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re: Texas property tax
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:10 am to ithad2bme
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:10 am to ithad2bme
They have private schools in Texas too. How much do they cost? Everybody in Louisiana does not have to send their kids to private schools especially those who live out of the city the same way you live far from the city limits of Houston.
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Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:19 am to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:So many people using property tax to justify the govt/state on riping your off. Just goes to show that you do not own any land in Texas or most states (with property tax). Plus there are plenty of other ways to raise money instead of tricking people into thinking that they own the land but they never do or ever will.
No state income tax. It has to come from somewhere smarty pants.
If anything, they should stop the property tax once your house and land is paid off.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:26 am to lsuson
If it’s a new neighborhood, property taxes are usually higher than in an older neighborhood in TX. Our Houston-area house was built in the 70s; we pay not much more prop tax than we did in our 60s-era house in BR.
PS, and our kids went to the well-funded public school 5 blocks away, not half-way across town.
PS, and our kids went to the well-funded public school 5 blocks away, not half-way across town.
This post was edited on 5/31/19 at 6:29 am
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:30 am to lsuson
No state income tax here, $420k house, prop taxes are $3,900. And the beach is 10 minutes away. 
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:30 am to 3nOut
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That’s due to school bonds and greedy tax assessors I’d wager. Our county hired a new one this year and he went apeshit increasing property values and the tax assessors office will be tied up for years because of it.
Methinks you mean "chief appraiser" and "appraisal district."
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:37 am to Zappas Stache
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I would gladly take a state income tax over the property tax boondoggle.
frick that noise. When you pay prop tax in Texas , you write the check to the county , not Austin.
In Louisiana , you write the check to Baton Rouge, and magically , instead of the state building a new school in your parish because of populating increases, Rep. Terrence Washington re-appropriates your money to North Baton Rouge for a study lead by the Yolanda Sikes consulting firm on why shop lifting is so bad.
Eta: if you have a newer house In a newer neighborhood, You have MUD taxes (Municipal utility District) . This is to pay off the Bond holders who put down the money to lay the utility and sewer lines. If you buy an older house in Texas in an older neighborhood , your “property taxes” are much lower.
This post was edited on 5/31/19 at 6:40 am
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:48 am to lsuson
Yep, even if you pay your house off, you still have that property tax hanging over your head....
It may be your house, but is it really. You still have to pay the government to live in it...
Another tax that needs to go...
It may be your house, but is it really. You still have to pay the government to live in it...
Another tax that needs to go...
Posted on 5/31/19 at 6:58 am to Hangover Haven
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It may be your house, but is it really. You still have to pay the government to live in it...
Another tax that needs to go...
What state doesn't have property tax?
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:05 am to crazycubes
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frick that noise. When you pay prop tax in Texas , you write the check to the county , not Austin.
In Louisiana , you write the check to Baton Rouge, and magically , instead of the state building a new school in your parish because of populating increases,
Might want to look up the Robin Hood Tax for Texas. Part of your property tax goes to the state of Texas and your property tax money can be used for the poor neighborhoods that are 2000 miles away in El Paso Texas to fix up their schools instead of the school one block from where you live.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:07 am to lsuson
We are looking to spend between 24-30k in property tax when we move next year. Pretty pumped about that.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:19 am to crazycubes
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If you buy an older house in Texas in an older neighborhood , your “property taxes” are much lower.
That’s my fetish.
75 year old house, 2500 Sq Feet, $100k at purchase, probably worth $125-130k now. I pay about $2300 a year in property taxes and that’s with 2 school and a park bonds active.
My friends in the burbs are paying $15-20K plus. They’re different schools and their bond % maxed out.
Now I do send my kids a privatizish school but it’s pretty cheap.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:30 am to lsuson
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So a buddy moved to Dallas and bought a house just a little over $350,000 and states his additional taxes are $1,000 a month. He doesn’t have kids. WTF is up with that BS? So he basically paying almost $12,000 in taxes. So your mortgage isn’t $1500 but $2500 a month.
No income tax, much lower sales tax.
Last year I ran the numbers based on if I dropped my BR home in the middle of McKinney, TX. I would actually pay slightly lower state/local taxes in McKinney than I do in BR.
And McKinney is a nice place to live while BR is a complete and utter shithole.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:30 am to The Torch
frick those guys
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:43 am to liz18lsu
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$420k house
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Naples, Fl
So, a trailerhouse?
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:48 am to lsuson
He's lying.
prop tax calculator
He's not paying 3.4% in taxes.
He's paying more his 1st year. Build up escrow for year 2 and payments for year 1, or something like that.
Parts of Dallas do have 3rd highest in country though at around 2%.
prop tax calculator
He's not paying 3.4% in taxes.
He's paying more his 1st year. Build up escrow for year 2 and payments for year 1, or something like that.
Parts of Dallas do have 3rd highest in country though at around 2%.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:49 am to Chuker
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So, a trailerhouse?
Bonita and no. Brand new construction, 4 br, not on wheels.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:55 am to ithad2bme
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I have calculated what income tax in LA and private schools would cost and we are coming out way ahead in Katy.
I have family in Katy and would probably live there if we were in the Houston area. However, if you live from Lake Charles to Lafayette, there are actually a lot of good public schools that you can utilize. I knew a ton of wealthy families growing up in Lake Charles that all sent their kids to the public schools in the area. In Baton Rouge and New Orleans, not so much. They have the magnet schools, but I don't really count those because it isn't based on what district you live in.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 7:58 am to lsuson
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states his property taxes are $1,000 a month. He doesn’t have kids.
frick THAT!
I don't care if they don't have income tax - why frick over the property owners and give the rest of the losers a free ride? frick that shite.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 8:19 am to CunningLinguist
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I pay about $12k in property taxes a year. My house is also worth about $150k more than I paid for it 4 years ago in Southlake. So still a win for me
While it’s nice that your property value is increasing, you only see that money if you sell and become homeless.
If you sell and want to buy another property its price will also have increased so it will be a wash.
Posted on 5/31/19 at 8:36 am to Hangover Haven
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Yep, even if you pay your house off, you still have that property tax hanging over your head....
It may be your house, but is it really. You still have to pay the government to live in it...
Another tax that needs to go...
That money pays for the services your property receives. Fire, police, utilities.
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