Our HOA isn't bad - certainly not as bad as the one in Florida was. If it wasn't for having to write them a check once a year, I wouldn't even know we had one....
Dan Sent from my iPod On May 26, 2010, at 8:12 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: I will never live anywhere with a HOA LWB250 wrote: Heh. The tax situation just keeps getting better around here.... When we bought the house the taxes were around $9k annually, due to the most recent assessment taking place at the top of the boom (when the house was appraised at around $460k.) The finished basement was gutted when we took possession, causing me to challenge the assessment and get a good $2k knocked off, bringing the taxes down to around $7k annually. Then the house was reassessed last year, with a market value (by the assessor) of around $375k, which brought the taxes down to around $5k. A new state law that was just passed this year caps property taxes at no more than 1% of the assessed value has now dropped our tax burden to $3.75k. So we started out two years ago at $9,000/year and are now down to about $3,750/year, giving us a drop in our escrow of about $400/month. Nice. My HOA dues are $200/year. Now I can refinish the basement and take advantage of the space without getting nailed on the assessment..... Dan - -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
