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@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 9 days ago

‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’

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‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’

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@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 9 days ago
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After a major renovation to their longtime Florida home, Walter and Debbie Priebe were hit with a shocking $91,000 property tax bill.
  • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    Yeah, not a lot of sympathy from me.

    4.4 mil, wow.

    • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      If it’s that big of a problem for their life, why not just sell the house and be multi-millionaires? It’s a non-story. Maybe they should’ve taken that into consideration.

      • @SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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        So, the house is now valued at 6x the original value? If they sold it at only 4-5x it would still be a huge win.

        • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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          Their taxes were grandfathered in because they bought the property at a much lower value, the house was already worth a lot more than they paid for it.

          • @SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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            Completely true, but not a loss.

        • @Celestus@lemm.ee
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          They want the house, not the money. Now they’ll be forced to sell to some rich person. Doesn’t sound like a win to me

          • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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            They wanted a new, two-story house, but with a tax loophole to save money.

          • @SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
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            Maybe it is different for me because I moved every couple years growing up. I have lived in 15 places in my life, and the most recent is a record of over a decade.

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