Promptly following receipt, the Property Manager shall send to the Company all notices concerning the Properties regarding taxes or valuations. The Owner shall pay all such taxes unless the Owner requests the Property Manager to pay such taxes, in which case the Property Manager shall pay such taxes from the applicable Operating Account. Upon the Company’s written request, the Property Manager in conjunction with an outside third party named by the Company, shall protest and attempt to reduce the property taxes or adjust the valuation for any Property through administrative appeal for a fee to be negotiated.