The tax rate in Texas metro areas has decreased or remained constant over the last few years as valuations have skyrocketed creating large increases in most investors' tax bills.Special assessments by a taxing authority is extremely rare and would typically only be seen a scenario of rapidly growing water districts and such needing to expand services.  

Their opinions carry actual weight versus social consensus which only has the value someone accords it.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

I was thinking that a base slab footing like this could work for holding the weight.

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Replacement Cost AnalysisA real estate appraiser can use one, can use all three, or can weight them based on market conditions, the property, and their personal expertise. 

I want to make sure I fully weight out my options so I can start on the right foot.

What your realtor is trying to say is, instead of paying the closing cost up front, you will go up in price which would  obviously adjust slightly higher on your mortgage, but your seller would take the weight of paying the upfront cost of closing, which some people might not have handy.

Maybe you won’t make as much compared to if you did it yourself, but the relationship is worth its weight in gold and could lead to more deals down the road.

The Provo (and Utah market) is expanding rapidly and has an extremely strong rental market.

Given the rapidly changing laws in LA, this is not a do it yourself situation.