I have come to realize in the past year that property rights, especially as the affect real estate, do not really exist any more in this country.  With property taxes, you effectively just “rent” your property.  Here in Vermont if you are late on paying your property taxes, I forgot the exact amount of time, but it is not much, the town can proceed initiate proceeds for a tax sale.  It doesn’t matter how long you have owned the property, you can lose it due to a period of read more