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Moving to Madison from Houston TX

Posted 04-11-2018 at 07:17 AM by DM1977

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Originally Posted by damba

12K taxes in houston?? That’s a new one. You must have lived in a 10k sq ft mansion there to warrant such high property taxes. Houston is nowhere near Dallas for RE taxes, at least not my own famiy and friends who still live there.

It’s a 389k property, in a suburb called Pearland.

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Best time/season to visit, want to look around for possible relocation

Posted 04-10-2018 at 03:55 PM by SDKreidler

Thank you VERY much! I appreciate how detailed you were in your response! It appears that we will need to increase our budget to around 175-200k housing wise. I think my most difficult obstacle will be finding a place to rent that will allow our dogs.

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Originally Posted by MidasMulligan

I'm a lifelong East TN resident so I would say that anytime from late April to late October is a great time to visit. The hottest time of the year is going to be in August while the most pleasant times

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Posted 04-10-2018 at 07:42 AM by Nn2036

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Posted 04-10-2018 at 07:37 AM by Nn2036

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ON: Work is depressing, is this what life is?

Posted 04-09-2018 at 10:23 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by jaminhealth

Read the book "Do What You Love , And The Money Will Follow" I read this about 20 yrs ago and wrote down on a paper What I Like To Do..and then went after that profession. It worked for me back then, today, I don't know. Everything is so pricey and especially if one lives in a larger city...

I'm skeptical about the "do what you love and money will follow" thing, for many. Perhaps most.

Most artists starve and sell their mediocre work at Starbucks...

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