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  1. Wow! You earned your money! I am almost certain the old men in Collin County gave me half of what I wanted. I wonder what the escrow dollar amount would have been 15 years ago. I probably didn't have it. I was definitely a poor teacher back then. Teacher salaries have come a long way.
  2. 1/1, so the airtight way to do it would be to close on 12/30.(avoid holidays) That is the question. Especially on a home with a 40k difference, hypothetical 240k appraisal 01/01/2026 on sales price 199.9k vs an unknown appraisal on 01/01/2027, is it better to close on 12/30/2026 or 01/02/2027? Right now there are houses listed 40k below appraisal in Bexar County.
  3. Thanks, but I would never pay someone to do it anyway. It was a small summer job that one year when I was grinding so hard, and I honestly could have made some really good money had I started a protest business. The real secret is that you don't have to grind hard every year, because of the 10% limit. Just grind hard every other year, keep your eye on the ball, and be ready to move forward to the next step after meeting the old men. I never tried to go further than the old men, but I found the procedures when I did my research.
  4. I am hoping you agree with me that the "value only known at the time of property conveyance" should be the appraised value because of the calendar wrt when appraisals are figured. In my case, example: if I buy a property for 190k and close on February 25, imo that should be the appraised value, because that is about the time appraisals are figured out. Am I about correct there? Maybe from then to the end of March? The lady on the phone did not have the expertise or experience to know exactly how they come up with an appraisal, so I am hoping to find some information so specific I can remove all doubt that the property should be appraised under 200k. Once I get the magical under 200k appraisal, the wife will be 64 years old at that time. Once we file the homestead exemption correctly after closing, we would just need to wait until her October birthday to file for the 65+ exemption and at the same time the ISD taxes will be frozen at $0. In the meantime, I look at realtor.com about three or four times a week and prices are still going down because supply is up. Worst case scenario, if I were to purchase and have to protest, I know exactly how to protest to old men that are now my peers. Pictures estimates, and the sales price. In fact, going in to a protest I would look older and poorer than the old men. My objective is to get an appraisal under 200k on a 190k purchase price without having to protest, but that may be too much to ask for.
  5. Only read the first page, but am interested in coaching moves. Are you saying we hired Alina? For real? He's gotta be at least 70, which is fine for a head coach, but a position coach is more of a grind job I would think. And what about the king of bad charma, Gideon? Is he gone yet? I will never forget the craziness of Gideon. If he dropped the one he caught, and caught the one he dropped, chances are 90% plus we have two more national championships. Everybody remembers Tech, but some people forget the BCS game against Alabama, when he did a wonderful job of catching the interception, but it was fourth down. Drop it dude! Much like January 1984 with Craig Curry and Jitter Fields, it will always be too soon.
  6. Collin County, back in the day. As a teacher, I had time in the summer, so I became an expert protester, about 12 to 15 years ago. I remember one summer, I was grinding hard, asking for an appraisal to be reduced way down. Had people come out to give me estimates on repairing everything that needed fixing. This was before online protests. I arrived to meet the old men on the committee and they looked at my evidence and met me at least halfway. I had to have been the most successful protester in McKinney, mostly because everybody was so busy working and commuting that they didn't have time to go through the exercise. It was basically a small summer job for me. That summer was worthwhile because the following years the increase was limited because of the 10% rule. A few years later I took my foot off the brake and let the appraisal increase, because I knew we were going to sell. My last year of paying the taxes, I paid $3700, and the lady investor who bought the house paid $5000+. Sold in 2018. Now, as a renter in SA, am looking at the homestead exemption and trying to work the system. My wife turns 63 in a couple of months and she would be on the deed. The new homestead exemption for age 65 or better goes to $200k very soon. If we were to buy a property at under 200k in the calendar year in which she turns 65, theoretically we would have an air-tight case to pay $0 in ISD taxes forever.....or so I thought. Some taxes are also frozen at age 65. I called Bexar county appraisal district in April: Me: "if I buy a property in February of a certain year under 200k you have to accept the sales price as appraised value, correct?" Lady "No, we do our own, but you can protest." Me: "but it is based upon market value, correct?". Lady would not comment further, just repeated previous statement. Based upon my previous success protesting, I could handle that pretty easily, but it would be a lot easier if there were generally accepted rules the appraisal district must follow.
