I'll trade with him in a heartbeat.
Same here. I pay $8500 per year (increases every year) with 62% going to the school tax, and my wife and I have no kids. This is in the socialist state of NJ, though.
We also bought a house in Middle Tennessee in 2021 to which we hope to move in the next couple of years that is twice the size of our NJ house with twice the acreage and our property taxes are only $1600 per year. Looking forward to being in TN full time soon.
“Looking forward to being in TN full time soon.”
Looking forward to having you here in TN. (We’re in the eastern part.)
School taxes are the biggest affront to fairness in the world. You pay more and get less.
If we can’t eliminate school taxes altogether, I have proposed having a lifetime cap per property per owner. Set it at perhaps $45k. After that, your property is school tax-free as long as you or a surviving relative live in it as their primary residence.