The Thug Mentality
I don't know all of the technicalities, but ownership is never complete around here even if your house is all paid for.
I fell about a month behind on property tax because of the occasional unexpected expenses and then the city starts acting like a bunch of thugs DEMANDING their money. I basically paid the rest off the following month after it was due.
They send these threatening letters in the mail. First you get something that requires a signature, and the next day the letter that I had to sign for the previous day.
Aside from auto insurance, property tax is the biggest bill. They could care less about circumstances. Fall behind even for a month and they threaten you with one of their rude letters and a lien and ultimately the property and everything on it can be levied if you remain delinquent for long enough.
I have good credit and pay my bills every month, but shit happens. At times they remind me of the mob/mafia with their practices...
And the muscle with the guns to enforce their guidelines, yeah they got that too.
I don't know all of the technicalities, but ownership is never complete around here even if your house is all paid for.
I fell about a month behind on property tax because of the occasional unexpected expenses and then the city starts acting like a bunch of thugs DEMANDING their money. I basically paid the rest off the following month after it was due.
They send these threatening letters in the mail. First you get something that requires a signature, and the next day the letter that I had to sign for the previous day.
Aside from auto insurance, property tax is the biggest bill. They could care less about circumstances. Fall behind even for a month and they threaten you with one of their rude letters and a lien and ultimately the property and everything on it can be levied if you remain delinquent for long enough.
I have good credit and pay my bills every month, but shit happens. At times they remind me of the mob/mafia with their practices...
And the muscle with the guns to enforce their guidelines, yeah they got that too.