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Offline Gunslinger

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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2008, 02:09:40 PM »
out side san antonio city limits.  3 bd 2bth 2300 sq ft on .14 acres i pay about $3500.  I bought it 2 years ago for 138K
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2008, 02:09:59 PM »
RPM,

All of us who drive pay fuel taxes. The thread was about PROPERTY taxes and I don't pay those. You do though.  :P
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2008, 02:38:40 PM »
Lot rent/fees have property taxes rolled into them, I also didnt have to pay sales tax on my house.

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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2008, 09:32:38 AM »
Don't remember the exact number, but we pay roughly $9000 for 3400 sq ft in Ft Worth. About half of that is school taxes which blows since I don't have (nor would I ever have) any kids in public schools. So everytime I experience "squeeker spelling" in-game I just sigh and figure the little tard owes me a refund. :furious

This concludes our rant. Have a nice day. :)
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #34 on: July 30, 2008, 09:46:16 AM »
wow I tought I had it bad
I have a 3BDR 2.5 bath 2 story split level thats right at 2k sq feet
I pay 2k in taxes and my insurance is.....wait for it......1150 per year.

oh and I live in rowlett texas.

I bought the house for 130k
its a great neighborhood,good schools an such
the house is 19 yrs old
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #35 on: July 30, 2008, 10:08:19 AM »
Quote from: acfireguy26 on July 29, 2008, 11:23:54 AM
3 bedroom 2 bath single garage  1580 square feet of living space on 1 acre. $848 a year in east central Alabama. Oh my house is 2 years old and we paid $132,500 for it.


woha thats cheap!  :O

I payed just over 800.000$ for mine and its abit smaller.
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #36 on: July 30, 2008, 11:44:10 AM »
Quote from: Nilsen on July 30, 2008, 10:08:19 AM
woha thats cheap!  :O

I payed just over 800.000$ for mine and its abit smaller.
Ouch.
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #37 on: July 30, 2008, 11:58:04 AM »
SE WI here 2 bedroom, 1 bath just a little over 900 square feet on about a 1/4 acre of land. My 2007 taxes where around 2700 dollars. Without fail they go up around 100 to 200 dollars a year and well over half goes to the schools. My house is small, I would hate to see what some of my neighbors are paying.
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #38 on: July 30, 2008, 08:01:33 PM »
Quote from: WilldCrd on July 30, 2008, 09:46:16 AM
wow I tought I had it bad
I have a 3BDR 2.5 bath 2 story split level thats right at 2k sq feet
I pay 2k in taxes and my insurance is.....wait for it......1150 per year.

oh and I live in rowlett texas.

I bought the house for 130k
its a great neighborhood,good schools an such
the house is 19 yrs old

My ex-wife's sister lives in Rowlette...
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #39 on: July 30, 2008, 09:29:02 PM »
True that Mav. But you get my point. They will tax you one way or the other. You're lucky you don't have Texas as a permanent address. You would pay personal property tax on your rig.

acfireguy, that looks like a nice place to me. :aok
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #40 on: July 30, 2008, 09:57:24 PM »
Thanks! The wife and I love it.
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #41 on: August 01, 2008, 09:45:35 AM »
Years ago in Kalifornia... we passed prop 13

It pretty much put a freeze on property taxes so long as you lived in the same house or.. same county.

I live in a duplex that I own both sides to.  combined square footage of about 2800 feet.   I pay about $1,400 a year.

If we are all paying property taxes to pay for schools then at the very minimum...  we should be able to vote on vouchers.   The public schools here spend about $10,000 a year per student to get a sub par (in any country but uganda) education.   for half that the taxpayers could get kids enrolled in private schools where they would learn math and science and history and how to (gasp) read and write.

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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #42 on: August 01, 2008, 12:39:09 PM »
Quote from: rpm on July 30, 2008, 09:29:02 PM
True that Mav. But you get my point. They will tax you one way or the other. You're lucky you don't have Texas as a permanent address. You would pay personal property tax on your rig.

acfireguy, that looks like a nice place to me. :aok

The rig is based in Montana. No sales tax, no personal property tax at all.   :D
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #43 on: August 01, 2008, 12:54:46 PM »
my house is 30x30 single floor with the attic space finished into 2 bedrooms and a full unfinished basement. the lot is 75x150. I pay about $2000 in property taxes.

that includes the municipal taxes and school taxes. About 10 years ago though the school district decided that every person that resides in the district that does not own property will start paying school taxes as well as property owners. Not sure how they figured out which ones own their homes and which ones don't since they can't even find the amount I owe without me actually delivering a copy of the bill that they mailed me or without me giving them an extra $5.00 to print a new one. but I only ever get one tax bill per year and that is on the property. By the way the property owners still carry a large portion of the tax collected for the schools. I don't remember the actual percentage that was printed but I think it was close to 75/25 split and you should have heard the renters complaining then, especially the ones with 3-4 kids in the school district.
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Re: Property Taxes. How bad do they get ya for what you have
« Reply #44 on: August 01, 2008, 04:07:51 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on July 29, 2008, 11:13:35 AM
Uptown,

Just curious, where do you live?

south central Iowa
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