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Originally Posted by JimJoe
Hawkwind: I appreciate your efforts but isnt your method merely an estimate? As I understand it you can pay off the bond when you buy a home or you have that chance one time per year. If you call a realtor then can give you the exact amount due if you buy the house. Where does that number come from? I am thinking there is a website that has it or it requires a call to the assessor or tax collector. I am quite certain it is public knowledge since it would be a lien on the property. Any ideas where I can get it without asking a realtor? Thanks again for all the help.
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Yes it is an estimate but the closet thing other than calling a sales rep. The bond is a fixed number and determined when the infrastructure is completed. That number is in the hands of the developer / TV Property Management and has yet to be found on any web site so this is about as close as you can get without making a call.
The county tax office has nothing to do with the bond except for collecting the funds for the developer. The bond could be considered a lien but is is a private lien between the owner and the developer thus would not have to be a public record.
I just spent last month in TV going to a lot of open houses (mostly new) and in every case, with the exception of one, I was only given the bond figure in rough approximate dollars. In only one house was I given the exact amount and that house was already sold (sold the day before the newspaper listing and it was too late to get it removed).
I would be willing to bet that each and every home listed with the VLS has the bond already on the form just as the number of rooms, baths etc. Only problem is that it is not all on a web site. During my looking I was also allowed to look at a number of street plans and layouts in the newer areas of TV. I asked if I could get a copy but was told no. Same thing with a printed spreadsheet that the sales reps had of all the currently available homes that the reps get every day. More good information but again you have to go through a sales rep.