PIN to Packet Send 5 PINs

Comps packets for every PIN, in minutes.

Send your PINs. Get a Board of Review uniformity brief for each.

PIN received 07-20-405-xxx-xxxx
Exhibit A, five comparable homes for PIN 07-20-405-xxx-xxxx
PropertyAddressDistanceImprovement / sq ft
Subject2xx Carver Ln0.00 mi$33.05
Comp 115xx Somerset Ln0.18 mi$26.24
Comp 213xx Somerset Ln0.06 mi$25.37
Comp 32xx Carver Ln0.02 mi$24.14
Comp 414xx W Weathersfield Way0.14 mi$22.41
Comp 514xx W Weathersfield Way0.20 mi$23.09
Comp median$24.14 / sq ft
Requested total$33,042down from $42,001
TriageStrong
Real numbers from a public 2025 appeal; addresses masked.

The same appeal, two ways.

By hand

  1. Look up the neighborhood and class
  2. Pull a dozen similar homes
  3. Pick five and copy them into a grid
  4. Check the subject’s recorded sales
  5. Type the brief

About 20 minutes a PIN (our estimate), inside a window open roughly 30 days.

With PIN to Packet

  1. Send the PIN list
  2. Review each packet
  3. Sign and file

The legwork comes back done.

What comes back for each PIN.

Download the sample brief (PDF)

Lack-of-uniformity brief

The requested assessment worked out to the dollar, with Rule 18 sales and a Rule 16 signature block.

Exhibit A comps grid

Five similar homes in PTAB-1A Section V order, chosen on the Assessor’s comp factors.

Exhibit C checklist

What your office still adds before filing: photos, argument, signature.

Internal triage sheet

Not for filing. Strong, possible or weak, with the reason in one line.

How its flags held up last year.

Run on 32,273 residential appeals from tax year 2025, using only pre-Board values.

82 to 93%of homes it flagged strong or possible got a decrease
46 to 57%of all appealed homes got a decrease
Share of tax year 2025 residential appeals decreased by the Board of Review, by township
TownshipAll appealedFlagged strong or possible
Hanover46%82%
Niles56%92%
Schaumburg57%93%
Wheeling54%92%

Source: Board of Review decisions. A look back, not a prediction.

What you’d ask before sending PINs.

Who files the appeal?

You do. Your attorneys review, sign and file. The tool gives no legal advice.

Where does the data come from?

Cook County’s open data: Assessor values, characteristics and recorded sales. Each brief names its datasets.

What happens to our PINs?

Used only to build your packets, never shared or sold. No client names needed.

What does it cost?

The pilot is free. Then a flat software fee, never a share of savings or fees (Illinois RPC 5.4).

Who’s behind it?

Peter Piekarczyk, a software developer in Arlington Heights.

Send 5 PINs. Packets back in 24 hours.

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