Illinois

Captainkirk said

I more than qualify right now. I'm not 'renting' the freakin' land...the house is bought and paid for with a ton of 'sweat equity' included. Why the hell am I still paying (ridiculously high) taxes and having the possibility after all this of having the gov't repo for back taxes if for some reason I fall on hard times and can't pay them?

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The town that I grew up in the 80's (West Frankfort) passed a city ordinance and policy that allows the town itself to buy properties for 3 years or more of back taxes and resell the property. The council passed this about a decade ago and of course the property taxes shot up to 2.39%(double the national median)
Take a wild guess what happened over that decade, what the town looks like today.. and which families net worths have skyrocketed..
I'm eyeballing Oklahoma, Arkansas, Southern Missouri and Kentucky to permanently relocate and retire.