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Property Taxes... Movin' on Up

Soaring home prices might make homeowners happy, but higher property taxes are the flip side of a booming real estate market. In the last five years, property taxes have jumped 18 percent. Fortune Magazine's Jon Birger gives Kai a tax trimming solution.

Buying one of these seaside homes in the San Francisco bay area will land you with sky-high property taxes. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/ (c) Getty Images)

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