STR & Living in Desert Hot Springs (DHS) / Mission Lakes CC

[Nate Baum]

Happy Neww Year Folks!

My wife, son and I are trying to escape the Bay Area shelter in place restrictions and move to the Palm Springs area. We identified Desert Hot Springs, CA (DHS) as a potential location due to the bang for your buck and strategic proximity (PS, Joshua tree..) Though it has high crime rates it seems that in the Missions Lakes country club bubble you are fairly secure and away from everything while still close to the nicer towns 15min or so. It looks like you can get a house with a pool around $300K and potentially rent it out short term on Airbnb due to limited STR restrictions after we have to move back for work 7-12 months.

Does anybody have experience with this area any advice is this safe for a young family?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[John D.]

I wouldn't buy an STR in La Quinta until we get some more clarity on the changes.