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Dallas Wants to Charge $25 for Garage Sales — Do It!

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:27 p.m.

And don’t raise property taxes ...

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Dear Mary Suhm: One Way We Might Be Able to Avoid a Tax Increase

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 8:01 a.m.

Dear Ms. Suhm:I am a Dallas resident fairly passionate about real estate (blushing) and I think raising our Dallas property taxes is a huge, glaring mistake. We are in the midst of the biggest recession since the Great Depression, we may in fact be in a double-dip recession, and our real estate market is hurting [ ... ] ...

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Question: If Dallas Property Values Went Up, Why Do We Need To Raise Property Taxes?

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Published Aug. 26, 2010 at 6:10 p.m.

I am still mulling the conundrum Wick brought up over on Frontburner earlier today. I checked the MLS and saw that indeed, property values in the entire MLS area have risen by about 1% from July 2009. Sales, of course, have dropped. Then Steve Brown draws our attention to figures released by the Federal Housing [ ... ] ...

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Smart Real Estate Agents Read The Obituaries, Smart People Die at the Right Time

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Published June 9, 2010 at 9:43 a.m.

Because that’s where real estate agents find out who dies and who may have a house to sell. Or, in this case, who might have the cash for a down payment on several homes and properties thanks to a quirk in the tax law.Question: why do quirks in any way associated with taxes positively never [ ... ] ...

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Taking A Lesson From Greece: Don’t Tax Me More On My House — Wait, What House?

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Published May 3, 2010 at 9:28 a.m.

Great read from Sunday’s New York Times here — to avoid paying taxes, many Greeks apparently fib about what they own. Like they don’t tell the government they have swimming pools when in fact, they do, to avoid that tax — whose looking?We in the U.S., in Dallas specifically, never lie to the Dallas County [ ... ] ...

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Tom Tom in West Village Closed

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 2:01 p.m.

According to Disher Brown, Tom Tom Noodle House in West Village is closed. Sign on the door says the property was seized for failure to pay state taxes ...

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Dallas County Property Taxes Due Today!

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Published Feb. 1, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

Dallas County property taxes are due today, February 1, 2010, since the 31st fell on a Sunday. Click here to pay by credit card and print a copy of your confirmation number. But before you pay, call your bank and prepare them for the fact that your mega-charge is coming. This is even more important [ ... ] ...

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Update:Dallas County Property Taxes Due February 1

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Published Jan. 29, 2010 at 7:13 p.m.

Dallas County Property taxes are due Jan. 31, which is a Sunday. The Dallas County website says this year’s due date is actually Monday, February 1. But I have been seeking the place where you can pay by credit card and must be missing something — am I? ...

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Genband CEO: Total bid cost for Nortel unit more than $400 million

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.

Although Genband Inc. is bidding $282 million for a unit of bankrupt Nortel Networks, the total cost of the bid will be "well north" of $400 million when expenses like restructuring and taxes are figured in ...

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Voting Day: Your Two Cents on Property Rights, Property Taxes

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Published Nov. 3, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.

Get thee to the polls today! It’s voting day and there are 11 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, including five that will affect our property rights, the property taxing authority, and who controls our dirt. Here you go, with my humble suggestions on how I will vote. Let me know quick if you disagree!Yes [ ... ] ...

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