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Its easy to fight high property taxes here. Just buy something foreclosed, grieve down taxes, and make it a dream house without any permits and if someone comes to check, show them the fk you sign.
The one thing this country has right is it's constitution. If they want money for their corruption, I have to right to my corruption as well. I do feel bad for those that play by their rules. Notice, it's not "the rules", it's "their rules".
First off that doesn’t work in Nassau. The house will be assessed based off the sale price of comparable homes not the foreclosure price. In Suffolk it doesn’t matter since you don’t get a tax hit for improving your home unless you expand the footprint. As some that has purchased foreclosures, it’s never that easy, they are always F’d up missing copper, electric cut, tenant won’t leave etc.
Already had one - but am wondering about prospects of my kids. Might be better to get out of here considering schools are garbo as well.
Now you're being disingenuous. Clearly your distaste for Long Island has affected your ability to be factually objective. Maybe it is better for you to get out of here.
First off that doesn’t work in Nassau. The house will be assessed based off the sale price of comparable homes not the foreclosure price. In Suffolk it doesn’t matter since you don’t get a tax hit for improving your home unless you expand the footprint. As some that has purchased foreclosures, it’s never that easy, they are always F’d up missing copper, electric cut, tenant won’t leave etc.
The sale price is the foreclosure price if you buy it at the foreclosure price at auction. And most people go check to see if the house has squatters or if foundation is damaged.
Legally they can’t give you the keys but most agents representing theses houses drop it off “anonymously” to not get in trouble and it works out very well for the rest of us. Ask me how I know.
Taxes would get grieved the following year from 15to 8k. Ask me how I know too.
The sale price is the foreclosure price if you buy it at the foreclosure price at auction. And most people go check to see if the house has squatters or if foundation is damaged.
Legally they can’t give you the keys but most agents representing theses houses drop it off “anonymously” to not get in trouble and it works out very well for the rest of us. Ask me how I know.
Taxes would get grieved the following year from 15to 8k. Ask me how I know too.
Not anymore Nassau doesn’t count none arms length transaction, short sales and foreclosures for tax purposes. With reassement if taxes are 8 and where 15 lets avg them after the 5 years phase in they will be back to 14-15 as they would be 11.5k today.
What see you talking about, we get the keys when we close on foreclosures. There is almost never a realtor involved as we buy directly from a bank or local Gov. Here homes aren’t listed on the mls.
^So you pay $8k in taxes and are still complaining about it?
8k in property taxes in Cali gets you a house in Beverly Hills, not some small shack in a cold island with poor jobs and where idiots like you think it’s great to live. This island is a disaster and everyone has almost left.
If you’re puzzled why I’m still posting here, you’re right about being puzzled, but what’s more puzzling is why you are in denial
Not anymore Nassau doesn’t count none arms length transaction, short sales and foreclosures for tax purposes. With reassement if taxes are 8 and where 15 lets avg them after the 5 years phase in they will be back to 14-15 as they would be 11.5k today.
What see you talking about, we get the keys when we close on foreclosures. There is almost never a realtor involved as we buy directly from a bank or local Gov. Here homes aren’t listed on the mls.
Every house has keys, wether I be for sale or not. If someone wants to buy the home and squatters ain’t paying the mortgage or taxes, the banks and agents aren’t stupid. They let you in as long as you are willing to buy. Of course for this you need to hand them extra cash under table for selling you the house because their comission isn’t that big.
Now if you are upset about reality, that’s a different story.
^So you pay $8k in taxes and are still complaining about it?
Let me turn the table here.
What could you be possibly getting for 8k here that you can’t get anywhere else?
Almost every other state and country has twice the quality of education, medical facilities and attraction than this pos place.
Tell me right now what you are smoking because maybe you are on DisneyLand Avenue in Town of Magic Kingdom.
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