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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;masterswimmer, post: 7837428, member: 102022&quot;]Make no mistake about it. You do not under any circumstance, unless you&#039;re on a reservation, own your land.</p><p><br /></p><p>You must ask permission to put in a pool, build an extension to an existing home, build a shed, erect a fence, build a retaining wall, add a hot tub/spa, put in a fireplace/wood/pellet stove, among other things. And once those upgrades are done your friendly tax assessor will make a visit to say oh how beautiful! Pay us more taxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if that&#039;s not enough, if you decide to, or can&#039;t pay your &#039;rent&#039;, ie: taxes, you&#039;ll get a foreclosure notice. And if your mortgage is what you default on, even though it is the first lien holder, the tax man jumps right in front of the first lien holder and says we get our money first. If there&#039;s anything left it&#039;s yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah, another little heads up about that home you thought you owned. If .gov decides they want to build a new super highway right through your living room, good ole eminent domain gives them every legal right to &#039;offer&#039; you FMV (in their mind) and take your living room away whether you &#039;accept&#039; their &#039;offer&#039; or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any misguided thinking that you own your home is just that, misguided. You and I are nothing more than a mere tenant on their property. Any other view is the alternate reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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