Patrick C O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor, born in Houston, Texas, is a registered senior property tax consultant in the state of Texas and is a recipient of the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute.

Pat has over thirty years of experience in appraising real estate properties, property tax reduction and federal tax reduction. He is a graduate of the University of Houston and Harvard Business School with a Master of Business Administration.

O'Connor & Associates, it is the largest independent property tax consulting, real estate research and appraisal services firm in the Southwest, conducting business nationwide. Pat O’Connor is also the author of three other books; Cut Your Property Taxes (originally published in 2001), Big Data in Real Estate - Be a Millionaire, and What You Need to Know About Business Personal Property.

Pat O'Connor is a staunch advocate for Texas property owners and firmly believes that YOU can spend your money better than the government. He has built a Facebook community of Texas property owners, centered around property tax reduction strategies, where he provides advice to his followers year-round at Facebook.com/PropertyTaxProtectionProgram.

Passionate in his desire to protect property owners, Mr. O’Connor has developed the “Property Tax Protection Program™”, which affirms O’Connor’s role as an advocate for property owners. The program has encouraged appraisal districts to comply with laws regarding the timely submission of evidence prior to the hearing and properly scheduled hearings which present only lawful evidence. It has also encouraged appraisal districts to consider unequal appraisal. O’Connor & Associates is uniquely aggressive in representing property owners in appealing property taxes. Over 120,000 clients and the media rely on O’Connor & Associates as a source of timely, accurate real estate information

O'Connor is a highly regarded spokesperson for the Houston real estate community and has been interviewed on CNN and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, National Real Estate Investor, Houston Chronicle, and Houston Business Journal.