I calculated a simple napkin based math on a mortgage in NJ. Of total mortgage per month payment, the tax portion of your monthly payment is 30 40% of your monthly mortgage (standard mortgage of around 1750, with taxes around 1000), for which you get exponentially rigid bullshit laws, red flag go fuck yourself laws, free speech restrictions, crippling business taxes, etc Even assuming you could pay off the house, you're still looking at a rental payment a month anywhere else for taxes alone ...
I calculated a simple napkin based math on a mortgage in NJ. Of total mortgage per month payment, the tax portion of your monthly payment is 30 40% of your monthly mortgage (standard mortgage of around 1750, with taxes around 1000), for which you get exponentially rigid bullshit laws, red flag go fuck yourself laws, free speech restrictions, crippling business taxes, etc Even assuming you could pay off the house, you're still looking at a rental payment a month anywhere else for taxes alone ...
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