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Bill McKee[_2_]

On 10/19/13 8:45 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:11:19 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article 539064421403824466.513357bmckeenospam-
, says...

wrote:
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 06:07:30 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Ah...to have the PeterPan/TinkerBell lifestyle of CreepyCharlene.
2nd and final installment of my 2013 property taxes due Oct 30 and paid today.
Sure could have used that money elsewhere..... maybe as a down payment
on a street legal dirt bike in the 200cc range.
Guess we can all be dreamers, but most of us keep one foot in reality.

Property taxes here are all paid in one nut.
They are not horrible tho.

California we get split payment. Taxes can be bad. Taxes are a little more
than 1% of fair market value on any house bought after 1979. Before that
houses were taxed at what ever the county said the house was worth and what
ever percentage the county decided. Basis for our Prop. 13. Rate is
actually a little higher as special districts add to the tax. So a $900k
house will be from $2500 to $10,000 a year. My the value of the house for
tax. Purposes can be raised 2% a year.

Here county valuation was actually going up while housing prices were
going down!

My taxes actually went down 2005 to 2009 and I added a room.

I am still $100 less than I was in 2005

I am sure they will catch up tho.

just before the Prop. 13 vote, I got my tax bill. Different house. the
house I paid $25000 for in 1969 and had a tax burden of $240, had a tax
bill for $1900 9 years later. The county bragged about lowering the tax
rate. Went from $14.01 a hundred to $13.99 a hundred. They taxed you
on 25% of the assesed valuation. Lower the tax rate 2 cents and raised
the average county wide valuation 15%. Sort of like the Federal
government now. Except not living within your means, just said take all
the money we could ever want to spend from the taxpayers.