Let’s say that you buy a home in cash and have 100% paid off. Could you still lose it somehow?

  • calypsopub
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    2 years ago

    This is Texas which has no income tax, so they have high property tax. It’s about 1% per annum based on the appraised value of the property. Plus if it’s a newer neighborhood, you pay an extra amount for the cost of infrastructure until it’s paid off, usually called a MUD (municipal utility district) tax. Mine is an extra 1.2% so I’m paying roughly $1200/month in property taxes for my residence.

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      2 years ago

      Christ on a bike, do they at least lube the dildo they fuck you with?!? 😳

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        2 years ago

        Americans ultimately do pay a lot of taxes in the end. It does towards all sorts of stuff at multiple levels but the greatest impact on individual lives is at the state level.

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        2 years ago

        I like to say that in Texas, you never actually own your home.

    • HaoBianTai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 years ago

      1% is a pretty normal amount for an urban area, but it’s usually a combination of county and city. If the state of Texas has a 1% tax on top of county and city taxes, that’d be pretty high.