Think Edward Thorpe type stuff.Two areas that I think are viable for someone with some combination of engineering/programming/math backgrounds would be financial programming, basically maintaining code for financial institutions, or Big Data.

Those two are not a good combination for lenders.

You might get a 15 year fixed, ARM, or balloon or some combination.

If I can get the loan for less or turn the property around more quickly then I will end up with less hard money costs so that I have a bigger pad to cover other expenses.I started out using a combination of "family and friends" money and hard money to get deals done.

It was a combination of outsourcing/moving plants outside the city, raised competition from import vehicles, decades of poor political decisions, and racial tensions that saw a majority of the affluent (white and black alike) population leave the city...leaving a soon to be majority unemployed and impoverished population.

You can try just googling some combination of "City X + assessment" or "property assessment" or "property tax."

I am debating between SFR and Multi ,what are the advantages and disadvantages in each as a low budget-first time buyer.I want to purchase my first property, and I wouldn't mind combining it as an owner occupied property.Interested in Los Angeles area since I am working here, can do some renovations, and manage the property myself.The budget is roughly 400,000-600,000Please adviseThank you !

Based on Raleigh/county tax combined I estimated about $700 per year on property tax.

Combine that with high property taxes, and it gets difficult to cash flow. 

You can then go back to seller/broker, show what you've found, and demand either an adjustment to the price, a payment back at closing, or some combination of these, totaling the amount of the discrepancy.