<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by smarten:
$12K, it's INSANE. This is the very reason why I refuse to purchase any more California real estate! But here's an idea. Does the tax collector honor PayPal? If he/she does, please let me know so I can transfer my meager $1,700 of secured real property taxes via my credit card.
What about C2it or something comparative? It seems to me sometime ago there was a fellow paying all sorts of unconventional things through C2it and there was no charge for transfers from his Citibank Visa card.
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Tell me about it! My neighbors home has been in her family since it was built in the 1870's and only pays $300 a year in property taxes. It dosen't seem fair to me that I pay such a premium for my home since I recently purchased it and my neighbor whose had her home in her family since the house was built pays so little and the value of her home is just a little less than my home.