Comments on: Home Depreciation

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:22:11 +0000

Ed, You’re Property’s value has tripled since your previous comment. We have placed a bill in the mail for you.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:00:51 +0000

Hmm…. In St Paul, they keep telling us our home values are increasing… so they can continue to charge us more property tax. Funny thing, the people who charge us property tax are the same ones who determine our home value. Right… No funny business going on there.

By: Tami

Tami — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:41:55 +0000

Yeah, I’ll be getting my depreciation notice soon too! Let me see, my house is 9 blocks south of Peter’s, which makes it basically closer to hell. Good thing I’m not trying to sell right now, oh wait…dang! Is anyone looking to rent a house?

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:33:40 +0000

“Ted, do you live in Ukraine?”

Yeah, apparently livers are all the rage, now.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:23:13 +0000

Ted, do you live in Ukraine?

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:05:19 +0000

I got a letter with a Goat grazing on a hillside. It said my kidney’s black market value has gone down 35%. There goes my retirement plan.

I also lost something around half of my 401K.

But the value of Farkle has never been higher!

By: tim hopps

tim hopps — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:24:01 +0000

Kevin S: I think it was a play on words, relating to the sailboat picture that accompanied our letters.

Obviously, KG and Scott do not live in the same neighborhood as me and Peter and Kevin S.

By: kevin s.

kevin s. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:10:49 +0000

“I’m in the same “boat” as scott with a notice that our house value INCREASED 10,000 in the last year. ”

Um, how is this a bad thing?

By: kg

kg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:16:32 +0000

That’s wonderful news, Peter! I’m in the same “boat” as scott with a notice that our house value INCREASED 10,000 in the last year. Ironic noting the massive colapse in housing market. Good to know there are still some overpriced homes to buy in minneapolis.

By: kevin s.

kevin s. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:06:52 +0000

Fortunately, the Farkling Minneapolis voters authorized an extra $60,000,000 to subsidize our city’s pitiful excuse for a school district, so this will not impact our property tax rates.

By: tim hopps

tim hopps — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:21:18 +0000

I got the same letter yesterday, Peter. I was surprised to find out how much my house depreciated as well. (I guess I put that new flapper in my toilet for nothing.) But I’m glad you gave me a good word to holler… FARKLE! …it’s probably better than the ones I used.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:51:31 +0000

man, i wish we’d get a letter with a sailboat picture on it. sailboats most often put you at ease….no matter that the local economy is in the tank, observe as this skiff glides across the water.

the only letter i got from my assessor the past few months is “oh, we jacked up your assessed value $25000 even though you haven’t done anything to your house so we’ll be charging you almost double in taxes. Have a great day!”

FARKLE!