As someone with a paid off mortgage (sort of), I can tell you that you still have to pay the State of Texas a Property/Wealth tax every year. They tell us we'll

As someone with a paid off mortgage (sort of), I can tell you that you still have to pay the State of Texas a Property/Wealth tax every year. They tell us we'll actually have power for this next extreme cold front, so maybe they actually put those to use in the last couple years.