The cost of vehicle registration in MD. Just had to renew all 3 cars in the same month. 2 year registration total for all 3 was ~ $1000
2 years ago when I did the same registrations, it was under $600
I have 2 vehicles and 4 trailers all registered in MD. BTW at least your vehicles aren’t trucks! 2 years for my 2001 F250 was almost $700 alone! That’s right kids $1 a day for tags on a truck that goes maybe 500 miles a year, but need it to haul trailers.
But here’s another good one!
Split with the wife 8ish years ago, refinanced and dropped my mortgage about $250 to $2510… last September it went to $2705… ok obviously escrow is short, call the office and have my deposits change to cover the increase… a couple weeks ago I check my account and almost empty yikes!! WTF happened? Well it happened again, now $2954… what?? No emails from Rocket mortgage.. no nothing.
Still haven’t called, I had payroll again for the second time in 13 months change where money is going… but WTF when does this stop?
In 13 months it went up $444 a month! Let’s do stupid math 444 x 12 =5,328 soo that’s NOT my entire escrow account! Just how much it has gone up in just over a year!!! That’s double what my escrow was for YEARS!
@krafticus You know where I live, yes it sucks with the golf course closed down and maybe has part to do with it… but in 10 years I have maybe seen 1 house for sale a year in that neighborhood… right now it is closer to 15 houses for sale! Never seen anything like it, plus the older houses at the top where I live, for sale signs everywhere!
I guess they want us all living with 10 family members in 1 bedroom apartments…
Don’t even get me started on car insurance and the increases, absolutely disgusting! About $1,600 for 6 months for a Honda and 25 year old truck with liability, no tickets, no accidents… Diamond Status with Progressive. When I bought my car 3 years ago it was $850 for 6 months of the same coverage.
I absolutely hate to say it, but much more and I will be forced to sell! Not that we need to talk about income.. but I make $140k a year, heat with a wood stove, haven’t bought chips in 2 years now, no crazy vacations or anything and I am barely treading water. I have no idea how people are making it out there with kids! From my bad chipping habits I have become very good at eating for $3 for the whole day! Lots more PBJs and rice meals in my future it looks like! Thank God I don’t have to buy many Christmas gifts.