I know taxes pay for our roads and police dept and fire department. But why should I pay extra with renters don't have to... Especially since my house is paid off. I think it's a racket.
Was in Orlando on Thursday, so decided to stop by Celebration. Adam has certainly marketed it well! It struck me as being a Disney theme park, but without the big attractions. Very stylized, manicured lawns, near perfection. Like living on a Disney property, because it was conceived by Disney. But you absolutely have to love people, as they are everywhere, especially of an evening. I dropped by around 5pm, and there were zero places to park, anywhere downtown. I was really hoping to walk the waterfront, but it was clear you had to get there early, as it’s a popular spot.
Yes, you property taxes pay for the community services - they pay the salaries of your municipal workers who keep your sewers running, your fire department and emt services running. Property taxes guarantee that every child can get educated, and your municipal parks are kept in good order. I suspect even your "free" library is financed through property taxes.
My local library has a life-sized statue of our town's own Mary Martin, the original Peter Pan on Broadway---at it's entryway. She's our most famous citizen. She is also the mother of Larry Hagman. So actually our small town is known for 2 actors.
I thought I wanted to play golf, ⛳️ so one time on a whim…I was invited to the Long Beach Bixby 9-Hole course after work one day. Lo and behold; I got a hole-in-one on the 5th hole my very first time out…then I quit. I never played again because I figured it doesn’t get any better than a hole in one.
Historically speaking, a library was set up by the voluntary collaboration of the community. The same with the fire department. They did it free of charge for the purpose of making it a better community.
@@KG-oe8oo and tomorrow they might change the rules again and you’ll be fine with that because you don’t care that they’ve changed the rules in the past against your best interest.
Property Taxes have little to do with your Home, they pay for Infrastructure, Police, Schools, Pools etc. Basically Businesses, Homeowners etc are paying so everyone in the Community can Benefit.
People get bent out of shape because their property taxes are based on the value of their property, but the people with more expensive houses have more to lose if there is no fire department to put the fire out when the house burns down. Those same people have more to gain by driving on the roads, etc., to get to their higher-paying jobs that pay for their more valuable houses, too.
I've done that every year, I live in Michigan and also do it now even though I no longer own a home, but rent an apartment. In Michigan, rent is taken into consideration because part of your rent goes to paying the property taxes for the complex.
@@RetroRobbin59 In simplest terms, filing a homestead exemption can prevent a forced sale of your home, which can happen when a creditor goes after your property to satisfy the debts you may owe them. Debts by creditors can be in the form of unpaid medical bills, credit card debt, business loans, personal loans, and most other debts. It's not available in all states.
@AdamTheWoo: Property taxes pays for a lot of what you use daily that is cared of by your municipality: Roads, parks, that beautiful lake, the tap water, water games, fountains, library, schools, police, city hall, public hospitals, firefighters, etc. All that costs a lot and that financial burden is shared amongst all citizens, whether they are renters or owners. Those are all recurrent expenses for the municipality, and thus so are your taxes. But that also makes your living a lot more enjoyable than that other almost abandoned town where nothing is cared of, where citizens are probably paying a lot less taxes than you do in Celebration.
Your property taxes go to maintain infrastructure and government functions like Schools, libraries, sewer, storm drain etc. the government needs a steady income to maintain these things for a functional civil society. I can tell you, as an employee of the entity I pay my property taxes to, life is much more pleasant with well funded services.
How do you buy a home and not understand property tax is paid for life? Yes, over the rest of your life you will pay tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) in property tax, regardless of whether you have a mortgage or not. Don't kids know this?
cool Vlog again Adam , those books look very interesting , you will know when you have made it when you shout *get off my lawn* at the kids lol, really well done and thank you 😊
Initial property taxes should have been dealt with in your purchase agreement. Did they mention "escrow"? If not, then you'll have to write a check once a year. Remember to make sure you have your Homestead Exemption. Once you do, it automatically renews every year. As for the library, you can borrow any book from any library in the entire State of Florida through inter-library loan for free. Many libraries also have audiobooks which you can download onto your phone, which are awesome! As well as videos and many other services. All provided free for card-holders! :D
Thank you for showing off and sharing info. on the library. I work in a library and always like to visit them when I go out of town to see the differences in what is offered. I’ve wondered if a library review channel would do well on RU-vid.
Arnold Palmers office (frozen in time) at Bay Hill Golf resort, just West of Orlando. If you get into golf, there is one of THE major nostalgia sites at Bay Hill Golf resort. Also, randomly, they used to have free mini tours at TPC Sawgrass near Jacksonville. You get close up tour of famous 17th hole island green - taken around on golf cart.
The flowers that were being planted in downtown ? Those are being paid for by your taxes. Also because most of the things to run a city are continuous items you have to pay taxes each year. Also I think that Cool the alligator has a yearly contract re his appearances.
