@DrFell @TXPatriot2021 @gentoobro @fknretardlol
You nailed it about property taxes - Property taxes in Wayne County (in the Mitten State) will eventually make it difficult for me to afford stay in my house, and those same property taxes will also make it difficult to sell that same home.
A real conundrum.
@StockliRacer @DrFell @TXPatriot2021 @gentoobro @fknretardlol
Our property taxes alone are $6000+ a year. That’s a permanent rent on a home we will eventually have paid off. Never mind that our insurance is at risk. Some folks here pay upwards of $15,000 a year for Fire insurance. Not sustainable for fixed incomes, which we will eventually join in 15-20 years. Assuming we remain healthy.
We need to start by changing the vocabulary. Stop calling them “taxes”, but “government stolen income.”
$6000+/year + $15k insurance
When I first moved to Mexico, in 2020, I stayed in a 3br/1.5ba ~900sqft AirBnB close to downtown that was only $400/mo. Definitely not as nice as your house, but is having carpet really worth working yourself to death to pay for it?