There's some multiplication factor in there which is higher for condos than for single-familiy homes. Which means in your example the first guy would pay slight

There's some multiplication factor in there which is higher for condos than for single-familiy homes. Which means in your example the first guy would pay slightly more. I don't know exactly how the taxes are used. I think property tax (Grundsteuer) is a tax which is payed to the city. But I'm not sure whether schools receive their fundings from the city, state, country or a mix of those.