I paid $3600 on $100k property in Detroit 10yrs ago. Property tax in most places is not based on the amount the house will sell for but based on what it origin

I paid $3600 on $100k property in Detroit 10yrs ago. Property tax in most places is not based on the amount the house will sell for but based on what it original sold for and then it grows slowly. So Perhaps your landlord bought the property for $200k many years ago and the property tax was $1k and has now grown to $2.7k.