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Old 07-20-2008, 01:07 PM
 
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ok, I understand. It's different for each property and tax appraisal has nothing to do with selling/buying price.
I gotcha. I gotta be patient, and wait until I can get back up there in September. Thanks!
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Old 07-20-2008, 08:31 PM
 
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Another thing you might think about is the time of purchase. A house bought in December 2008 and the utilities turned on before Dec 31, would be eligible for homestead exemption for the entire year of 2009. A house purchased January 1, 2009, would be taxed at full rate for all of 2009 unless it was appealed and the appeal granted.

The deciding factor seems to be when the utilities were turned on. Save your bill stub!!
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Old 07-20-2008, 08:34 PM
 
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hmmm..good tip!
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Old 07-20-2008, 08:37 PM
 
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Ok so we have several houses that we really like.....location seems ok. So tonight I go on line and start looking up tax records
To put it mildly!!!! $9100........$7841........$5073 and this is on a fixer-upper!!

How do people live here and pay these kinds of taxes?? I mean that is over $700 a month on taxes alone without even thinking about a house payment. You all must make a ton more $$$$$ than we have even thought about.

I have lived in areas all over the country but nowhere have taxes been even close to this. Am I just reading things wrong, is there a secret handshake that you need to know and they cut your taxes in 1/2?? If so please teach me.

Alice in tax shock!!!
Alice -

You must not have lived in the Northeast then. In Connecticut and New Jersey, you'd be paying more than that! Crazy, huh?

In return we do get great mass transit into NYC and excellent public schools...but still...it hurts.
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Old 07-27-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Southeast Georgia
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These websites have been helpful to me. Good Luck.

Chatham Tax - Tax Bill Search

Chatham County
Also check http://sagis.org (Savannah Area Geographical Information System) which list the tax appraised value of Savannah area homes. Tax appraised value is usually about 40% of Market Value. Sagis is a very valuable site where you can get info on who owns what property, what was paid for it, property cards, a lot description, lots outline against satellite picture, etc.
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