Want to leave CA

[Chris Isaacson]

I saw a thread like this pop up a while back but instead of reviving it I want to hear if anyone has any fresh suggestions/opinions. As the title states, my wife and I want to leave CA. I feel as though even though I make decent money here we could do a lot better if we liquidated everything and moved to a less expensive area and could seriously invest.

Anytime I visit friends in different parts of the country (Memphis, Orlando for example) I can't help but look at real estate and their rents in the area. It is crazy how good of deals there are that you would never get here. In my area most investments are done off speculation and only in the scary areas do you start to see cash flow.

Anyways, has anyone who left or thinking about leaving CA have opinions or regrets?

Also, if you could choose a market to start over now which area would you choose?