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Location: Texas! | My SO and I are looking to move somewhere by the end of summer and are trying to decide where we'd like to be. We just took a trip to Fredericksburg, San Antonio and Austin and were thinking maybe somewhere around there but not opposed to looking at anything else. Really don't want to be in much of east Texas or Houston area but really anything central or north central, we'd like to be in a nice little town that's not crazy busy but has resturaunts shopping etc. I'd like to be close to a decent barrel racing community. |
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Location: NE Texas | Somewhere down around Salado probably. I love Waco too. Just that area is cool to me. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I live east of San Antoino and love it, barrel races all around here. What kind of jobs do you and your SO have, I think depending on your jobs would help you to choose where you could live. |
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| Ditto to hill country north or east of San Antonio. |
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Location: Texas! | We currently both work on ranches. I also have veterinary technician and reception experience and currently work foaling mares and sale fitting yearlings. He manages a high fence hunting ranch. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WYOracer - 2016-06-20 4:13 PM We currently both work on ranches. I also have veterinary technician and reception experience and currently work foaling mares and sale fitting yearlings. He manages a high fence hunting ranch.
Thats neat having jobs like what you have. Do you already have a job lined out? You need to check at the Retama Equine Hospital if you dont have a job lined out yet, they hire young girls that are horse crazey and sounds like you have good experience in the horse world. |
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Location: Lala Land | Austin is full. ;) But really the traffic is horrible. I'd pick north of Austin or San Antonio area. There's always something w/in 30 min of San Antonio it seems. We lived NE of Austin and it's growing so much we sold our house in 3 days over asking. If you're buying be prepared to be aggressive! lol |
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Location: TEXAS | All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... |
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Location: Texas! | Southtxponygirl - 2016-06-20 3:22 PM
WYOracer - 2016-06-20 4:13 PM We currently both work on ranches. I also have veterinary technician and reception experience and currently work foaling mares and sale fitting yearlings. He manages a high fence hunting ranch.
Thats neat having jobs like what you have. Do you already have a job lined out? You need to check at the Retama Equine Hospital if you dont have a job lined out yet, they hire young girls that are horse crazey and sounds like you have good experience in the horse world.
No we are trying to figure out an area before we look to hard for jobs. We definitely don't want to be IN the city we live in a town of about 8000 people and like the small town feel but also still like going out for dinner. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WYOracer - 2016-06-20 4:37 PM Southtxponygirl - 2016-06-20 3:22 PM WYOracer - 2016-06-20 4:13 PM We currently both work on ranches. I also have veterinary technician and reception experience and currently work foaling mares and sale fitting yearlings. He manages a high fence hunting ranch. Thats neat having jobs like what you have. Do you already have a job lined out? You need to check at the Retama Equine Hospital if you dont have a job lined out yet, they hire young girls that are horse crazey and sounds like you have good experience in the horse world. No we are trying to figure out an area before we look to hard for jobs. We definitely don't want to be IN the city we live in a town of about 8000 people and like the small town feel but also still like going out for dinner.
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Location: West Texas | I think the hills just south of Abilene are pretty neat and pretty close to a large town and very centrally located. Humidity really gets me so I don't care for much east of that. One good thing about Texas is there is a lot of neat places....except for Midland (that is where I live  ) |
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| Fredricksburg is heaven. I really do not know of any horse ranches in the area but plenty of managed hunting ranches. Most of the big breeders are in the N TX area. Fredricksburg has nice shopping, great places to eat, pretty nice entertainment. Kerriville may have some breeders. It is a nice area too. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas...
But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes. |
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Location: TEXAS | Nevertooold - 2016-06-20 5:06 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes.
I've lived in states with state tax - at the end of the year state tax is pennies compared to federal & state taxation has nothing to do with the high rate property tax in Texas, counties tax on appraisal value it would have nothing to do with the state tax if Texas had state tax. I lived in Oklahoma, paid state tax out of my pay (pennies compared to Federal) my property tax on 20 acres was $588 a year. I lived in NJ paid state tax out of pay (again pennies compared to federal) had 2 acres paid $5400 a year. Now live in TX (taxes based on county appraisal) no state tax out of my pay, have 5 acres and my tax is $4000
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| You must live in downtown Dallas or have a row of town houses on your property. I have 7.4 acres with house and 30 X 50 shop and 30 x 30 garage and pay about $950 in property taxes. Did you file a homestead?
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| turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 6:49 PM Nevertooold - 2016-06-20 5:06 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes.
We have 100 acres that is ag exempt, our house and 1 acre is appraised at market value but we pay next to nothing for our land. |
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Location: TEXAS | rodeomom3 - 2016-06-20 7:10 PM
turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 6:49 PM Nevertooold - 2016-06-20 5:06 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes.
That's great - unfortunately I don't qualify for AG |
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Location: TEXAS | streakysox - 2016-06-20 6:59 PM
You must live in downtown Dallas or have a row of town houses on your property. I have 7.4 acres with house and 30 X 50 shop and 30 x 30 garage and pay about $950 in property taxes. Did you file a homestead?
I live in Fannin County ... Yes I get a Homestead discount... When I purchased it was only home on 5 acres - property tax was $3200 - then I added a 30x40 barn & a pool - tax increased $800 - I'm hearing Fannin county is one of the worst in property tax...
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| turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 7:19 PM rodeomom3 - 2016-06-20 7:10 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 6:49 PM Nevertooold - 2016-06-20 5:06 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes. That's great - unfortunately I don't qualify for AG
When we lived on 9 acres we were part of a grazing co-op for lack of a better term, met the ag qualifications. You might look into that if you have neighbors with livestock. |
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Location: TEXAS | rodeomom3 - 2016-06-20 7:23 PM
turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 7:19 PM rodeomom3 - 2016-06-20 7:10 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 6:49 PM Nevertooold - 2016-06-20 5:06 PM turn3turnsok - 2016-06-20 4:36 PM All I'm going to add is the property tax is out of control in Texas... But Texas doesn't have a state tax and that is why the real estate taxes are high but nothing in comparison to some other states that also have state income taxes. That's great - unfortunately I don't qualify for AG
I do have neighbors all around me with livestock... |
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