I am a short flight and can head out a few times a year or more if needed.

@Ryan Jackson, I'm capped out at E-6 due to manning, and losing my airframe soon (new jet coming eliminates the Flight Engineer position), so big changes are coming for me regardless of whether I want them.I'm coming to the conclusion that nothing will change until I pick the right 6 numbers on a Lotto ticket, or I pack up and move.Again, appreciate the welcome.  

By nearby I basically i want to be within a 1-3 hr flight of the property in case my presence would be needed for emergencies. 

If it is, it's in a really bad neighborhood and a drive to San Bernardino is longer than a flight to Phoenix hahAt first I was looking at a simple SFH that I can live in, have a yard for my dogs, and call my own while I fix it and upgrade it on the weekends over the course of a year that I live in AZ.

If someone can make it through a flight w/o having to use the restroom, (not difficult between, say Portland and Los Angeles), they come out ahead.  

(Stage set)Recently one of our members took an honor flight to DC.

I saw it personally - it literally changed speeds in mid flight????? 

As someone living in Korea and keeping up with the news, I know that China is having problems and since China is Korea's biggest trade partner, that affects the Korean economy.I was listening to an analyst talk recently about the Chinese economy and how there's more capital flight as the Government cracks down on 'anti-corruption laws' and has jailed a few prominent investors.

So, this W2 flight to REI would not be on my risk list, as leaving a stable W2 job to jump into the vast world of the REI unknown without its education, experience, planning and forethought is like jumping off a cliff without a parachute.

Along with I have read their study materials that I have perused through on my flights home and again nothing stands out at me as being nefarious..Just like the generalizations on BP not everything they talk about or in their study material will work in every market.