Category Real Estate

What You Need To Know About Property Taxes in California

What You Need To Know About Property Taxes in California   Property taxes in the US are generally proportional to the value of one’s property.  The more valuable the property, the higher the taxes…   Except in California.  This is because in 1978, California enacted Prop 13 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)&gt; which limited increases in the taxes on […]

Inflation and the Price of a Burger

In a pair of recent discussions, the issue of inflation has come up. In one, someone mentioned that he’d thought that recent inflation was worse than “official” numbers – and the example he gave was how he’d noticed how expensive meat was at the supermarket. And in another, a question arose regarding how well one might […]