About Daniela
I'm a licensed property tax consultant and real estate agent based in DFW. I started in software engineering, earned my real estate license, then earned my property tax consultant license — and built Tax on the House to offer something the industry mostly doesn't: a boutique practice where clients work directly with their consultant, every single time.
My husband is also a property tax consultant, so this work is a constant conversation in our house — which these days also includes our daughter and two opinionated dogs.
Background
The career path was deliberate — each step built the foundation for the one after it.
Before property tax, I worked in tech. That background shapes how I approach analysis — methodically, with an eye for patterns in data. Texas property tax assessments are full of inconsistencies; finding them is a lot like debugging a system that wasn't designed to be transparent.
Getting licensed in real estate gave me deep fluency in comparable sales data — the same comps that form the core argument in most residential protests. Understanding what a property is actually worth on the open market is foundational to challenging what a district says it's worth on paper.
Texas requires a separate license to represent property owners at ARB hearings for a fee. Earning it meant studying appraisal methodology, equity analysis, and the procedural rules that govern protests. It also meant learning from someone who'd been doing it for years — my husband, who is also a licensed property tax consultant. That combination of formal study and dinner-table education is hard to replicate.
I started with residential because it's where the gap between what appraisal districts assess and what properties are actually worth tends to be most visible — and most impactful for families. A $1,200 annual reduction is a car payment. For a lot of people, that matters enormously.
Commercial property tax is more complex — income approaches, cost approaches, land valuation — but the fundamentals are the same: is the district's number defensible? For commercial properties, the answer is often no, and the stakes are higher. I now represent business owners, landlords, and investors across DFW alongside my residential clients.
Philosophy
Large property tax firms sign up thousands of properties and send mass-produced protest packages. Some win, some don't, and you'll never quite know why — or even who handled your case.
At Tax on the House, every case is handled personally. I know your property. I know the district. I know which arguments are worth making and which ones aren't. When the hearing is done, I can explain exactly what happened and why.
Outside the Office
My husband and I both work in property tax consulting, so the shop talk never really stops. We're also new parents — our daughter arrived less than a year ago and has strong, clearly communicated opinions about my schedule.
We have two dogs. They do not review comparable sales data but they are present for every Zoom call and they are enthusiastic about it.
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