Self-reported 87% win rate and $946 average savings
- ✓ Bundles other home-cost services (insurance, utilities) if you want them
Limitations
- ✗ Takes 25% of your savings, and the cut repeats every year they win a reduction
- ✗ Only serves Texas and Florida
- ✗ You do not control the filing or see which comparables they used before they submit
- ✗ The savings-share and the separate home-savings membership tiers make the true property-tax cost hard to pin down
Why AppealMyTax wins
- ★ Flat $49, one time. You keep 100% of the savings, every year. Abode keeps 25% every year they win.
- ★ You own the filing record and can escalate to the ARB, arbitration, or district court yourself
- ★ See your exact overpayment free in 30 seconds, no signup, then keep 100% of it
- ★ Real parcel data across 7 states with real parcel data, about 22.7M properties, not just Texas and Florida
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Check my address · FreeThe free check is genuinely free: no signup, no email. Optional $49 packet only if you want a pre-filled iFile-ready protest letter, and you keep 100% of your savings.