Several people including my electrician have told me to really fight this because it should be grandfathered in since the house was in this condition when I bought it. 

It was such a refreshing change of pace to go from fighting against hard competition with SFRs (the kind of property everyone and their mother is chasing after) to land (where you're basically the only player in town).Choosing the right niche really does change the whole game (I probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere if I hadn't figured this out early on). 

You might have to fight for it, but it'll be OK.  

We must fight hard to defeat AB1506.Please call each member on both phone numbers before they vote and tell them you are opposed to Bill AB1506.

No matter where you go remember you can fight the taxes. 

Most will go to court for you to fight evictions and to get rent or damages.

Maybe I just travel at the "non-peak" times but I rarely fight any traffic in Castle Rock except for when we had construction on the parkway.

Also, if your only paying $275k for the property, I would fight the assessors and get it valued correctly.  

The seller is your bank, and then in 3 years when you do go to a bank you will have that experience and track record and the bank will fight over you. 

Just have to recognize it and fight through it.Hope this helps.