I'll have my mortgage paid in 2 years!

Thats a lot of property tax; Must be a big place. Congrats.

Yikes! $9 grand? How much is your house worth?

and yet you will not own a damn thing.

funny how that works with debt being treated as money.

you cannot own property you do not pay for and you have not paid a damn thing, it is still just property held by the Federal Reserve Bank/US Government INC.

you can use it, but it is not your property.

That's what pisses me off. You work hard all your life to pay off your home, and yet you still have pay property taxes forever..

You can work hard, pay it off and still loose it if you don't pay your property taxes....

Grrrrrr.....

Try not paying taxes for three months. See who owns your paid off home.

I was about to say, that is cheap. He must live in a red state.

$285k but in one of the highest taxed counties in the country.

After that, you will have medical bills you cant afford and lose your house.

Wow - that's incredibly high.

But good for you. Not many people can say that.

Property Tax is just the start, most cities you are not allowed to go off grid and disconnect from Power Water Gas etc so you have to pay for these as well. Also you have to keep the property maintained to code. As for growing fruits vegetables keeping chickens, goat etc HELL NO. Anyway you look at it you're up for over $1000 a month to continue to live in your own house.

In Canada property taxes where I live are cheaper than that, for a 300k home, About 2000-4000 a year at max. And not based on home value, more so the land value or how much property there is. They raise it modestly. Thankfully.

I pay ~$5070 CAD last year in taxes and Gas / Elec / Water

Month Gas Elec / Water
January $207.16 $138.40
February $207.03 $262.01
March 172.49 115.63
April 165.62 309.15
May $111.84 $170.56
June $94.37 $411.70
July $78.51 $142.25
August $87.24 $467.51
September $97.79 $234.02
October $101.32 $375.79
November $140.31 190.46
December $542.15
Total $1,463.68 $3,359.63

That's your choice. Move or stop bitching.

Good point..I'll consider moving when it's paid off but the tricky thing is my job and family is still here.

Well you could have said to *Icey* that you weren't *bitching*. Quite the opposite.


Again, bravo!

Texas?

In his defense, I was sort of bitching sarcastically..but thanks for the cheerleading..it will be great to have at least the loan I owe to the bank it paid off!

We paid off our home and its about $1700/ year for property taxes.

Got lucky and bought way back in 1980.

Then paid our bills ahead of schedule.

I have a great wife.

hope you don't pay state tax on top of that

How would I be able to avoid paying state state darling..?

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no state income tax in Texas

NY or Commiefornia?

Never heard of equity huh? SMH.He can sell it and keep the money. Its his. He can take out a loan backed by the value and buy others things. He owns it. Stop being stupid. If you don't know what you are talking about be quiet and stop polluting the atmosphere with nonsense. Nobody is happy about taxes but he is right.

baaaah

yeah and just watch out, if they think your mom or dad is senile they wont send her the bill hoping she'll forget to pay then steal their house

Perfect example of "Misery loves company". Why piss on OPs parade simple because you are broke?

Stupid fuck will always remain stupid. I am debt free. How about you Rockefeller?

Sorry, some of us want actual ownership and aren't the kind to pretend that this guy's house couldn't be lost at any time. He doesn't hold the real title, he is a 'resident' that is expected to look after the states property.

NY (but not NYC).