On: The Terrifying Reality of Long-Term Unemployment

[svachalek]

Property tax is forever too.

[ggreer → svachalek]

Renters pay property taxes as well, it's just hidden from them because the landlord is a middleman. If property taxes go up, so will rents.

[jdotjdot → svachalek]

This is an excellent point I think people often forget about. How does property tax in a house (whose valuation you often have no control over) compare to rent?