Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-28 Thread Gary Hurst
ear than my $180k 900sqft bungalow in > Taxachusetts. > > Thank you for making me appreciate my small town. > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:06:24 -0600 > From: Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. > To: Mercedes Discussion List

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond
In fact you pay $600 more a year than my $180k 900sqft bungalow in Taxachusetts. Thank you for making me appreciate my small town. -Curt Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:06:24 -0600 From: Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. To: Mercedes Discussion List Mess

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:00:09 -0800 (PST) From: LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Here is a link to the document online. It's referred to as t

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Zoltan Finks
Yeah, in a few minutes we're going to ferry over and see Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" at the Seattle Art Museum. So La Ti Da! Don't worry, I'd be riding my bicycle over there, but the wife isn't up for it. Brian Tom wrote: Arts, crafts, culture & entertainment? Not much compared to big city op

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Donald Snook
Tom Hargrave wrote: "Or Huntsville, AL where a 1500 SQ Ft house in the best part of town costs $135K (or 65K in the worse part of town) and property taxes are less than $500 / year." I live in Wichita, Kansas. I think we have some of the most affordable housing in the Midwest. My house is in a

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Hargrave
: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:00 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Here is a link to the document online. It's referred to as the "soft market county index." https://www.cwbc.com/ContentManaged/files/SoftMarkets.pdf Dan --- Tom Hargrave &l

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
sure, sounds interesting. LWB250 wrote: > Nationwide has a foreclosure risk assessment of the > whole U.S., rating areas from high risk (5) to low > risk (1). My area is a 4, with a lot of south Florida > being a 5. We have some developments where the > lenders and builders went crazy (with the

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread LWB250
Here is a link to the document online. It's referred to as the "soft market county index." https://www.cwbc.com/ContentManaged/files/SoftMarkets.pdf Dan --- Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A link to the assessment site would be great. I'd > like to know where my area > is at on the

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Mine appraises for about 212k today, 3 years after we bought it. Rather, market analysis says thats what it would sell for Tom Hargrave wrote: > You are closer than they are. You are about the same distance from town as > my youngest Son & his Wife. Their house is 1800 sq ft, on a 3/4 acre lot &

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Hargrave
AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Nationwide has a foreclosure risk assessment of the whole U.S., rating areas from high risk (5) to low risk (1). My area is a 4, with a lot of south Florida being a 5. We have some developments where the lenders and builders went crazy

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Mitch Haley
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Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread LWB250
Nationwide has a foreclosure risk assessment of the whole U.S., rating areas from high risk (5) to low risk (1). My area is a 4, with a lot of south Florida being a 5. We have some developments where the lenders and builders went crazy (with the speculators as well) that have as much as 50%-75% o

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Robert Rentfro
...which is up 500% here this year. Bob R. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:09 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Come to NE Oklahoma, where my couple year old

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Hargrave
age- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:19 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Here driving to town for me into Claremore is 8 miles, Tulsa is about 25, so not a big deal really. Tom H

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2008-01-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
January 27, 2008 9:09 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. > > Come to NE Oklahoma, where my couple year old house with many extras 4 > bed 2500sf on an acre cost 180k > > Tom Hargrave wrote: >> Or Huntsville, AL where a 1500 SQ Ft house

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Hargrave
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:09 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Come to NE Oklahoma, where my couple year old house with many extras 4 bed 2500sf on an acre cost 180k Tom Hargrave wrote: &

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Come to NE Oklahoma, where my couple year old house with many extras 4 bed 2500sf on an acre cost 180k Tom Hargrave wrote: > Or Huntsville, AL where a 1500 SQ Ft house in the best part of town costs > $135K (or 65K in the worse part of town) and property taxes are less than > $500 / year. > > A

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Hargrave
Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Or west central Florida, +70 degrees F and $300k for an average house that looks like every other one for as far as you can see. Dan --- Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right again, Bob - it's a tradeoff. > Min

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread LWB250
of how life is a series of > tradeoffs. > > Someone please let me know when they have found > the perfect place. > > > > Bob R. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of LW

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-27 Thread Zoltan Finks
ay, January 26, 2008 8:24 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. > > There are advantages and disadvantages to Wisconsin's > socialist ways. When we left in 96 the property taxes > were nothing short of horrendous. On a house with an > as

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Rich Thomas
See, like he said the taxes are used to indoctrinate the little socialists so they grow up demanding more taxes! Here in Texas we have no income tax, so the school districts get to assess property taxes. --R LWB250 wrote: > Actually, the bulk of the property taxes go to > schools. At least th

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread LWB250
Actually, the bulk of the property taxes go to schools. At least they used to. I lived north of Milwaukee, right on the lake, in Port Washington. Over 80% of our property taxes went to fund local schools, and we didn't have a problem with that. That being said, the mil rate that was used to cal

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread LWB250
I would return to the north, especially Wisconsin, in a heartbeat. It all comes down to quality of life, which was far better in the north than any other place I've lived. Dan --- Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another example of how life is a series of > tradeoffs. > Someone ple

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Rentfro
L PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:43 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. At 10:30 AM 1/26/2008, you wrote: >Another example of how life is a series of tradeoffs. >Someone please let me know when they have found the pe

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LWB250 Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:24 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. There are advantages and disadvantages to Wisconsin's socia

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Frederick W Moir
At 10:30 AM 1/26/2008, you wrote: >Another example of how life is a series of tradeoffs. >Someone please let me know when they have found the perfect place. > >Bob R. Bob et al Be careful what you wish for! "The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace." Andrew Marvell

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Tom Hargrave
ts.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Rentfro Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:31 AM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. Another example of how life is a series of tradeoffs

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Rentfro
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. There are advantages and disadvantages to Wisconsin's socialist ways. When we left in 96 the property taxes were nothing short of horrendous. On a house with an assessed value of $150k (market value of around $250k) we were paying $5600/year in property

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread LWB250
t get sucked into > the Wisconsin Socialist > system. Alabama is more of a pay as you go state. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of L

[MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread LWB250
The one I always got a kick out of was Wisconsin, who, if you moved into the state with a car that you had purchased less than six months prior to establishing legal residence in Wisconsin, you had to pay state sales tax on the vehicle when you registered it. I guess it was an effort to keep peopl

Re: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc.

2008-01-26 Thread Tom Hargrave
s.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LWB250 Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:56 AM To: Okie Benz Subject: [MBZ] Auto Taxes, etc. The one I always got a kick out of was Wisconsin, who, if you moved into the state with a car