I've been on the Bigger Pockets for a while but not really active on any of the forums (until now).I'm a full-time scientist and I actually really like what I do.

Try to talk your way in the door to quickly assess the major parts of the house.

Bill,Investing in real estate is a life changing, wealth building activity. 

I have looked up taxes via the county assessment but it’s not very easy to follow or maybe I just don’t understand how to read it.Do you just call the agent listed for the property on a place like Zillow to find these answers?

Many know that the Civil Relief Act permits active duty military to break a lease when they recieve orders or depart from service.

You are not giving enough information on th eproperty to allow anyone to assess the property.

There was a fair amount of gang activity there which caused quite a bit of trouble for a lot of the developers there initially but once they started hiring a lot of them and getting them off the streets, the resistance has improved a fair amount.

@Chris Seveney  is an active NPN investor he may have a different or more thorough take on this situation. 

The problem is that the seller was trying to sell the house for over a year and they weren't able to sell it for an amount close to the city evaluation, so they ended up applying to modify the home value in the city's books (assessed home evalution) so their yearly taxes would be less.

With flipping you also pay higher taxes since it's considered active income and with rental property you get a much smaller pay day, but you also pay little to no tax on the gains since it's passive and therefore have a number of tax advantages you can take.