I now plan to convert this traditional IRA to a Roth IRA to take advantage of getting myself a tax shelter I wouldn't normally qualify to obtain.

This longer life would negate some of the tax benefits that are afforded to owners of residential rental properties (due to the shorter depreciable life on those types of properties), and would most likely cause your rental income to be taxable more often then not, right?

Again, I have used all actual numbers from my bank statements/end of year tax docs, and triple checked that I was putting all the numbers in the right blocks using the calculator, and the numbers don't add up...

Don't forget Florida has no state income tax.

Chase set it up with the Federal tax ID bus would not allow me to sign as president.

Zillow gives you property tax data and I have not found where Redfin shows this data.  

Taxes for the area might be accurate but I would check the county record.

(unless you can get a regular loan, and then just do that.From then on, you pay insurance, mortgage, repairs, maintenance taxes, and everything else that relates tot he house.  

They want a high cap rate when the local to out of state buyers with an exchange with tax consequences are willing to buy lower on the cap rate.If they want value add they are also up against developers and other seasoned investors in the states with a long track record already and relationships with these sellers.

Final bonus for California investors is prop 13 will ensure minimal property tax increase so as profits and value increase the taxes stay fairly flat.