The noun GERBIL has 1 sense: 1. small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping. Familiarity information: GERBIL used as a noun is very rare.
The value of the house today is between $425,000 and $490,000. The house is currently rented for $2,500 per month to long-term tenants ($30,000 per year). They are on a month to month lease. Taxes of $5,925.04 were paid in March 2010.
An appraisal is not telling you what the house is worth, only what the market would bring by comparing it to other houses that are comparable to it. Therefore, there is no way they brought in a value of $171K unless they had something to compare it to.