"Brady Bunch" house for sale

[LKellerIII]

and the winner we have to pay high CA taxes

California being a high-tax state is somewhat of a myth. Actually, property taxes in California are relatively low due to the passage of the infamous "Proposition 13" back in the 70's that lowered assessments to just 1% of property value. The house will be reassessed at a new higher value due to the sale, but compared to many other states, CA prop taxes are lowish.

Now if the residents are moving from another state, they may get sticker shock from sales taxes at 7.25%. But that's only 1% higher than supposedly "low-tax" Texas at 6.25%. Call me a crazy liberal, but every year I pay my state income taxes, I think that it's not so much, really, considering I live in such a great place.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I vaguely recall an early MTV promotion where the winner got a private concert from
John Cougar Mellencamp and a little pink house located in Indiana.

Promotion had to be canceled when it was learned the house sat on a toxic waste site.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I vaguely recall an early MTV promotion where the winner got a private concert from
John Cougar Mellencamp and a little pink house located in Indiana.

Promotion had to be canceled when it was learned the house sat on a toxic waste site.

Is that what turned the house pink???

Actually if I won the Brady Bunch house I'd resell it because of living in TN.

 

[landtuna]

California being a high-tax state is somewhat of a myth. Actually, property taxes in California are relatively low due to the passage of the infamous "Proposition 13" back in the 70's that lowered assessments to just 1% of property value. The house will be reassessed at a new higher value due to the sale, but compared to many other states, CA prop taxes are lowish.

Now if the residents are moving from another state, they may get sticker shock from sales taxes at 7.25%. But that's only 1% higher than supposedly "low-tax" Texas at 6.25%. Call me a crazy liberal, but every year I pay my state income taxes, I think that it's not so much, really, considering I live in such a great place.

Yup. Taxes are one thing but the bigger problem in parts of California are the escalating purchase prices. Most prospective new buyers are priced out of the acceptable markets. That, and crowding, were the two biggest drivers to entice me to leave CA back in 1968. I have a brother who still lives in SoCal and I can't imagine putting up with what he does on a daily basis. Life's too short.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I have known people who turned down very nice job offers in L.A. because it would have added
TWO MILES to their commute. The traffic is just absolutely horrible.

 

[LKellerIII]

Yup. Taxes are one thing but the bigger problem in parts of California are the escalating purchase prices. Most prospective new buyers are priced out of the acceptable markets. That, and crowding, were the two biggest drivers to entice me to leave CA back in 1968. I have a brother who still lives in SoCal and I can't imagine putting up with what he does on a daily basis. Life's too short.

Depends on your age and how long you've been there. I can't say I've made too many brilliant financial decisions in my life, but buying a house in San Francisco in 1980 turned out to be one of them. Now, if I was that age now, there is absolutely no possibility I could afford a house.

I left LA in 1973. Traffic was miserable then. Add about 2 million more people and probably 750,000 more vehicles, and you have LA today.

 

[skippercollector]

house bought by hgtv

HGTV has purchased the house, for twice its asking price

http://www.latimes.com/business/rea...h-house-sold-3-5-million-20180810-story.html#

 

[TheBigA]

But that's only 1% higher than supposedly "low-tax" Texas at 6.25%. Call me a crazy liberal, but every year I pay my state income taxes, I think that it's not so much, really, considering I live in such a great place.

Then again, consider that in addition to having a lower sales tax, Texas is one of a few states that has no state income tax.

Imagine banking that money.

 

[davideduardo]

California being a high-tax state is somewhat of a myth. Actually, property taxes in California are relatively low due to the passage of the infamous "Proposition 13" back in the 70's that lowered assessments to just 1% of property value. The house will be reassessed at a new higher value due to the sale, but compared to many other states, CA prop taxes are lowish.

Now if the residents are moving from another state, they may get sticker shock from sales taxes at 7.25%. But that's only 1% higher than supposedly "low-tax" Texas at 6.25%. Call me a crazy liberal, but every year I pay my state income taxes, I think that it's not so much, really, considering I live in such a great place.

In many parts of CA the sales tax is over 9%.

State income tax can reach 13% and, with the new Federal tax regulations, it’s not deductible.

Property taxes are indeed lower. But with a house in most metros of Texas that costs around $300,000 costing a million or more in much of CA, you end up paying much more unless you bought your CA house 30 years or more ago.

I have more neighbors who are planning to leave the state as soon as work or other factors allow it than those who want to stay.

 

[davideduardo]

Depends on your age and how long you've been there. I can't say I've made too many brilliant financial decisions in my life, but buying a house in San Francisco in 1980 turned out to be one of them. Now, if I was that age now, there is absolutely no possibility I could afford a house.

I left LA in 1973. Traffic was miserable then. Add about 2 million more people and probably 750,000 more vehicles, and you have LA today.

LA metro in 1970 was just under 8 million. Today it is just under 14 million. That is 6 million more people and about 5.5 million more vehicles on a decaying infrastructure.

There is almost a 1:1 ratio of people to vehicles in CA, as for congestion we have to look at commercial vehicles that use the roads too... not just cars. 39 million population, 36.3 million vehicles.

 

[landtuna]

Then again, consider that in addition to having a lower sales tax, Texas is one of a few states that has no state income tax.

Imagine banking that money.

Sales taxes are only one facet of cost of living and even those don't have to be killers. In most states with a sales tax the tax only applies on certain items and is not placed on "essentials" like food, medicines and other staples. In states without sales taxes you will find that other taxes make up for the lack of a sales tax. My ex found this out when she moved from AZ to TX. The cost of her insurance (house and vehicle) doubled and she also pays higher property tax even though she lives in a rural area. She also has a 40 mile commute to work there (so she could afford the same house she had here in AZ). In the 20 years she has lived there she has lost two cars due to floods (at IAH no less) and had a house foundation sink into the ground (needing expensive jacking). Her utilities are also a bunch higher (due to the humidity and cost of water).

