I am the 62 year old Don Johnston on this site. If you come across another Don Johnston on Bigger Pockets who is younger, that isn’t me. I got started in real estate when interest rates were double digits…1980. I b...
I've been doing a lot of reading and learning on the site about mobile home park investing and ownership over the last couple months and am now looking forward to getting into my first park. I'm 40 years old and looki...
There was a meeting in Tucson yesterday with Reps from States in Mexico. They're angry about the AZ law and not for the reason you think. If you read the attached, please read to the end. What a double-standard! No wo...
Hey BP community ! I'm Faysal From Queens, New York , I'm a complete newbie when it comes this real estate and real estate investing but I'm only 22 and very eager to learn as much as I can . A little back round on me...
Hi All,I'm currently looking for a property to turn into a midterm rental in 2 different markets.Both agents I'm working with are investor-friendly, but one has no experience with MTR and the other tells me I can char...
Just wondered if everyone is surviving Fri the 13th unscathed. We cancelled the very nice plans we had to work on a main sewer line drain clog all day. Started at 6 a.m., just finished cleaning it up, so instead of ...
Hello all,My name is Alicia, my Husband and I are based in Syracuse, NY. I am in Food Sales, and my husband is in landscaping/construction. We joined Bigger Pockets a couple of weeks ago and have been taking in the we...
Can one make money with rental properties within a city that has a high property tax rate?
After listening to dozens of podcasts, and reading numerous real estate investing blogs and books I'm concerned that the following will doom me to failure.I'm not interested in traveling and I don't salivate over quot...
Almost each of my properties went up by $100 a month more added to my mortgage payment due to rising property taxes (I pay my insurance and taxes through escrow).As tempted as I am to pass the expense on to my tenants...