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.  

We have enough cash saved up to put at least 20% - 30% down on a 5+ unit building, but not enough to pay cash for the whole thing.Options:1) Put a down payment on a 5+ unit property and finance the rest with a commercial loan, and worry about selling our CA triplex later (still likely to have pretty good appreciation while we're still here compared to other states, we think...).2) 1031 our CA triplex, in combination with some of our cash, to buy one (or several) other property(ies) in another state(s).

Combined, pit bulls and rottweilers accounted for 74% of these deaths.  

Once you combine personal funds, leverage is out of the equation.

Columbus to me offers the best combination of cost of living, property values and vibrant social scene.