>Everything is sold as is: The homes may lack furnaces or wiring and they may come with mold, tenants, or both.
mold or tenants, they don't make distinction between them...
Interesting that Detroit government still burdens these properties with extremely high taxes (thanks God and voters for prop 13 in CA :) even though the only service the Detroit government provides there is "foreclosure service".
What are the chances that a buyer of huge amount of parcels can separate that area from the city?
Oh jeez. You mean the fact that businesses can sit on commercial properties for more than either of our life times and not pay much more in taxes?
Or the part where a family with a bunch of kids pays less in local property taxes, yet uses public resources more than a single individual who bought their house 5-10 years later?
The idea of Prop 13 has merit, but the disparity it has raised and the hole this state has been dug into, not so much.
>Oh jeez. You mean the fact that businesses can sit on commercial properties for more than either of our life times and not pay much more in taxes?
one can see how a minor adjustment made be made here :)
Though as things work as it is, why risk breaking a working machine...
>Or the part where a family with a bunch of kids pays less in local property taxes, yet uses public resources more than a single individual who bought their house 5-10 years later?
if they bought at the same time, the family would still be using more public resources, wouldn't it?
there are some minor flaws, yet anytime i see property taxes in other states i always grateful for that relict of direct democracy, ie. Prop system of CA, which allows voters to control at least the most important things, like real estate taxes.
>the hole this state has been dug into, not so much.
Not all municipalities are booming, I think some form of revised prop 13 coupled with a consideration for impact of household count would be a bit better.
yep. I'm already paying a tax for having a dog (and some municipalities are now taxing cats too), so i definitely wouldn't mind if others had to pay for their family members too as, obviously, a child is a bigger drain of public resources than a dog or a cat.
If I understand correctly, the voters of Detroit would get to decide about creating the separate area (I'm guessing it would require amending the city charter).
I don't find it all that likely that such a thing would happen, but who knows.
mold or tenants, they don't make distinction between them...
Interesting that Detroit government still burdens these properties with extremely high taxes (thanks God and voters for prop 13 in CA :) even though the only service the Detroit government provides there is "foreclosure service".
What are the chances that a buyer of huge amount of parcels can separate that area from the city?