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Originally Posted by JManc
Sure, almost anyone can buy a home but the real challenge is where they have to factor property/ school taxes and then maintain that home. Which in NYS they are pretty damn high and I remember the heating bills in the winter.
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In my first home in Pittsburgh, until gentrification resulted in the house being reassessed in 2011, I paid almost nothing in property taxes, because the value of the house was barely over the homestead exemption.
As for heating - I always paid for that as a renter anyway. Are utilities more typically included in Upstate NY or something?