However their taxes assed value are all above $50,000.So my question is, can someone provide a step by said process on how to argue a lower tax amount .

I'd rather not ask my agent to continuously make offers with a 1 in 20 success ratio (or lower). 

The purpose of screening is to determine the level of risk and see if it's acceptable.

The second recommendation would be to do a house flip with a special and your able to move there and be a "house hacker" and take advantage of the lower down payment.The only other way away from home is to buy an apartment complex that had a minimum of 30 units so that project could afford property management company from that local area, they need to be experienced and understand what you expect in reporting and current operation with phone talking. 

Maybe you could fill the cracks in with concrete repair ( the stuff in a tub that you mix with water) and then caulk with that gray self-leveling stuff by silka or quickcrete.

They also operate at a macro level that it matters.

My now wife (then girlfriend of only one year) jumped right in with me and we closed off a back area that collapsed, removed that from the structure, closed off the upstairs, and made the lower livable.

I believe your depreciable basis when converting to a rental is the Lower of, your purchase price plus major improvements OR current value.

so I am assuming that the capital gain is lower than the ordinary income?

The results would be a far more energy efficient and comfortable building with lower operating costs.