That's going to continue to be an issue unless Michigan stops tying property taxes to school funding.

She is continuing to lie regarding the dog being a service animal.

congrats on getting started and as for education and wanting to learn more this is an awesome site where you can get a ton of information but you need to know what you're doing all this information can be an overload if you dont know exactly what you want to do in the game man !

Unless you are super experienced and have crazy deep pockets you may be in for a lot more education than you ever wanted.

@Peyton Leal My first comment will be Education. start there. in addition to that look at your financial situation to determine where you want and Can go..?

As you know there are alot of places that are continuing to spring up in value and the market is super hot right now so you could possibly get more than what your realtor is claiming you should list the price at.

If I have to guess, you continued to do it your own way. 

You will never pay the taxes to California if you continue to defer through a 1031 Exchange, and you will never pay the taxes if you pass on and your heirs receive a step-up in cost basis.  

I just want the housing equivalent of "good all around" stats for a given neighborhood so I can have a starting point and continue my research from there.

Gene Trowbridge has a great book called ”It’s a Whole New Business” which is very educational.