You didn't have to type that you live in Boston.

Yeah, somehow I didn’t expect you to get it.

I don’t see the one that allows for “private” listening with audience audio. Great for when you have a spouse that needs to wear a headset for a louder experience than what is comfortable.

With the headphones plugged in, press up up, dn dn, up up up, dn dn dn and audience audio is also enabled.

That’s true generally, but individual assessments can be changed for various reasons, for example, sale, addition, correcting a mistake, losing or gaining an exemption. And, if an individual assessment goes up while most other people’s assessments remain the same, that individual’s tax bill will go up too.

I imagine it varies state to state. In Washington, local school levies and bond issues aren’t based on the assessed value of a specific house. Rather, the total dollar amount of the tax is collected by dividing the annual tax by the assessed value of all properties. In other words, everybody’s assessed value could go…

Maybe not at an open house, but if you’re considering buying, check whether the house has any property tax exemptions, whether you qualify for those exemptions too, and when the exemption will be removed if you don’t qualify. Check assessment records to make sure any additions have been assessed. If it’s a new house,…

As someone who suffers from various allergies, I’ll try to be as diplomatic as possible here. That said...