You thinking you are warren buffet and the king ranch is even funnier I assure you

I grip about my land taxes too. Hell I gripe about truck registration. Although truck may not be as misspent as some of the other taxes

I never claimed to be anything of the sort, just smart enough to not live like an ant in a mound. I believe you are the one who is always talking about being big time rancher......from dfw airport lol

I doubt you are as "smart" as you think you are!

May not be, at least when I look out the window I'm not staring at some other random persons house or a privacy fence. I do have that going for me....

Filed my online protest with Fannin County this morning. We shall see...


When asked if I was willing to come in person if needed, of course I said yes. It would be my pleasure to talk to you people face to face.

I did my first time in-person protest a few years ago. Never again...not good for my blood pressure!

I feel this is one of those things best outsourced to an expert.

It really doesn't matter that TLK happened to agree with the idiot (me).

Yes you did. I don’t own a cow right now, I don’t have too. My ranch/farm size is irrelevant, unless someone is asking me how I did it, or how and why I manage it the way I do from an investment standpoint. Then it could quantify the level of success I had in that investment

The below is your issue. You can see past the tax cost, and are petty about it .
Some one told me they paid 300k in taxes I’d be generally curious what could learn from them, obviously they did something right. Someone told me they had 15k tax bill, Meaning most likey over a million dollar home, i damn sure wouldnt call them a dumbass

This is all lost to you anyway.

Congrats on your home and land, you are obviously proud of it, just as other people are proud of their homes and lifestyles.

My BP and heart rate won't move much off resting numbers.

I have dealt with stressful stuff, talking to the people at the appraisal district won't be a big deal for me.

I have done it once before. I came prepared with math. I like arguing with math, it is free from opinion or emotion. I got my way last time without much fuss.

Bobo, I never asked about your ranch or farm size or how many cows you have. You sure like bringing it up though. I will say you can't manage a ranch in the panhandle from Dallas, someone else has to do it that actually lives there. I won't argue though, I'm sure you're the best rancher in the dfw airport area lol

This is not the general public, this is a hunting forum. I would not expect the general public to want to live in the woods.

I'm still waiting on someone to show me where paying a huge suburban tax bill while then driving to hunt somewhere and paying someone else's tax bill is a good financial decision.

Not sure why one would be proud to pay a ton to live on a tiny piece of land and fight traffic everyday. Glad you enjoy that though.

I hunt a 5,500 acre prime LF South TX low brush ranch with seven extremely good people - all of whom I trust & respect. Have a 10X40 job trailer on it with central heat & A/C. No immigrant incursion. Very low oil field intrusion and none in my area. Two hours door to door. Year round access and I use it. It might be worth $10 mil or so. Took off eight (I think) last year. Made sausage with five.

Feed and lease cost is .001 the value of the land. Beat that tax rate.

There are some other positive benefits -

Keep digging that hole! BTW - $1,500 a year gets me and my wife 24/7 access to 480 acres to hunt & fish. Cant buy property for that so I think it's a "good" financial decision for us.

Nice buck. I'm just not a weekend hunter, I want to hunt everyday of deer season. During this time of year it's nice to eat dinner and go blast a big hog in the field at dusk. The thought of having to drive 2 hours to do the thing I love most in life (other than wife lol) is insane to me.

How far is the drive? 3 hours

Can't wait to tell Wifeypoo I have turned into a weekend hunter.

Some young men are just positive they've got it all figured out. It rarely works out well for that type.

Just another little stick guy thinking he's got something better

Yep, property values everywhere are crazy.
Yep, Texas property taxes are crazy high and increasing.
Yep, some folks will argue with a fence post.

I'm just glad I'm not old and still don't have it figured out.......


I'm sure the ranch owner is happy for you to pay his taxes

Some want to walk out the front door and look at nature, maybe even a feeder and some animals. Some want to walk out the door and talk to thier Indian neighbors about HOA drama.....

Plenty of people have both, and don't worry about the taxes on either one. Also a reality that some careers are able to maximize earnings by living where the most people are.

Some want to walk out the door and be an [censored] more concerned about everyone’s business more so than thr own,

Yep

I’m a terrible rancher, but a pretty good investor and decent manager. Again this is all lost to you, Managing my place is easy. I hired some great people that I value, that have an equal or higher ROI then me doing it my self at 1/3 the risk. Which none of this matters as it just shows I value land way differently then you do.

No one on this forum every said hunting was an investment… it’s recreation to me. And I hunt a bunch