  7. I think feel for the game in the moment is where Scottie is similar to Jack. There are numerous stories about Jack having a feel for the game in the moment that nobody else had. Example a. I believe Jack said he adjusted his swing mid-swing, because of a sudden change in the wind to hit that famous one iron or two iron in 1972 at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach that rolled to within five feet or closer that nobody else could come close to. Two others I have heard are that during the famous 1986 Masters final round his son Jackie was caddying. There was one hole, 16 or 17, the par four, and Jack and Jackie are looking at the putt, the putt reads a certain way, but Jack doesn't believe the read, and tells Jackie he thinks it breaks toward the creek. Birdie putt.... And the best for last, the famous par 3, is it 16? Jack hits a perfect shot, Jackie says out loud "Be the right club" and Jack replies "It is" and of course the ball rolls to within 3 feet of the hole. Think about all of the begging and pleading that players do now and I contrast that with every time I watched Jack, I do not remember a single time he begged the ball to do x, y or z.
  8. With Lake Travis now about 670 feet, is there any problem with the lake going above 681? It has been at 700 before, correct?
  9. That makes sense and coincidentally enough, I taught school in a far north Dallas area, which was served by Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. This was much later than Pettis Norm's influence of course, from 2001 to 2010. Our school consisted of a strange combination of high-end homes, regular apartments, and one very unusual apartment that was right across the street from school, government housing. My last week at that school, a power greater than us was telling me it was indeed a good decision to leave that school at that time. Within the week we had a. school vandalism over the weekend b. a bomb threat before school and everybody did a fantastic job evacuating the building, to the very rear of the property. and c. Mother against the other woman violence in the parking lot, and Dallas police had to be called to the scene.
  10. I don't. What is the story?
  11. I read online that Pettis Norman died the other day at age 86. A Dallas Cowboy in the 1960s, I remembered that my dad once told me a story about meeting Pettis during National Guard activities, in the mid 1960s. My dad is 89, and no longer drives so when I visit, I drive him to the grocery store, dr visits. We were driving the other day and I mentioned Pettis dying and he remembered the Annual Training in the Guard in the 60s when he put 6 Dallas Cowboys through the gas chamber. It was my dad's first Annual Training with the 36th Infantry Division and he was the chemical officer in charge of the gas chamber and other things. My dad is mentally very sharp and also talked about spending five days in flamethrower training. He said that was one of the summers when they put everybody in the entire division through the gas chamber. Anyway so we're talking and Dad remembered Pettis as a tight end and remarked that he remembered one other Dallas Cowboy, but not his name. Dad said he was that "really fast guy". "Bob Hayes?" I asked. "You put Bob Hayes through the gas chamber?" "Yes, Bob had a little bit of trouble, didn't put the mask on correctly". Got me to thinking, wondering how many old Dallas Cowboys are left from the 1960s. Obvious two big ones are Roger Staubach and Bob Lilly. .
  12. and we have a two man playoff. Curious how many times PGA tour has had playoffs in back-to-back weeks.
  13. Totally different cash of characters and totally different result wrt getting the ball to the hole on the putts. This weekend's heroes have no problems getting the ball to the hole. Very refreshing change. And it looks like we are headed to another playoff, 2 or possibly 3 man playoff. Good stuff.
  14. a few observations from today, without reading any of today's posts 1. I don't remember the last time I saw such great accuracy on the drives from the top contenders. wow. 2. As awesome as these guys are, NONE of them can come remotely close to holding Jack Nicklaus' putting glove, especially wrt getting the ball to the hole on a putt. It was almost comical at a couple of points. Ironically the man who did the best job of the three at getting the ball to the hole did not win. Greyserman. 3. I like the sudden death playoff, but why the strange choice of holes? I say start on a number, either 15 or 16, and go from there to 18, and most playoffs will be done by then. Today was the exception of course. After 15 through 18 for example, then go back one, 14 through 18. etc. Has the PGA ever been in such great shape before? I don't think so.
  15. how much slack do they give him? Will be interesting if the first batter gets on.
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