Is Downtown Des Moines Expensive?

One thing that is quite common in response to moving downtown–”it’s expensive.”  Well, is that response accurate?  Let’s take a little closer look.
If you remember from part one of this series, moving downtown is all about the lifestyle.  Choosing to leave the burbs for the city is all about the lifestyle [...]

If you happened to see the Des Moines Register’s front page on Friday you no doubt saw that property assessments have gone up by 6.9%. We all know that now everyone is looking at a tax hike in their property taxes as well.
Property taxes are ridiculous already, so tax increases are never something to [...]