The taxing authority will have all of the various taxes published on their website(such as county, hospital, school districts and many others), you just add them up for the ones what apply to that property and multiply it by the sale price.

If my money is in there has to be an immediate return.Standard market ETF will generate 7% return.

Doing it on some online website.

After reading several articles from an affiliate website (I don't think I'm supposed to mention affiliates by name??)

Any suggestions for rules, resources or websites would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Maureen  

Here is a good website but as always talk to some 1031 companies and see what they could do for you.http://www.1031exchange.com/faq/

Also, keep notes for items we order for each villa and notes like paint colors used...almost like a villa diary.I would love something that could generate reports as well and is customizable for each villa I have.   

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I think there are some online banks that have nice returns but for me I’m not really trying to have a savings account generating interest at a bank but rather in real estate and the money in the bank is only a temporary holding spot

This is from the Colorado.gov website regarding landlord / tenant rights.