Now of course I'm in a cash crunch.  

Not a site that just pulls from other databases, sometimes presents it correctly, or even worse tries to provide "value" by crunching the numbers without regard to local/regional pecularities.I wrote a long post about how taxes and assessments relate:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...In addition to the above mentioned reasons, property taxes can also jump around because maybe it was taxed as farmland. 

My wife and I even do some of the work ourselves if there is a time crunch.

Buying a property without equity…. means that if you had to sell.. you will taking a loss equal to AT LEAST…all costs associated with selling.Selling a $400,000 property that was bought in the last two years means that AT BEST… the equity is equal to 75% of the down payment. ( this is a rough statement and anyone who wants to crunch the hard numbers is very welcome to post them)$400,000 buy… $$60,000 -$80,000 down… $24,000 to the buyers agent… and another $5000 for other closing costs.Starting balance ..is $370,000.New selling /asking price… =$450,000 depending on the region… good luckBuyer counters at $400,000 and the seller accepts…Minus the realtor fees $24,000 and some concessions…$10,000 ..Net is $366.000 Ok this is a very rough discussion.either provide tighter numbers or accept the drillThis seller got out lucky.And didn’t account for the interest paid out or the new carpet , paint dishwasher and sod.Buy a business with equity….

Overall data will paint a broad picture, but you'd have to crunch these numbers by neighborhood to avoid inaccurate numbers.

FYI.Affordability in homeownership has been an elusive concept for the past several years, and a new data analysis by WalletHub has identified the major cities which are the most and least affordable for prospective buyers.In a number crunch of 300 cities using 10 metrics ranging from home prices to tax rates to vacancy levels, WalletHub determined that Montgomery, Alabama, was the nation’s most affordable city for homebuyers.

Crunch some numbers as an STR or MTR and see if it works.  

Let me know if you need info on Montgomery, Alabama.In a number crunch of 300 cities using 10 metrics ranging from home prices to tax rates to vacancy levels, WalletHub determined that Montgomery, Alabama, was the nation’s most affordable city for homebuyers.

However, if you can secure that incentive and crunch the numbers and it makes sense go for it.

He crunches the data and lists the best markets to invest in right now.