Thank you for serving our country.

As mentioned above Jet Lending at the Redneck Country Club, Real Deal with @Charles Nguyen. 

Although property owners have had many down years regarding equity, the market is recovering in a great deal of the country.

It is worth keeping in mind that the Fed controls the short-term rates, not the long term ones (now that they stopped buying long term treasuries and even then it was indirectly), which are much more influenced by the long-term expectations of inflation and the international flow of money (think, is there instability in Russia that causes Russians to pull out their money out of the country and invest it in the safe-heaven like US, is the unpredictable and shifting US policy going to keep the US dollar's status as the de facto world currency, etc).

I'm currently unemployed (I work around the country on contracted jobs) but when I am employed, I bring in around 100K a year.

Try looking in your own backyard before you look on the other side of the country. 

Could I bargain the city or country with the property taxes?

Could I bargain the city or country with the property taxes?

The short identification period and a hot local market made it tough to really get deals and financing lined up.Some things I would change:  I would consider selling in my local market (which is high) and buying in some other part of the country where the return would be greater. 

It's said that Toledo appears to be one of the most attractive markets in the country for investors looking to buy single family homes.