Norm, you know  they have to get Plymouth Parked first.  

Should we call FLORIO and ask him to speed up the process on CWRU? 

Lily--I called the PD yesterday (I try and call at least once a week--to Mark Puente, Gabriel Baird)...I always get voice mail, so I tried Peter Krouse, who is also covering some of the Board of Revision stories...I asked him to determine how certain folks get "Plymouth Parked" and others get away with years and years of tax delinquencies.....

I asked him to find out why this landlord-- "Lucky" Ogor....gets away with tax delinquencies on his multiple section 8 properties....

He is current on his Beachwood property...where he evidently lives.

The lien enforcement inconsistencies that exist in NEO are confused by the two types of foreclosures found in NEO--mortgage foreclosures and tax foreclosures. 

The great attention focused on mortgage foreclosures obscures the real tax foreclosure tragedy--liens cashed in on folks who own their homes outright with no mortgage but with small tax delinquencies.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/mortgage_foreclosure_uproar_sw.html

The exclusive sales through our County Treasurer's office since 1999 has been a feeding frenzy opportunity for greedy investors at Plymouth Park Tax Services.  These "investors" pick up properties valued at a higher amount for the price of the small property tax lien.  If the County Treasurer really cared about homeowners and community...

http://www.dontborrowtroublecc.org/

You would think that the Treasurer's Office would work with individual property owners to find a way to use the equity in their homes to KEEP their homes.  But, that has not been the policy. 

The process of "mining" tax delinquencies for investors and developers has another seedy component.  Some properties impede larger development potential and need to be demolished for the larger development scheme.  This is where demolitions at tax payer expense are used to clear the land and then those liens are selectively used to capitalize on the acquiring the property (as in the case of Frank Giglio) and then selectively forgiven once the property has transferred...

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/cleveland_housing_inspector_ge.html

Further complicating the great tragedy here? How many of the multiple rental property owners in NEO picked up their properties through Plymouth Park Tax Service sales and are now delinquent on their own tax obligations to the municipalities in Cuyahoga County? 

In other words: Is Lucky just lucky?  Or did he get his properties through tax lien sales?

Good spot Norm.  I loath tax evaders. 

Other sources illegally avoiding taxes tends to drive the law abiding taxpyer rates even higher.

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What's New
2005 (pay in 2006) TAXBILL SUMMARY
PARCEL NUMBER	003-15-394	TAXSET	Cleveland	TAX YEAR	2002 (pay in 2003) 2003 (pay in 2004) 2004 (pay in 2005) 2005 (pay in 2006) 2006 (pay in 2007) 2007 (pay in 2008) 2008 (pay in 2009) 2009 (pay in 2010) 2010 (pay in 2011) function changeYear(obj) { var ls_parcel; ls_parcel = "003-15-394"; if (obj.value != "") document.frm.year.value=obj.value; SubmitThisForm('taxbill.asp') }
ASSESSED VALUES		MARKET VALUES		FLAGS
LAND VALUE	0.00	LAND VALUE	0.00	2.5% RED.	N
BUILDING VALUE	0.00	BUILDING VALUE	0.00	HOMESTEAD	N
TOTAL VALUE	0.00	TOTAL VALUE	0.00	FORECLOSURE	N
HOMESTEAD VALUE	0			CERT. PEND.	N
				CERT. SOLD	N
HALF YEAR CHARGE AMOUNTS		RATES		PAYMENT PLAN	N
GROSS TAX	0.00	FULL RATE	102.6
LESS 920 RED	0.00	920 RED. RATE	.169755
SUB TOTAL	0.00	EFFECTIVE RATE	85.183172	ESCROW
10% RED. AMOUNT	0.00			ESCROW	N
2.5% RED. AMOUNT	0.00			PMT. AMOUNT	0.00
HOMESTEAD RED. AMOUNT	0.00			ACCOUNT
TOTAL ASSESSMENTS
HALF YEAR PENALTIES
HALF YEAR NET TAXES

No charges and payments are found for this parcel and tax year.

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2006 (pay in 2007) TAXBILL SUMMARY
PARCEL NUMBER	003-15-394	TAXSET	Cleveland	TAX YEAR	2002 (pay in 2003) 2003 (pay in 2004) 2004 (pay in 2005) 2005 (pay in 2006) 2006 (pay in 2007) 2007 (pay in 2008) 2008 (pay in 2009) 2009 (pay in 2010) 2010 (pay in 2011) function changeYear(obj) { var ls_parcel; ls_parcel = "003-15-394"; if (obj.value != "") document.frm.year.value=obj.value; SubmitThisForm('taxbill.asp') }
ASSESSED VALUES		MARKET VALUES		FLAGS
LAND VALUE	4,240.00	LAND VALUE	12,100.00	2.5% RED.	N
BUILDING VALUE	0.00	BUILDING VALUE	0.00	HOMESTEAD	N
TOTAL VALUE	4,240.00	TOTAL VALUE	12,100.00	FORECLOSURE	N
HOMESTEAD VALUE	0			CERT. PEND.	N
				CERT. SOLD	N
HALF YEAR CHARGE AMOUNTS		RATES		PAYMENT PLAN	N
GROSS TAX	2,032.58	FULL RATE	102.5
LESS 920 RED	440.11	920 RED. RATE	.216529
SUB TOTAL	1,592.47	EFFECTIVE RATE	80.305737	ESCROW
10% RED. AMOUNT	0.00			ESCROW	N
2.5% RED. AMOUNT	0.00			PMT. AMOUNT	0.00
HOMESTEAD RED. AMOUNT	0.00			ACCOUNT
TOTAL ASSESSMENTS	0.00
HALF YEAR PENALTIES
HALF YEAR NET TAXES	1,592.47

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I don't know about the 2005-2006 changes...but they are pretty obvious.... And this is just one of the many parcels associated with Stonebridge Development!!! God Bless them corrupt guys!!! Can the poor folks get places to live down there since all the rich folks seem to have exclusive rights to these kind of gentrified locations for such cheap rates? Heck, I couldn't even get my property value down less than $35,000 with these predatory, inflated opinions by Cuyahoga County Auditor's office appraisals---and it was vandalized!!! HOW COMICAL....My salute to the well connected of Cuyahoga County who've lived large while the inflated taxes of the poor have empowered you to live well...

NOW, I'D SAY IN THIS MATTER THAT THE BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS, AND SACRIFICES OF THE POOR WHO PAY THEIR RENTS & PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE FOOTED THE BILL FOR YOU TO LIVE LARGE....YOU ALL ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THOSE WHO USE WELFARE ERRONEOUSLY...YOU ARE JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM...ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOUR CRIMES ARE WHITE COLLAR CRIMES....AND THEY ARE VERY ABUSIVE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN UNDERMINING WAYS....

SHAME ON STONEBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT AND ANY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO EVER SNUBS THEIR NOSES AT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD WHO ARE LOW INCOME, NOT GENTRIFIED, AND WHO DON'T MEASURE UP TO THEIR SUPERFICIAL LIFESTYLES THAT DEPRIVE OUR SCHOOLS OF TAX DOLLARS.....GOD BLESS YOU ALL ....

THERE WERE OVER 40 UNITS FOR THAT ONE ADDRESS...LOL AND THE ABOVE ONLY OUTLINE 1 UNIT....COMEDY!

Property Search Results

Click on the PARCEL ID to select the record.

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The condos are probably tax abated for new construction.

I was working on a similar case a few weeks ago and called the auditor's office for clarification.

New construction is tax abated as to the structure, but the owners are taxed on the land itself.