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Greg Z., Aurora, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $187500, Present Value (2018), $153540, Property Taxes (2005), $5266, Property Taxes (2017), $5842, Total Taxes Paid, $72286, , , “I pay too much money for my real estate taxes for what I get.”
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Greg G., Chicago, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $260000, Present Value (2018), $541430, Property Taxes (2012), $7395, Property Taxes (2017), $8976, Total Taxes Paid, $47504, , , “Not a penny of our taxes actually goes to the schools.”
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Susan P., Lemont, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $660000, Present Value (2018), $499170, Property Taxes (2005), $3494, Property Taxes (2017), $10430, Total Taxes Paid, $115183, , , “Within the next 10 years we will have to make a decision on whether we’ll stay or go.”
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B.B., Dolton, IL, Present Value (2018), $74500, Property Taxes (2006), $2522, Property Taxes (2017), $5962, Total Taxes Paid, $48930, , , , , “I don’t think [our taxes are] spent properly to be honest.”
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Mark D., Bloomingdale, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $262000, Present Value (2018), $336600, Property Taxes (2000), $5123, Property Taxes (2017), $12091, Total Taxes Paid, $159664, , , “As soon as [my kids finish college] I am out of Illinois. ”
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Joseph R., Worth, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $290000, Present Value (2018), $304990, Property Taxes (2016), $6326, Property Taxes (2017), $11331, Total Taxes Paid, $17657, , , “We’re being taxed right out of our home.”
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Kelly C., Milan, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $102000, Present Value (2018), $118149, Property Taxes (2013), $631, Total Taxes Paid, $1262, , , , , “I would never reconsider moving back to Illinois.”
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Colleen H., Northlake, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $225000, Present Value (2018), $148960, Property Taxes (2006), $4781, Property Taxes (2017), $6508, Total Taxes Paid, $67777, , , “I don’t know what they’re doing with the money.”
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Pamela C., Grayslake, IL, Present Value (2018), $188844, Property Taxes (2000), $3482, Property Taxes (2017), $6347, Total Taxes Paid, $80005, , , , , “I’ve been fighting for the last two years not to lose my family home.”
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Joseph C., Villa Park, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $128000, Present Value (2018), $291990, Property Taxes (2011), $5913, Property Taxes (2017), $7540, Total Taxes Paid, $47309, , , “I have about 10 to 12 years until I retire and then I am out of this state.”