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avaistheone1

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2. It seems to me that the govt should have a way for the elderly people

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 02:09 PM

Jan 2012

who have had a history of paying their taxes and who at some point are not longer capable of doing so due to mental decline or financial inability to pay --- for the govt to place a lien on the home, and when the elderly person passes deduct their taxes from the sale of home and give the remaining proceeds to her/his survivors.

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The reverse mortgage failed after property taxes were unpaid. dkf Jan 2012 #1

It seems to me that the govt should have a way for the elderly people avaistheone1 Jan 2012 #2

would make sense <eom> catrose Jan 2012 #3

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