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Old 09-04-2016, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by kstew43 View Post
we looked at beautiful home...the putnam model 4 bedrooms with a golf cart garage in Pine Ridge, backed to the street, perfect. $259.....we thought...what a deal....

then we did the tax estimate for lake county, fruit land park...as our villages realtor suggested we do.

with the bond $24900.....the yearly maintance fee for the local $630? and the county taxes, it added up to $7500 a year....thats $625 a month just for taxes...

Way too high for us, But it was a great home.
That seems strange. This link estimates yearly property tax for a 250K home in Fruitland Park in the $3500 area.

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