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Old 03-26-2017, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Cali
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In Seattle houseboats often pay moorage or slip rentals, so in a way there is nowhere that DOES NOT CHARGE, in one way or another you pay for where your home/land is located
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Old 03-26-2017, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Southwestern OH
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There are no property taxes for my house in Alaska. It's on the road system (I can drive to it), in an unorganized borough. No property taxes whatsoever. I believe unorganized boroughs in Alaska are the last place in the U.S. that don't have property taxes.
This is only for unincorporated areas in AK, I think. Our place in Eagle River had property taxes. And beautiful views that did not entirely make up for eight months of snow and ice and ten to eleven months of temperatures below 65 degrees. The PFD isn't worth it. Lack of property taxes isn't worth it. They can't pay me enough to put up with that climate long term. Thank goodness it was only for three years.
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Old 03-27-2017, 04:20 AM
 
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I think I read once that some Caribbean Islands don't have property taxes.
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Old 03-27-2017, 07:52 AM
 
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Places with no public schools?

How do you think those are funded?
So wouldn't they be called "private schools" that have other sources of funding...i.e. tuition/fees?
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Old 03-27-2017, 07:54 AM
 
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I didn't read all 14 pages and don't know if it has been mentioned before, but some states such as Texas, if you are 100% disabled by the VA you don't have to pay any property taxes.
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Old 03-27-2017, 05:47 PM
 
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This is only for unincorporated areas in AK, I think. Our place in Eagle River had property taxes. And beautiful views that did not entirely make up for eight months of snow and ice and ten to eleven months of temperatures below 65 degrees. The PFD isn't worth it. Lack of property taxes isn't worth it. They can't pay me enough to put up with that climate long term. Thank goodness it was only for three years.
Eagle River is one of the most cosmopolitan places in Alaska, its part of anchorage and they pay anchorage taxes.


If you get out to Glennallen there are no taxes, anywhere that is cosmopolitan is going to have taxes.
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Old 03-27-2017, 05:49 PM
 
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I didn't read all 14 pages and don't know if it has been mentioned before, but some states such as Texas, if you are 100% disabled by the VA you don't have to pay any property taxes.
That's a special exception and does not apply to most people though.
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Old 03-27-2017, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Venus
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I believe in Puerto Rico you don't have to pay taxes on your first home. It is only when you owe more than place on the island that you have to pay.



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Old 03-28-2017, 11:07 AM
 
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If there is a fire on a houseboat or a robbery,who does the homeowner call?

I am guessing the houseboat owner would need either boat insurance or home insurance?
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Old 03-28-2017, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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While this isn't zero, it may as well be. There are places in CO, zoned agricultural, but many people live there (in fact, some are even subdivisions of 35 acres each home) where the ANNUAL taxes are under $15/year. That's not a typo. FIFTEEN per year.

This is not that uncommon. A former ranch is subdivided, a subdivision is created, but it's still zoned agricultural for a variety of reasons (that doesn't mean that people have to be actively farming or ranching it) & you pay Ag property taxes. Some of these are even very nice, gated communities.
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