Hi Ray,
What other website did you find your answer? I am asking the same question.
As to property value.... if you take a property at $150,000 as an example it appears that just about anywhere in the country (CA, CO, AZ, NV, OK, UT, TN, etc, etc) the taxes might range from $1000-$2000/yr, but in TX it appears they run about $5000-$7000/yr.
Hence a $300K home anywhere else would run maybe $2000-$4000/yr, and in TX $10K-$14K/yr.
What's the rationale for the exorbitant property taxes? Is there no sales tax and no income tax in TX?
Thx