The bank usually pays taxes and Insurance from the escrow account. You pay into escrow every month. If insurance goes up, so does the amount you pay into escrow

Homes are fucking expensive. I couldn’t afford to buy a house in most markets at current prices. I have no idea how people are able to buy homes today.

Even my neighbor down the street…1st home for him, wife, and 2 year old kid. He tried to sell because he didn’t understand how property taxes worked. The previous owner of 30 years payed 1.5K a year. He bought the home and was hit with a 15K tax bill. He couldn’t afford it and thought his bill would also be 1.5K. The closing agent and real estate agent didn’t explain anything to him. They were just happy to collect commission and fees on a very expensive house.

Complaints from those held there include lack of air conditioning…it was 96 in the shade today in south Florida, huge mosquitos…people from the North don’t understand how big mosquitoes can get in the swamp, plus it’s been raining so add in 100% humidity on top of everything else.

It’s a terrible place to be held

I’m from here…and noting that everything is covered in lizards is honestly something I never noticed or paid attention to …it’s just normal for me. What an interesting little piece of anthropology for me to absorb from a random Lemmy quote.

And yes, there are 3 house lizards on my window right now as I type this.