I know in my state, rental property is taxed a 6% and 4% if it your main house.  

You brought up one of my main concerns in mobile homes.

HelloI am looking for rentals to add to my current portfolio and am trying to narrow down my search to one or two cities to focus on based off mainly projected job/population growth, potential ROI, and where i can hopefully meet the 1-2% rule and so far I'm looking at the four cities in the title.

I'm mainly curious to get involved with multi-family properties (ideally one that I could live in) and need some advice on jumping in.

Hey Michael, I live in LA and currently am buying in Maine.

I mainly want it to make investing easier (having access to MLS, not having to wait on agents to view properties, etc..) but I am also interested in actually representing sellers and buyers as well.

now it could just need water added to the system.... or the main pump and or motor could be shot...  

I'm originally from Portland Maine but I now live most of the year in California and spend my summers "upta camp" on Little Sebago Lake.

The BP forums and blogs have been my main source of information as a fresh face in REI as well, but it's sometimes difficult to get relevant Canadian information surrounding Tax and Legal content.

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.