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Actual dollars and not percentage? I’m guessing the most expensive property will have more actual dollars saved.

1) Pet friendly 2) Texans hate Austin/call it California/Less Texas ideology 3) Diversity Melting Pot 4) Bad Traffic/Construction I-35 hated/Westside Hilly/ Eastside flatter - Public Transportation/Rail line mostly downtown/ toll roads 5) Hot weather/Humidity/Hurricanes/Rain/Texas Power-grid 6) Critters/Mosquitos/Scorpions/Snakes/Deer/Hogs 7) No Sports/ Soccer/Nascar 8) Marijuana unavailable 8) High Property Taxes 2-3% of assessed value Homestead Exemption

The amendment that passed in 2023 dropped my property taxes from $1350 to $900. That was just the elimination of the portion that normally went to Dallas ISD. I am in an older home in south Dallas that was built in 1954. This year, for 2024, they raised all of the other portions that make up the annual tax bill. This year has a $60 increase. They are allowed to get away with this because there was no language in the bill that prohibits the county or city from raising the other taxes to make up for the loss of the school taxes created by the new homestead exemption increase. On top of that they need to stop using Zillow as the source for the valuations. Use the sale price of the home when you bought it, not what some 3rd or 4th party with no actual interest thinks it should be sold for tomorrow.

Its all JUNK until government cannot seize or foreclose on your property because of TAXES. YOU DON'T OWN ANY PROPERTY. COUNTY GOVERNMENT CREATES HOMELESS.

Fuck everyone who wants to move here!

How you expect us to understand by saying this number that ... this number this but can't see the numbers - you should find a better way to explain.

We moved to the Colony from north Louisiana and love it. Wide open spaces to the west and rolling piney hills like back home to the east. I’m a cyclist and the state park road is a great ride.

Tysm I really needed to see this my parents and my brother are thinking to living in tarrytown

The famous bats don't help with the mosquitos?!

I can never leave TX because of HEB (and Central Market). There is just nothing else like it in any other state.

Taxes are absolutely raising home prices and the cost of home ownership.

Ruh-Tawn not Rat-Tan

Manor, Texas? Manor is a dump.

Manor, Texas? I work in Manor and its a dump. Been here since 74 and the rule of thumb is that you do not buy property east of IH-35 if thinking about living in the Austin area. Avoid Manor, Kyle, Buda, Pflugerville, Round Rock if it is east of IH-35.

Don’t move to Texas, it’s bad

1. Move to Dallas 2. Move to Houston Austin is awesome. But yeah don't move here... please.

Austin, the skid mark of Texas.

Manor is dump. I work in Manor and recommend to avoid the area. Same for Taylor.

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I would love to migrate to Elgin.from Trinidad...any suggestions please?

I moved to Austin from San Antonio a few months ago. The traffic is really not that bad compared to San Antonio. It takes up to 2 hours to drive from South San Antonio to North San Antonio during high traffic times, but it seems to only take 20 minutes to drive through ALL of Central and Downtown Austin. Obviously, that has a lot to do with how much smaller it is but still- everything you need is 10 mins away. Also Austin is 1000x better than San Antonio in nearly every area. The higher costs are definitely worth it.

Texas needs to pass a bill similar to California proposition 13. The tax relief passed for 2023 tax values helped but not enough. Rogue counties like Fort bend county fudging the assessed values to tax property higher and higher. Our house market value for 2024 goes down but the assessed values gone up. How is that naked any sense. Fudging bastard tax assessor!

2:24 Had to bring up diversity. That is not a good thing. In fact, it's what is ruining TX.

Yea boutiques but what you can buy here? Something that you don't need lol Bastrop lacks of supermarkets, restaurants and simple business centers with some convenient services. Long lines at HEB isn't fun. It would be nice to have other supermarket than Walmart and HEB. Oh well, we have bunch of dollar stores and RV parks. Chilli's had hard time getting permits to build their restaurant, almost fought for it. It would be nice to have Torchy's or other chain restaurants. And I don't even mention roads and traffic. Yes, they built few new subdivisions but where is infrastructure??? 6 months for new patient to wait a simple appointment at Family doctor.

