tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post524840330658318089..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Wise or Ungrateful?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-64528199076984652762009-07-03T14:19:49.877-06:002009-07-03T14:19:49.877-06:00In most places property taxes are based on the &qu...In most places property taxes are based on the "market value" of the property. If the property is a empty parcel of ground, then the "market value" is much less then after a builder builds a house and sells it. <br /><br />Real estate agents (people who failed the ethics test to become used car salesmen) are required to disclose all <b>current,</b> data like taxes. The problem is that the current tax on a empty lot may be $400 a year. After you buy your brand new $300,000 house the market value adjusts up to the new sales price and the tax may be $2,400 a year.<br /><br />According the the article the county was keeping the value of the Hassalls house at the $119,000 they paid for the house. So I don't think the tax burden was any greater than when they bought it.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-79184120701700230822009-07-03T10:28:14.168-06:002009-07-03T10:28:14.168-06:00SB: I wonder if anyone bothers to tell the homeown...SB: I wonder if anyone bothers to tell the homeowners about that beforehand.<br /><br />I know many folks here in Indianapolis were cited one amount of taxes due before buying their new homes. But that amount was based on the undeveloped property.<br /><br />Once they moved in, they got hit with the new tax bill, this time based on the new assessed value.<br /><br />I have zero doubt the realtors and mortgage companies all knew about this beforehand and said nothing. Fraudulent actions like that add to the reasons I think most homeowners have zero moral responsibility to pay off their homes.mmaier2112https://www.blogger.com/profile/08674077874840435220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-85266262855351569682009-07-03T07:26:03.051-06:002009-07-03T07:26:03.051-06:00One problem I've heard about those home makeov...One problem I've heard about those home makeovers is that they have been known to put the owners in over their heads on the taxes.Spacebunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598074923195170837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-38262207858288892572009-07-02T16:04:34.946-06:002009-07-02T16:04:34.946-06:00I got sick of Home Makeover a long time ago. It j...I got sick of Home Makeover a long time ago. It just strikes me as secular replacement for religion, and the motive is profit, not kindness.<br /><br />I do get more channels now with digital. Still only three towers, but they imbed 2 channels on one frequency and 3 on anaother so I end up with 6 instead of 3. Reception isn't as good though. You don't get a snowy picture, you either get a crystal clear one, or halting broken up, or nothing at all.Giraffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-45500606526824485072009-07-02T06:36:05.463-06:002009-07-02T06:36:05.463-06:00I am curious about how those free home makeover ho...I am curious about how those free home makeover houses have fared over the years. Did they bedome slums again because the residents had no interest in maintaining them?<br /><br />If so, what would that do to the community spirit of the donors? It should teach them that most charity is counterproductive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com