Adam I have often pondered the thought if the whole leaf blower in the background is intentional. Is this a running bit or just co-inky-dink ? Hmmmmm. Food for thought 🤔. Lol. Either way I love it. Whenever I here one I always wonder if you are nearby. Cracks me the “heck” up.
love the cart so much easier to get around and park ideal for short trips out especially when vlogging its great as you can point out stuff that we can see. congrats on the Library card
Enjoyed your video. I’m a retired librarian from NJ down here in Kissimmee for a couple of weeks. So glad you appreciate the library as not a lot of people do these days. Will be exploring Celebration today due to your videos.
Haven’t even watched this vlog yet today, but I just finished watching Tom’s upload and I wanted to say that your part in it was perfect- “an 87 minute long song”❤️ How frickin’ awesome it must be to have one of your movie idols now call you “my friend”. Keep living your life the way do Adam and drown out the haters because what you get to do, and the people you get to meet are incredible.
I think you would love golf. My husband has played for 40 years. He loves it. Since he is inside in his office all day he loves being outside as soon as he gets home and on his days off. He just played Lake Buena Vista golf course twice on our recent trip to DisneyWorld. He loves that course and since we were staying at Saratoga it was really convenient. You could play all the lovely courses near you whenever you desired.
The movie "Bait Shop" that was filmed on Lake Toho in Kissimmee starred Bill Engval and Billy Ray Cyrus. I haven't seen it but it sounds pretty good, and I think I'll check it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
In NJ a Home the size of yours would cost between 4-12k per quarter or more depending on how big your yard/home is. Then on top of that there is income tax which is massive and sales tax which is also a pain and then finally a gas tax on top of that. It's a nightmare and gets more expensive every year here and B/T now and covid I've seen a hike of 150$ per Quarter.
After following your Daily’s for years, one thing I noticed, you never seem to get very sick that it prevents you from a “daily”. Adam, do you ever get that sick?
Look at all those library services your property taxes are paying for! What an upstanding citizen!!!! Yes, you are becoming an official Florida resident.
Have you thought about riding the local inner city train in Orlando or the new SunRail that goes from Orlando down to Miami or even the Amtrak train that goes from Orlando to Tampa and Orlando up to Jacksonville?
Way to go Adam I see you have constructed a celebration library card congratulations hope the library comes in handy for you also I really enjoyed the day out there also just listening you and you thoughts and life in general thanks again, now with that peace ☮️ love ❤️ and happiness to you Adam and I’ll see you on the next vlog adventure wherever it takes yoi peace ☮️ out ✌️
The club house at the golf course has BINGO one night/week. I forget which evening but I used to go on a regular basis in 2018 & 2019. Really fun crowd of people. It’s a great place to meet other Celebration residents and make new friends :)
Doesn't seem like there could be any better place to live if you are a lover of (nearly) everything Disney, as the town seems like it's part of the Resort villages! I have become a true lover of libraries of late myself, they have so much more to avail yourself of now, including audio tapes, movies, music, video games and at ours, even puzzles and board games. The programs and events they have are also worthy of keeping tabs on. Glad you are loving the life you have created for yourself, it appears to be pretty idyllic!
I am a native Californian who moved like thousands others, to Austin and love it. But, if I could afford it I definitely would have my 2nd home in Celebration. Thank you for showing us your beautiful home town!
Here in the uk we pay council tax (/which I think is equivalent to your property tax) to our local area council which varies depends on size of your property etc and is for services like police, fire, ambulances, Road maintenance, rubbish collection, street light maintenance etc….
We pay $2,500 for prop. taxes. Glad we moved from Westminster, CA back in 79. Our old neighbor prop. taxes go up to like 11k a yr. Thats a fricken joke who can afford that on top of inflation 🤬
Property taxes are paid until you sell the home, deceased…it’s part of adulting, homeownership ..when you turn 65 you apply for 65 homestead exemption which decreases/freezes a portion of your property taxes.
Adam, all the places you're visiting in Celebration, really make me want to go and check out the Apt/home buying possibilities LOL. I live up in Sunrise near Ft Lauderdale and hubby wants to maybe move to somewhere else in state. Gator can be COOL II.
Think of your property tax like a community tax. You’ve joined a community that needs to build roads and fund schools and… the library. You pay federal tax for nationwide items, and you pay your local tax to your community 👍
You don’t pay sales tax on residential property (at least not yet- some municipalities have “fees” involved with the transaction). But property taxes are real and your mortgage provider (assuming you have a mortgage) or your lawyer (assuming you used one) should have educated you regarding this ongoing responsibility. It’s not a mystery. Federal income taxes fund what the federal government does. State income taxes where applicable (Florida doesn’t have one) fund some of what the state government does. Other taxes like gas taxes fill the gap at the state level. But local municipalities need a source of revenue too. And since one of the largest expenses in local government is the school system, property taxes are often used for this purpose (among others). Now that you are an owner-stakeholder in your community and have use of the schools (and the library btw 😊), you gotta pay your property taxes. Seniors like me who are done raising kids often buy in areas with good schools and high property values/taxes when our kids are young and as we age and no longer need good schools we move to lower tax places. Welcome to homeownership!
