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  1. Catpfish
    I think that is the driver of the truck. When they first clear the white vehicle, you see him walking away and then he collapses
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    How was that possible with a lead of home run to start the fourth?
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    You live out Kelly Lane way?
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    No, they won't assess only on the land. It should be assessed on a percentage of completion type of calculation. If the home was 75% done, then they would give you a 75% of the finished valuation
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    You really can't stop it from happening. A higher option fee might work, but you really aren't going to get much that way. Possibly the best way is to shorten the option period as much as you can and do all that you can to keep the other potential buyers aware of how things stand in hopes that they will wait a few days to see if the contract is going to progress.
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    Further on in the email This could include Williamson, Milam, Lee, Bastrop, Hay etc. especially if you have a property that spans county lines and Travis county handles the taxation
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    Yeah...about TCAD and access to MLS. Just got an email that the company running the Austin MLS, CoreLogic...well, here is part of the email Good luck with that
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    I understand the process, I've been through it several times. My point is simply that if the protest company saves you $20K off of your valuation, all of the different valuations used by the various taxing authorities will go down by $20K whether they are affected by homestead exemption or not. Wouldn't it be easier to simply multiply the valuation savings times the tax rate to determine the amount saved in taxes?
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    A little confused here...why wouldn't they just take the amount of the valuation reduction times the tax rate and take their percentage of that? Homestead would not factor into that since the reduction is across the board.
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    My dumbass thought it was automatically in use since it's in the ATT folder. Just activated it. Many positive internets to you, good sir
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    The usual wording is "$10 and other valuable consideration." I have seen the same wording on deeds from the 1930's and 40's. To be honest, I have never seen an actual price included in a deed (although I haven't read more than 4 or 5 dozen and I"m not a lawyer).
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    Yeah, my dad had a logo golf ball collecting disease. He had/has over 11,000 golf balls (I'll bet there are fewer than 30 repeats) on his office walls and probably another 3-4000 (lots of repeats) around the office. When he passed away, I bet he had over 15,000 balls at his house in egg containers. We gave them away here and there and got tired of it, so we donated about 12,000 balls to the First Tee. It was funny when we pulled up with a pickup load of golf balls in egg containers and 2 full 55 gallon trash cans full.
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    Okay, I'll bite. Which recorded document show the purchase price? I guess you could back into a price on an FHA loan by assuming a 3.5% down payment, but where are you going to get the down payment on a conventional?
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    No worries. Technically, the county is not supposed to have access to the MLS data, but you'd be hard pressed to convince me that they don't have a backdoor in. They also "prey" on first-time home buyers who don't realize that they don't have to report the sales price when they file for the homestead exemption. It's disclosed on the form but you'd have to read the fine print...and nobody got time for that
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    Why would the county know the sales price unless it has been used in a previous protest (or the owner is an idiot)? Texas is a non-disclosure state and there is no way to determine sales price from the recorded documents
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    Not that it will affect my string of ineptitude when it comes to the lottery, but Shit's rigged, yo
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    The chances of getting a positive return on the appliances, flooring (unless the current flooring is ruined), AC and fence are practically zero. At best, they might save you a little bit by selling the home faster (but not for much more money). It's been a while since I've paid attention to the research, but several years ago the best bang for your update buck in Texas was kitchen and master suite updates and they showed a return of around 65-70%. Of course, this research is done by the Real Estate Center located at Texas A&M, so take it with a grain of sheep...whatever
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    Yeah, I missed the time stamp on rage's post.
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    Pretend I'm really dumb. I'm currently on ATT. If I buy the Pixel 3XL and activate it on Google Fi for a month, I can still put it on ATT at the same time and then cancel Google Fi after a month correct?
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    Another reason that the mortgage companies are for it is that it is easier for them to be sure the payments they are made if they are making the payments themselves. Otherwise, they have to have systems in place to make sure that the taxes are paid (they will lose first lien status) and insurance is in place to prevent loss
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    Pflugerville area. 4WD hydrostatic transmission with front end loader
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    Okay, I've decided to sell my Kubota L3800. I've had it for about 5 to 6 years and only have 124.5 hours on it. Haven't used it in a couple of years since I got a zero-turn that I mow with now. Any pointers on how to go about it? Have a 5' shredder and a box grader to go with.
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    Just curious, do you have potential slab damage and where do you live? They are just not very common (that I have seen) around Austin unless there are some warning signs like slab damage.
  24. Catpfish
    Agreement here has to be made during the option period, so within the first 7 to 10 days after the effective date of the contract
  25. Catpfish
    I have the Davis Vantage Pro 2 that has been flawless (other than the anemometer bearing going out) for over 3 years. Uploaded to Weather Underground for that entire length of time with no issues.

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