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by dehrmann 1164 days ago
This idea is DOA because it always results in human interest stories on the local news with an 80-year-old grandma who lived in the house for 40 years suddenly not being able to afford her taxes. And then you get Prop. 13 to prevent that.
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It's not wrong to be concerned about that in a property market where values can double in a decade.

In fact it would be foolish to buy property in such a market unless you are rich or something limits tax increases.