I called the city to see if they would be willing to lower the property taxes or do anything to help with the fact that parking is so limited.

My question is based on the following:lets say you put down 20% on 300K property which is 60k (plus closing costs ) and you are breaking even with you mortgage + other expenses(taxes ,management fees,...) included.

Propstream allows you to pull niche lists of homeowners that are tax delinquent, failed listings, high equity, or even in preforeclosure.

I'm interested in investing in Idaho, but I have zero experience with Idaho taxes (or state income tax at all for that matter).Questions:I've heard that property taxes in Idaho are higher for out of state owners vs. residents (i.e. a house could cost $2K in annual taxes for a resident, but may be $3K for an out-of-state owner).

Sounds like they are in a pretty good situation unless taxes and insurance costs are going to eat heavily into cash flow or the properties all need cap x improvements and they would rather sell than fix them up.I would have buyers for these if that is what they are looking for.

I would also consider taxes into your situation. 

Are they providing a fair service, or do they encourage boosting claims in ways that may inflate the payout beyond what the insured would normally pay (+ the 35% Metro PA would want in markup for their slice)?

The suburbs will be higher taxes but generally better schools and higher income tenants.

Can I write off my real estate education costs on my taxes?   

Trying to hold off until after the first of the year for tax purposes.