The problem with Austin traffic is Texans are literal idiots and think the only way to solve for this is expanding roads. When other cities encounter traffic and growth, they create walkable infrastructure and public transit. Texas doesn’t ever try to make things more walkable they just expand roads.

$ 26K A YEAR PROPERTY TAXES IS ABSOLUTELY NUTS. Texas has made Bernie sanders proud 😅

Moving there next year. Good neighborhoods for families?

gas cheap, healthcare expensive. living the austin life.

Austin = California lite

Weren’t you in Jackson, MS before?!? I watched your videos there. They were great.

Here's an important rule for Austin: when driving around, if you are not familiar with a particular area, DO NOT assume that if you miss a turn that you can turn on the next road and get back to where you wanted to be. Austin is not a grid, or at least a terrible grid at best. Roads decide to go in random directions for no reason. Railroad tracks and creeks form impassible barriers. Learning to get around is like living on the East Coast in old areas like Research Triangle in NC: you have to learn the secret ways through town, and they're not at all obvious.

This place is only cool if you like to only eat bbq and Mexican food. Nothing to do here but drink alcohol, new bars open every week. Nothing for kids or young people. Gotta drive to another town to find something to do other than sit and talk about agriculture exemptions and the 'good old days' from 50 years ago.

I absolutely love Austin and its suburbs. Some people can be unbelievably douchey, liberal, and tech bro-y (Californians, Austinites that are wanna-be Californians, and non-Austinites that are wanna-bes of the wanna-be Californians. I am VERY Texan (Not extreme conservative/republican, just a bit) and that bothers me a bit, but they are so unimportant to me that I don't even pay them attention to even care that they're here, Austnii politics may be a bit liberal, but all Texas is a red state and that wins. I have seen people in Austin that are True Texas people, so that's good makes me very proud. What I love are the sights, nature, hiking, walkable places, great food trucks/Brisket and BBQ places, very very cool restaurants. It can get VERY VERY pricey in some areas (Mueller, Domain, and Downtown), but it has this very cool, good food/drink/coffee/walkable/naturey thing that you just wanna do stuff outside and go out, even if you just walk around cause you're on a budget (ME) 😂.

Bastrop still has things a civilized family could enjoy 30=40 years ago, outdoor theater, outdoor fountains a thriving downtown area with a good comic book and collectibles selection.

When you build cities for cars, you're going to have traffic problems. They need to be built for public transport like subways, sky trains etc. Bangkok was such a great city to live in for this reason.

Low pay health care jobs

fast-talking mumble chat. are you ai-generated?

Homeowner insurance went up 13% and took my tax break savings away. Thanks State Farm

Why does Florida and Washington have lower property taxes than Texas?

I’m a native Texan and moved here in 1972. Austin isn’t Austin anymore and it’s not weird . Too expensive

Please dont move to Bastrop. We dont need it screwed up like Austin.

Great video Stay consistent

Fire video bro I appreciate you putting all this info together. I live in San Antonio I’ll let you know what my effective tax rate fluctuates when I get my info on it.

Appreciate the honest approach to this video. I’m so tired of political biased ppl trashing Austin just cause it’s a liberal city.

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Can you make a video about schools in Bastrop? 🤗

Let me know if I'm getting this correct. My understanding is that even if you file a late homestead, they can go back up to 2 years. If the appraised amount is say 150,000, then they would have to deduct 100,000 from the appraised amount, leaving it 50,000. From that 50,000, is what they have to work with percentages for all the taxing entities and to let you know what is owed for each of them. Am I getting close to understanding this? Thanks so much

Hum, I recently did a homestead, yet for 2022=2023, there is nothing showing any 100,000 exemption on the appraised value? There is a 40,000 exemption for 2022, but 2023 is untouched and the numbers do not match up. I try my best to keep the peace, but I also think it's important to know and understand the numbers to know what you need to pay. Is there another office I may call about this? Thanks.....I also have an old 1950's house btw

Great video!!