Another problem.....Texas is filled with......Texans.

Nope.....there are definitely more important issues than taxes alone.

 

[TheBigA]

Sales taxes are only one facet of cost of living and even those don't have to be killers.

I wasn't talking about sales tax. I said Texas is one of a handful of states that has no state INCOME tax.

The context of my comment was comparing Texas, where the state income tax is zero, to California, where the top rate is 13%. That can be some serious money.

 

[landtuna]

I wasn't talking about sales tax. I said Texas is one of a handful of states that has no state INCOME tax.

This is what you posted: "Then again, consider that in addition to having a lower sales tax,".

 

[TheBigA]

This is what you posted: "Then again, consider that in addition to having a lower sales tax,".

How about being honest and showing the REST of what I posted? There's a comma there, not a period.


Originally Posted by TheBigA
Then again, consider that in addition to having a lower sales tax, Texas is one of a few states that has no state income tax.

As I said, I was talking about income tax.

 

[seatownmedia]

More drama...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/b...n-about-hgtv-renovation/ar-BBLPIu6?li=BBnb7Kz

Perhaps the Brady kids could cook up a scheme to prevent the renovation, then Mike and Carol would catch wind of it, and finally Alice would provide the answer.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I remember one time they shot part of a movie on my mom's street in Pittsburgh.
It was pretty awful if you lived there. The whole street jammed up with trailers, and the
production people roaming around were all pretty obnoxious. (You HAVE to move that
gnome from your yard, we're from HOLLYWOOD!)

Then again, in L.A. I would think that people were pretty used to this.

 

[LKellerIII]

I remember one time they shot part of a movie on my mom's street in Pittsburgh.
It was pretty awful if you lived there. The whole street jammed up with trailers, and the
production people roaming around were all pretty obnoxious. (You HAVE to move that
gnome from your yard, we're from HOLLYWOOD!)

Then again, in L.A. I would think that people were pretty used to this.

Having lived and worked in San Francisco for decades, I have had to deal with film crews many times. I was working in the North Beach neighborhood in the 1970's, when Streets of San Francisco was still in production. Being low budget 70's era TV, they would come in to a local block, set up, do a few takes, and be out and on their way in one hour. On the other end of the spectrum were feature films, which would block off a neighborhood and take an entire day to film one scene. I remember them shooting the film Hardcore on the block. The entire day was George C. Scott walking down the street, glancing at a hooker walking up the street, giving her a dirty look, then walking on. It must have cost them tens of thousands to film that one ten-second scene, which did make it into the film.

To keep the residents and workers on the block happy, they would often let us eat at the the canteen for the actors and crew - generally excellent catered lunches. So that generally made up for the inconvenience.

 

[davideduardo]

I remember one time they shot part of a movie on my mom's street in Pittsburgh.
It was pretty awful if you lived there. The whole street jammed up with trailers, and the
production people roaming around were all pretty obnoxious. (You HAVE to move that
gnome from your yard, we're from HOLLYWOOD!)

Then again, in L.A. I would think that people were pretty used to this.

Most parts of LA are not ever affected by film crews.

And in an interesting note, published this week by Variety, it is noted that out of the 100 biggest budget productions of 2017, only 10 were filmed in LA; many of those 10 were animated features so there was no street presence.

More common are TV show location shots, but so many TV shows are done in places like GA and Canada (the top two locations now) that even that is not terribly disruptive. In 20 years living in the TMZ, I only saw location shots being done a half-dozen times (And for years my office was at Hollywood and Vine and I lived a few blocks from Disney and a few more from WB!)

 

[LKellerIII]

Most parts of LA are not ever affected by film crews.

And in an interesting note, published this week by Variety, it is noted that out of the 100 biggest budget productions of 2017, only 10 were filmed in LA; many of those 10 were animated features so there was no street presence.

More common are TV show location shots, but so many TV shows are done in places like GA and Canada (the top two locations now) that even that is not terribly disruptive. In 20 years living in the TMZ, I only saw location shots being done a half-dozen times (And for years my office was at Hollywood and Vine and I lived a few blocks from Disney and a few more from WB!)

Canada is huge, because, as I understand it - the wage costs for crew are much lower. I still recall seeing an episode of The X Files, where Mulder and Scully are investigating odd occurrences in San Francisco. The scene on "Fisherman's Wharf" was introduced by establishing shots of actual San Francisco and the Wharf. Then cut to the two interviewing somebody on a boat in the marina. It was all looking very authentic until a camera panned southward to focus on one of the characters. Just like SF, there was a huge hill a half mile or so away, but instead of being covered by houses and apartments all jammed up together, it was covered with evergreen trees. So...Vancouver, I'm guessing.

 

[seatownmedia]

Canada is huge, because, as I understand it - the wage costs for crew are much lower. I still recall seeing an episode of The X Files, where Mulder and Scully are investigating odd occurrences in San Francisco. The scene on "Fisherman's Wharf" was introduced by establishing shots of actual San Francisco and the Wharf. Then cut to the two interviewing somebody on a boat in the marina. It was all looking very authentic until a camera panned southward to focus on one of the characters. Just like SF, there was a huge hill a half mile or so away, but instead of being covered by houses and apartments all jammed up together, it was covered with evergreen trees. So...Vancouver, I'm guessing.

I can't find the source, but someone once estimated that there have been more than 300 movies (both theatrical and tv) that were shot in Vancouver, but were "located" in Seattle. I find this amusing as a Seattle native, but the truth is most around the world don't know the difference, nor do they care.