If you own a condo, rent your residence, or lease office space, the last thing you want to hear is that your rent or HOA fees are going up. Well you can breathe a sigh of relief understanding that the increase will be miniscule compared to what a certain sector of property owners are facing. Imagine owning a tiny cabin in the woods that was built 50 years ago by your grandfather. You spent your summers there as a child, and now your kids are enjoying the peaceful setting, but now the vacation is over for the average folks that have enjoyed their modest cabins for generations.
On January 1st, 2009 the US Forest Service changed the way they tax owners of cabins built on Federal land, and now that the appraisals are being carried out, owners are seeing yearly leasing fees skyrocket up to ,000 in some cases. That is a 1000% spike for land they do not even own.

December 3rd, 2011
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