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<DIV>If find it amusing that everyone likes to see there real estate value rise,
as your largest personal investment in most cases, but nobody wants to pay their
fair share of the taxes on it. </DIV>
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<DIV>In NY State, one used to be re-assessed at the sales price! Our
assessments in MD are far below what one would sell their house for.
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<DIV>With that said, perhaps the increase, especially to those absentee
landlords without the cap, will prompt them to sell abandoned and/or leased
houses in the area that are not well cared for.</DIV></DIV>
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