I know the city well and have lived here my entire life, so I'm not focusing in on just one area, rather better deals.

I wouldn't suggest staging the bedrooms as it can make them appear smaller, as previously stated.I just flipped a home built in 1954 and staged it with mid-century modern styling and everyone who saw the "jewelry" loved what I did with the place.

You have owned in years 5 to 15 of ownership and my buyer will have all these repairs from items reaching the end of their life expectancy so their numbers will not look close to what you are reporting.

That applies in all areas of life, not just REI.

<<==>>“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.

I have a busy life as it is with the job, wife and small kids, so I need to start slow (or perhaps go crazy and dive deep, lol).

/ft. are updated and decorated in a style attractive to their market segment.

Location, sizes, styles, acreage, condition, views, external factors (busy roads, the dump, lake view, golf course, etc).

If you want to calculate taxes yourself it's pretty straight forward, add up the total millage for both Summer & Winter, Divide the SEV by 1000 then Multiply the two numbers for your annual taxes.Tom A already linked the State calculator which makes life really easy, but it's still nice to know what the numbers all mean and how to manually calculate this stuff.

My general counsel to those that ask is "buy in an area where you can make money", don't spend so much time worrying about wether it's the neighborhood that you love, or the style of home your intrigued by.