Full-service hotel Denver
$630K
in tax saved a year, for four years
Charlie Young, Property Tax Consultant Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and across the West
Based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with thirteen years in commercial property tax. Contingency fees of 8% to 20% per property, not a flat 25%, quoted in writing before you sign.
The Initial Consultation carries no fee. Written answer within one week.
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13 years in commercial property tax
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$2B+ in market value appealed to the Colorado state board since 2023
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225 Colorado appeals filed since 2023
Why SVA exists, in the founder's words
I'm Charlie Young, founder of Strategic Valuation Advisors (SVA). I manage commercial property tax liabilities for clients with properties in Colorado and across the West.
After leading DMA's property tax practice for the Mountain West, I formed SVA as a taxpayer advocacy firm with fees that reflect the work each property takes. Taxes take a bite out of every business, and consultant fees take another. My job is to make sure you pay only what you owe and keep as much of what you've earned as possible.
I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My dad was a home inspector with his own business, so I was around buildings and small-business ownership from the start. I studied economics and political science at the University of Michigan and still follow the Wolverines closely. Today I live in Highlands Ranch with my wife and our one-year-old. When I'm not working, I'm skiing at Beaver Creek, golfing at Bear Dance, or out on a trail.
The fee
Contingency, 8% to 20% of realized savings per property, not a flat 25%. Each rate is set by the original tax liability of the assessment under appeal, the tax the notice produces before any reduction, and quoted in writing before signature. Nothing saved, nothing owed.
See the fee matrixResults from prior national firms
Six cases from Charlie's years at national firms, reported without client names. Every dollar figure is property tax saved for the client, not the value reduction behind it.
Resort timeshare Colorado
60% value cut
$790K in tax saved over the cycle
Data center
$110K
in tax saved a year
Call center Utah
$700K
tax refund to the client
Distribution warehouse Aurora
$623K
in tax saved over the cycle
Headquarters campus Denver metro
$1.34M
in tax saved for 2025 alone
Results Charlie Young achieved at prior national firms, before founding SVA. Figures are the property tax saved or refunded for the client. Results from SVA engagements will be published here with client consent. Every property and jurisdiction is different; past results do not guarantee future outcomes, and engagement details are published only where they cannot identify a client.
Research published so the work can be checked
The benchmark database holds 19,939 Colorado properties, and the published research draws on 8,058 Colorado state-board cases. Both are compiled from public records.