AppealIQ — Local-First Property-Tax Appeal OS
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AppealIQ is a local-first property-tax appeal OS for commercial advisory firms. A deterministic valuation engine plus optional LLM brief generation runs on your firm's own hardware. Client data stays on your network. LLM-agnostic: Claude, Grok, or local open models via Ollama. Output is structured findings your licensed team reviews and acts on.
The Problem
Two problems slow commercial property tax appeal practices. First: analyst hours lost to research that should run automatically. Before a single appeal can be evaluated, someone visits county assessor sites, pulls assessed values, ownership records, tax bills, and filing deadlines. For a 300-property portfolio across multiple counties, that is days of data-gathering before any strategy begins.
Second: sending client CRE portfolios to frontier AI tools is a real data risk. Firms with confidentiality obligations and institutional clients need a different model. AppealIQ runs on your hardware so client data never touches an external server unless you choose to connect one.
Four Workflow Modes
- Quick Triage: Rapid brief on one property or a batch. The engine scores assessment gaps, surfaces comparable sales, and generates a structured brief your team reviews before committing analyst time.
- Build a Case: Full case package for an active appeal. Assessment analysis, comp selection, market approach narrative, and evidence summary. Output is structured findings, not a filing.
- Portfolio Scan: Batch triage across your entire client portfolio. Properties ranked by appeal opportunity score.
- Custom Prompt: Run your firm's own methodology as a prompt. Custom valuation logic and jurisdiction-specific criteria load as system context.
AppealIQ is not a filing tool. Output is structured findings your licensed attorneys and advisors review and act on.
Deployment Options
Software License — $15,000 one-time
Installs on your firm's existing infrastructure. All four workflow modes. LLM connector to any provider. Client data stays on your network. Optional ~$1,200/yr maintenance agreement.
Private Appliance Bundle — ~$35,000 all-in
Preconfigured private appliance ships to your office. AppealIQ runs with a local open model on dedicated hardware. No cloud API calls. No data leaves the device. Includes hardware, software, and setup.
Done-With-You Pilot — Quoted per engagement
We run a scoped pilot with your actual portfolio data so you see output quality before committing to a license. Book a call to scope.
LLM-Agnostic by Design
AppealIQ connects to Claude, Grok, GPT-4, or any local open model served via Ollama, vLLM, or SGLang. No vendor lock-in. Quick Triage briefs run well on small open models fully on-premises. You decide what runs where.
Who AppealIQ Is For
- Commercial property tax advisory firms managing appeals across multi-client, multi-property portfolios
- Tax appeal attorneys pre-qualifying prospects before engagement
- CPA and accounting firms with a commercial property tax practice
- Any advisory team that wants faster triage and case prep without sending client data to external AI services
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is AppealIQ?
- AppealIQ is a local-first property-tax appeal OS for commercial advisory firms. It combines a deterministic valuation engine with optional LLM brief generation to run Quick Triage, Build a Case, Portfolio Scan, and Custom Prompt workflows on your firm's own hardware. Output is structured findings your licensed team reviews and acts on. Not a filing tool; does not give tax or legal advice.
- Does client data leave our network?
- Not with the software license or private appliance bundle. Both run entirely on your infrastructure. If you use a local open model via Ollama, vLLM, or SGLang, nothing leaves your network. The choice is yours.
- Which LLMs does AppealIQ support?
- AppealIQ is LLM-agnostic. Works with Claude, Grok, GPT-4, and any OpenAI-compatible local model. No vendor lock-in.
- How is AppealIQ priced?
- Software license: $15,000 one-time, with optional ~$1,200/yr maintenance. Private appliance bundle: ~$35,000 all-in. Pilot engagements: quoted per engagement. Book a call to scope.
- Is the output legal advice?
- No. Output is structured findings your licensed attorneys and advisors review. AppealIQ is a research and analysis tool, not a filing system and not a licensed advisor.
About John Ciannello — Founder
John Ciannello is the founder of Steadfast Growth Consulting (JPC Consulting LLC), founded in 2025. He built AppealIQ after collaborating with a major commercial property tax advisory firm, where he watched analysts spend hours on research that a deterministic engine could handle automatically. He designed AppealIQ to run on the firm's own hardware so client data never leaves the firm's network. He also builds AI automation systems for owner-led businesses.
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