The second-year tax bill that surprises people.

Written By Felix Trujillo

The first year looks fine. The bill is often still sitting on the old owner’s value. You close. You move in. The second year the appraisal catches the price you paid.

That jump is not a surprise if someone pulled the certificate before you wrote. It is a surprise if the only number you saw was the listing.

Texas has no state income tax. The property tax is the trade. On a house in the ring it is real money every month, and it is different on the next street if the school district or a MUD is different.

I do not hand you a protest guide. I do not walk you through the homestead form. I pull the real bill on the address before you fall in love with it. Then we decide if the monthly number still works.

If you are buying in Austin, Cedar Park, Leander, or the ring, start the file. I will send the agreement so the walk can include the tax certificate.

START THE FILE

Felix Trujillo

Felix does the work because the file is his. He walks the house before anyone writes an offer or lists it. He reads the numbers, the contract, and the condition himself. That is not a slogan. It is how he keeps the transaction from sliding.

He comes from construction Foreman leadership. He has fixed the things most agents only describe. When a buyer or seller is standing in a house that has a real problem or a real opportunity, he can talk about it without guessing. He does not hand the walk to a junior or a team.

He stays on the file because that is the only way the client gets the result. He has seen what happens when the agent disappears after the listing agreement or the showing. He does not do that. The people who need him are the ones who want the person who already walked it, already knows the numbers, and will still be there when the title company calls. That is the reason, not the pitch.

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