Chase set it up with the Federal tax ID bus would not allow me to sign as president.

Zillow gives you property tax data and I have not found where Redfin shows this data.  

Taxes for the area might be accurate but I would check the county record.

(unless you can get a regular loan, and then just do that.From then on, you pay insurance, mortgage, repairs, maintenance taxes, and everything else that relates tot he house.  

They want a high cap rate when the local to out of state buyers with an exchange with tax consequences are willing to buy lower on the cap rate.If they want value add they are also up against developers and other seasoned investors in the states with a long track record already and relationships with these sellers.

Final bonus for California investors is prop 13 will ensure minimal property tax increase so as profits and value increase the taxes stay fairly flat.  

A 1031 exchange would be used to sell an existing property you own and buy one (or more) replacement properties without paying the capital gains tax on your sale.  

I also write off the utility expense on my taxes.

By all means, chat with a CPA, especially about 1031, tax implications and so on.

When I come back in the next morning, I have the tax billing address pulled from the county for every cash purchased home that I uplaoded.