All Forum Posts by: Kevin Rea

I had gotten a letter from S2A a year or so ago, to build on a lakefront lot I owned. I wasn’t ready back then but reached out recently to see if they are still interested and I got no reply.

I considered investing in the company. I heard about their plans for a mega factory in nearby Sheboygan Wisconsin. They had plans with the city in 2021. About a year later I found a small article saying S2A cancelled the contract. This raised a red flag as it reminded me of Nikola. Sure enough, every address I looked up that they claimed to be building a mega factory, is (after 2+ years) is not even touched. 
I had a great talk with my 13 year old about how this scam works. He was very amazed. 
1. Build a great looking website with lots of new age terms (mention Tesla once in a while). 2. Set up contracts with cities around the country, but make sure they can be cancelled at any time with minimal cost. Take picture of people with shovels. 3. Convince investors that you are the next big thing and that you are only interested in big-time investors. 4. Stall on construction as long as possible (maybe to avoid statute of limitations or something). 5. Claim bankruptcy after huge salaries and bonuses are paid out.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

After over a year of posting this, here is a an update now that the we "appear" to be reaching an end to this pandemic.

I just saw this video from Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/vide...

Rentals are hot especially in (from East to West):

Raleigh/Durham, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Austin, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

I am going to see what was decided upon last year and compare it to this list.

Wow! Lots of great responses!

I am making a Google Map with places mentioned most often.  I will try to attach it to this post.

I tried to give most credit to those who have lived in the most places and tried to filter out a lot of the places that military people frequented (since it would make it a bit lop-sided).  There seems to be a lot of ex-military on this site.

I saw a lot of (in no particular order) Australia/NZ, Italy, California, Seattle/Oregon coast, Denver/Colorado Springs, Hawaii, and follow the Gulf Coast from Houston to New Orleans through Florida and up through North Carolina.

Surprisingly, Cleveland got a few votes!?  I have never been there, but assumed it was similar to Milwaukee (which is not saying very much).  I just cancelled a flight there to move my son into Case Western until he/we chose to stay home this semester.  I am happy to see that people like it there.

I didn't want to put any place outside of the continental US, but I couldn't help it.Best places to live - BiggerPockets

I have only ever lived in Wisconsin so I do not have a good idea as to how it compares to other places.  I know it always seems that the grass is greener in another state but I want to get some sort of consensus.

The south is only getting hotter.  Austin TX has seen the average number of 100+ days go from 14 to 24 in the last 30 years.  The north is getting warmer ... I have seen winters here get milder and milder.  I could go south, but Illinois has high taxes like California and there is an outflux of people from both states.

To me, the states in the middle seem appealing.  Like NC, SC, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Nevada.

But I want to hear what you think.  Tell me a place that you have lived before and would be the one place you would live if you had nothing binding you to where you are now.