I have to jump in with my 2 cents. I also have contemplating this camera to replace my D7100. Two reasons are the tilting flip screen, so much easier at the age of 70 than crawling on the ground for low shots, and the new sensor from the D500.

Additional review to help this out http://www.dslrbodies.com/cameras/current-nikon-dslr-reviews/nikon-d7500-camera-review.html. Pretty positive.

Also Costco has a sweet deal at the moment: https://www.costco.com/Nikon-D7500-DSLR-Camera-2-Lens-Bundle.product.100365110.html. One can sell the lenses it they are not wanted.