Hi {{first_name}},

{{shortlist_lot_1_situs}}: MUD status is {{mud_name_or_none}}

The county record shows MUD status for {{shortlist_lot_1_situs}} as {{mud_name_or_none}}, at a district rate of {{mud_tax_rate}}, and here is what that adds to the cost of owning it. A MUD is a municipal utility district, a local taxing body that builds water and sewer service and charges the property owners through the tax bill.

That means a lot inside a MUD can have service at the street without you paying for the line yourself, and you carry the cost as an added tax line for years. A lot outside a MUD may cost less to hold and more to connect.

• Check whether the lot sits inside a MUD, and which one.
• Read the district's current tax rate, not the old one in the listing.
• Ask whether the district still has debt to pay and a reason to raise the rate.
• Compare the yearly cost against the connection cost on a lot with no district.

Neither choice is wrong. The error is finding out after you close.

Jacob Dow
Builder Connect Group | CB&A, Realtors
(346) 273-1143 | jacob@builderconnect.net