travelnutz
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Wow! Property taxes in Texas ARE really high! I called our friends in Amarillo and their property tax on their home in the city limits is insane.
More than double the property tax in West Michigan along the lakeshore communities for the same valuation inside a city and with MI having a general sales tax of 6 percent which excludes all food and prescriptions. MI income tax is very low as there are so many deductions before the taxable threshold is even reached. Property taxes outside a city are even much lower here too. Can't speak for all communities here but I can for our area.
I didn't realize property taxes in Texas were so high!
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Charlie D.
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NavyDood wrote: Tax rates in TX are public record. Just go to Texas Property Taxes. You can look up a house by address.
Texas has appraisal districts to determine how much taxes are based upon appraisal value. A better web site is : XXXX County Texas Appraisal District with XXXX being the name of the county. At that web site you can looked at appraised values and how much the annual taxes are. Search is by name of owner or address.
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Looks like you really need to know what county and area you are moving to. Thanks for all the feedback. Going to check out some prices just to see. My brother is in Vegas right now looking at homes. He just sold his home here in SoCal and is hoping to get a good deal in Vegas. I should check out their property taxes too.
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NavyDood
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Charlie D. wrote:NavyDood wrote: Tax rates in TX are public record. Just go to Texas Property Taxes. You can look up a house by address.
Texas has appraisal districts to determine how much taxes are based upon appraisal value. A better web site is : XXXX County Texas Appraisal District with XXXX being the name of the county. At that web site you can looked at appraised values and how much the annual taxes are. Search is by name of owner or address. Which is exactly the link I gave. You can pick any county in TX.
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Property taxes may be high but we have no state income tax. While I was working in Ohio I had to pay state income tax and depending on the city, you might have to pay city income tax.
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The best advice probably is to check out the exact address of where you are looking. I live in Harris County, just outside the Houston city limits, but my taxes are lower than a friend who lives in Montgomery County, 20 miles away, mostly due to the high school district taxes of Magnolia ISD.
I would think that every state has its high and low tax areas. But overall the cost of living here is very reasonable.
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Very high real estate taxes, but no taxes other than sales tax on personal vehicles, no state income tax, and pretty low sales taxes. You can also buy a LOT of house for your money in most areas compared with many other states. We checked into moving to another state with low property taxes and with all of the above, it was pretty much a wash and no real advantage overall to moving.
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ETex2 wrote:Very high real estate taxes, but no taxes other than sales tax on personal vehicles, no state income tax, and pretty low sales taxes. You can also buy a LOT of house for your money in most areas compared with many other states. We checked into moving to another state with low property taxes and with all of the above, it was pretty much a wash and no real advantage overall to moving. Another great and factual post. We had a lavish 2752 sq.ft custom home built on 1.25 acres for $100 a sq.ft. Tons and tons of bang for your buck here in TX.
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Charlie D.
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NavyDood wrote:Charlie D. wrote:NavyDood wrote: Tax rates in TX are public record. Just go to Texas Property Taxes. You can look up a house by address.
Texas has appraisal districts to determine how much taxes are based upon appraisal value. A better web site is : XXXX County Texas Appraisal District with XXXX being the name of the county. At that web site you can looked at appraised values and how much the annual taxes are. Search is by name of owner or address. Which is exactly the link I gave. You can pick any county in TX.
 When I click on the link, it takes me to TaxNetUSA.Com
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I pay just under $5000 (it dropped) taxes on my modest $120K appraised house in Galveston County. We live in an area that has about the highest possible tax make up in the county (combined high city/school/MUD, etc...)
But unlike so many other areas around the country, our property values are still climbing and did not suffer a decline. We don't get giant property values jumps either. We've seen a modest 1% increase yearly in value (not appraisal).
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