Taxes are pricing me out.

[Roger S.]

Just got property tax statements today.   Most of the houses went up a few thousand to maybe 7 thousand, which is bad enough, but I have one house that the improvements were valued at 76,000 last year, and this year are valued at 140,000.    Want to know what improvements I made?   A paint job, 500 bucks worth of fake rock veneer and some new cedar shutters I built myself. 

Wow.   I mean, I know I'm a great handyman, but 64k for that little bit of work.  :)   I'm in the wrong business.   Making my list of properties to protest my taxes, same as last year.