There is plenty out there to choose from. Call me at 352-861-6000 or email me at KieferRealty@earthlink.net. I will email you some to start then we can go take a look. You can also search on your own at http://www.KieferRealtyPA.com click on "Search Local MLS"

Hi Lori,

Get you own realtor. Interview a couple to see who you are most comforatable with and then let them be your buyer's agent. It won't cost you anything and you'll have a professional to run down the answers to all your questions.

If you are interested a bit further south, I'd be happy to help you out.

Good Luck,
Mark LeMenager
Weichert, Realtors - Hallmark Properties

Scott From Kiefer Realty Ocala - There are a few ways to find this out and a good agent can get you this info in a few minutes. The best and fastest way it to call the property appraisers office at 352-368-8300 (Kathy is very helpful) tell them you want to know what the taxes will be if you buy it. The account # is just the Parcel ID# with a "R" in front of it.
I hope this helps. I will be glad to explain to you how all this works & why if you want to contact me 352-861-6000 or KieferRealty@earthlink.net.
Here is the Property appraiser’s web site to contact them. http://www.pa.marion.fl.us

Good luck. Please let me know if you need help.

I have gone to the town office (think city hall). Ask to see what the taxes are on a property ( name, location help a lot) They may say I have it here, gow down the hall and up 3 flights, go see this person, or 3 buildings away. But they will give you the info you need. I found that the town office often also has wetland maps, flood zone maps, and some even have soil maps. That means you can look at not just the house, but what kind of land it is on. If it is in a flood zone you find out.

Plus if you ask you may find out the town is going to have a reassessment. That taxes will have to go up because they are going to build a new school, the dam needs repairs or numerous other reasons. You also have the chance to ask if you buy it if the taxes will go up for that reason. In california ( I believe) taxes were held down by prop 13. Based on original sales price, so the last owner could pay $378 a year in taxes but when you buy you could pay $3,496 a year in taxes on the same place.

Well ordinarily in Marion County (Ocala) it looks as though you could search the tax collector site if you had the owner's name or tax account number. But, there's a note that says that site is currently down for maintenance: https://www.mariontax.com/itm.asp

Or, if the listing agent isn't getting back to you, you could contact another agent in the area who would be, I'm sure, more than happy to help you. And even represent YOU as their client, rather than the seller (whom the listing agent is already representing)

Stay tuned - I bet there will be some excellent agents coming along here to offer their services to you.
Another way to find a great agent?
Search for an agent who is a CRS - Certified Residential Specialist.
http://www.crs.com/Find_A_CRS

Property taxes are specific to a particular property. Put another way, there could be two homes, each 3 bed/2 bath, 2,000 square feet, etc., with two quite different property taxes.

Property taxes are based on tax assessments, which take many of those factors you described into consideration. They may also take lot size and other items into consideration. Tax assessments, in turn, are based on what supposedly is the property's value. But there's a long way between a property's true value to its assessed value to its taxes.

Here's one way you can come up with a ballpark number: Find three or four houses online that meet your general criteria--size of house, age, general community, etc. It's likely that houses already listed will show what the taxes are. If not, in most localities you can go online to your local tax assessor's office and look up the tax assessment and the annual taxes. (For instance, you could search online for "Tax assessor Ocala Florida. That will probably take you to the right website.)

Make sure that the homes are pretty similar and in the same county. You'll probably see that the assessments an annual taxes are reasonably close to each other.

Still, what you're talking about are averages. Probably the reason the agent didn't respond to your e-mail is that you weren't asking about a specific house. And a lot of agents are understandably hesitant to provide an answer--let's say "$4,000 a year" then have you run into a property with $5,000 in taxes and file some sort of complaint against the agent that you were misled. If you identify a specific property, there won't be that problem. Or your local tax assessor will at least have information explaining how tax assessments are related to the taxes actually paid. (For instance, it'll explain that a property assessed at $400,000 might pay--and I'm just making this up--$4,000 a year in property taxes.)

Hope that helps.