Property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, declining population, unfavorable rental laws, winter weather.

That's a significant amount of after-tax savings to accumulate.Investing in a city with an average annual appreciation of 8% can be a game-changer.

The intent of 1031 was not to let passive investors get out of taxes. 

Early 2017 investment, assumable, high 3s fixed-rate debt with a 5-7 year expected hold period.

It strongly touts no debt DSTs.

@Philip Beckwith typically in Michigan, you can only do a tax appeal in February.The instructions will be on the back of your winter tax bill.You will need to have great comparables to challenge the City Assessor's valuation.

I always like to look at several years worth of property taxes.

This eliminates ALL the interest on that property, and uses the monthly payments you were making on it to help reduce the debt on the other quicker. 

So is this just as simple as showing how much the property makes or do they also look at personal debt to income, credit score, reserves etc as well.

@Eli JermanYes, you should hire a tax professional.