Check on property taxes if the property sold last year or is an estate sale

Didier Malagies • November 15, 2023

When purchasing a home now are you looking at the property tax bill the seller just received? or are you looking at 2022?

If you go under contract on a home now, how long have the sellers owned it? was it a flip, did they live in it for years

I have a couple of homes that were purchased last year and the 2022 tax bill showed much less than the 2023 tax bill issued last week. You must always look at the home's last sale. If the sellers have lived in the home for years then the property taxes are at what they paid for it. Also, did the home become an estate sale where the homestead was taken off

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