Re: ENOUGH is ENOUGH!! /Deb/Joe

[Guest guest]

where DO you live? I bought my home for 119K in 1990 and now it is worth

500K. I live in Palm Beach County Florida and real estate is out of wack.

I pay 2800 in taxes and if someone bought my home they would be not only

buying the house for 500K but would pay about 8K in taxes now. I am not

selling but if I did i would have to move to a cheaper part of the country

to have a nice house and money for a good lifestyle.

Nonnie

Re: ENOUGH is ENOUGH!! /Deb/Joe

Well when I went through the deal for a debt reduction loan, they valued

my house at around $38,000 and when I got my tax letter they devalued

the taxable value about $3,000. Don't know why... My house is 3rd

house from main street, houses on the corner are valued at commercial

level... so who knows could be a gas station next door to me -- better

than trash house that is there now. Wish some developer would come and

offer to buy all the property, course now with eminent domain they can

just take it if we don't like the price. My daughter is selling her

house which is say about 2 blocks from us. It is a little bigger, has

burglar bars

and is going to let it go for $53,000 since Kris's ex is wanting to buy

it... Considering we paid 24600 for house when we got it in 76, if I

could get 40,000 for mine I would take it --- if Kris and had a

place to go and me too. The way rent is now, that so many troops are

here again, it is just sky high. Ridiculous. I could have sold my house

as is already, but not ready to do that. I wish I could afford to fix

what is wrong... Is not a great neighborhood but it is just across

street about 1/2 block from elementary school.. Bus stop on corner.. We

have a nice big back yard which I dearly love. Most new houses have

lousy back yards.

You know Deb, if you live in certain areas you can get grants to

refurbish the house. They have those areas here in town, and is usually

to help older folks fix up house in a depresseed neighborhood. I tried

but money was not available until 2005 and she brushed me off. Let me

look into it and that was last I heard from her.

Daughter Laurie is going to help do some stuff when house is sold. Fix

my car and trim the pecan tree. It is huge again and really needs

trimming. What a sweetheart.

Well guess I have rambled enough. Hope what I wrote makes sense. Cheers

Jolene

deb vamdembos wrote:..

> wowza thats outrageous, but seriously our neighborhood is pretty bad

> and the house isnt in the best shape, ( wiring etc )

> If the wiring /plumbing was fixed , house sided and new roof put on ,

> it would bring more I am sure but as it is cant imagine it being worth

> much more

>

> Deb

>

> brencolinmom@... wrote:

> I agree. I live outside LA where tract home start in the millions

> and in

> south central LA (gang area) there are homes going for $500K and up.

> It is

> awful. I can't believe you can live anywhere for $35K

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

where DO you live? I bought my home for 119K in 1990 and now it is worth

500K. I live in Palm Beach County Florida and real estate is out of wack.

I pay 2800 in taxes and if someone bought my home they would be not only

buying the house for 500K but would pay about 8K in taxes now. I am not

selling but if I did i would have to move to a cheaper part of the country

to have a nice house and money for a good lifestyle.

Nonnie

Re: ENOUGH is ENOUGH!! /Deb/Joe

Well when I went through the deal for a debt reduction loan, they valued

my house at around $38,000 and when I got my tax letter they devalued

the taxable value about $3,000. Don't know why... My house is 3rd

house from main street, houses on the corner are valued at commercial

level... so who knows could be a gas station next door to me -- better

than trash house that is there now. Wish some developer would come and

offer to buy all the property, course now with eminent domain they can

just take it if we don't like the price. My daughter is selling her

house which is say about 2 blocks from us. It is a little bigger, has

burglar bars

and is going to let it go for $53,000 since Kris's ex is wanting to buy

it... Considering we paid 24600 for house when we got it in 76, if I

could get 40,000 for mine I would take it --- if Kris and had a

place to go and me too. The way rent is now, that so many troops are

here again, it is just sky high. Ridiculous. I could have sold my house

as is already, but not ready to do that. I wish I could afford to fix

what is wrong... Is not a great neighborhood but it is just across

street about 1/2 block from elementary school.. Bus stop on corner.. We

have a nice big back yard which I dearly love. Most new houses have

lousy back yards.

You know Deb, if you live in certain areas you can get grants to

refurbish the house. They have those areas here in town, and is usually

to help older folks fix up house in a depresseed neighborhood. I tried

but money was not available until 2005 and she brushed me off. Let me

look into it and that was last I heard from her.

Daughter Laurie is going to help do some stuff when house is sold. Fix

my car and trim the pecan tree. It is huge again and really needs

trimming. What a sweetheart.

Well guess I have rambled enough. Hope what I wrote makes sense. Cheers

Jolene

deb vamdembos wrote:..

> wowza thats outrageous, but seriously our neighborhood is pretty bad

> and the house isnt in the best shape, ( wiring etc )

> If the wiring /plumbing was fixed , house sided and new roof put on ,

> it would bring more I am sure but as it is cant imagine it being worth

> much more

>

> Deb

>

> brencolinmom@... wrote:

> I agree. I live outside LA where tract home start in the millions

> and in

> south central LA (gang area) there are homes going for $500K and up.

> It is

> awful. I can't believe you can live anywhere for $35K

>

>

>