The taxes are at 68% of the national average and assessed on the full market value/last sale price of the property.

The letter includes a timeline of communications with my contractor stating that he contacted them to let them know the asphalt was on its way to the site and was told at that time that permits had not yet been issued.I was told that while it was the County's right to order me to rip out the driveway, they were willing to take core samples to assess the compactness and depth of it's base, and have a engineering assessment conducted at my expense and, pending the outcome, possibly issue a retroactive permit.  

Again, I'm a newby, but that's my assessment of it.

Average rate is 2.5% of assessed. 

I based my allocations on the Summit County, Utah tax assessment letters which had land as around 40% of the value of the condo units I own, however I hear from many people that condos should have at maximum 20% allocated.  

After further investigation on the county assessment website I found that the building was owned by BNY Mellon.

We're looking to get another one by the end of the year, but we don't really have a statistical manner of assessing our options. 

That proved sufficient, but I was surprised at the amount of upfront costs and small expenses that homeowners and investors face - taxes, assessments, energy bill one time charges, etc, etc.  

You should get an property condition assessment to see how much capital you need to bring it to at least warm shell, reach out to a local broker and pick their brain on the market, achievable rents, commissions, tis, and sales comps.

Discount the expected maintenance along a time line  as well as capital improvements on your rental and before tax assessments.