No doubt this is stressful and sucks but give Allstate a chance to treat you right before cursing them too much.
So many of these start with "I'm getting a lawyer, f blah blah blah insurance!" And end with "wow, they actually paid me fairly...."
Taxes used to be peanuts but this $145 assessment made us rethink things. Probably will be worth something eventually but I don't have kids and my brother doesn't want it. But yeah, pops has paid more than it's worth it taxes a couple times over
So when we moved to CA in 1969 my dad was trying this and that for a new career and real estate was one. Somehow he got involved in California City, bought a lot, and has held on to it every since. He's his 90's, is in the home stretch and my brother and I are trying to get everything sorted...
Might want to poke around a little bit on buggiesgonewild forums. I haven't paid much attention but it sounds like it's super easy to f up the electronics on some of the newer carts.