She indicated the Toledo Blade article below as a good summary of why but it sounds like her office served the public in adjusting property values which resulted in aggressive reductions as a result of the crash in real estate values. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2019/06/07/intervention-might-clarify-lucas-county-property-tax-valuation/stories/20190606104It is only logical that requests to reduce property values will be declining in number and percentage of value, Toledo's values have done exceedingly well over the past few years. 

He wants me to put 15% down which is $24,750 and he will fund $15k in rehab costs(that's what I requested).

Sure @Sean Connolly, I sent you a colleague request and can send a message once you accept.

The selling agent slept on us and didn’t get back to us with the info we requested and then it was too late.

I sent a request to connect so we can chat.

I would contact them and request they correct it and issue new 1099s.

I have emailed the historical water department with a foia request to try to get a bill that could read the property as a 2 unit but haven’t had any luck.Thank you in advance for your time.

( For deal requests that goes in the real estate marketplace.

Even the Sponsor's response to your request can be highly informative.

I'm surprised they didn't request this at the time of the appraisal.That being said, I wouldn't worry too much about it at this point.