Robert Gamble (@Rfgamble)

The Supreme Court Just Made a Brutal Call on YOUR Home Equity Epic Real Estate Jul 4, 2026 #PropertyTax #SupremeCourt #HomeEquity Supreme Court Ruling: A county in Michigan foreclosed on a family's home and sold it for $76,008 — a house its own assessor valued at $194,400 — over a property tax bill of $2,242. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on what that family was owed and NOT home equity theft. And the decision quietly changed what YOUR home equity is worth the moment a property enters tax foreclosure. In this breakdown, I walk through the ruling in plain English: what "just compensation" now means after a tax sale, why the auction price — not your home's real market value — is the number that counts, and how a paid-off home can actually leave you more exposed, not less. Justice Thomas called what happened "wrong, and… likely unconstitutional" — in the very ruling that upheld it. Then I show you the one move that keeps your house out of the machine in the first place: your property tax bill. If your assessed value has crept up on a home that hasn't changed, you may be overpaying every year — and a property tax appeal is how you push back. .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2c4BKOKb3Q