There is simply no other brokerage that has the value proposition eXp has.

The special assessments are created by the voters with propositions and measures.If you go to the Kern County Treasurer/Tax Collector's website: https://kcttc.co.kern.ca.us, click on the blue box to your left that has credit card icons and the phrase, "Pay Your Taxes Online."

@Max Bradshaw I would recommend doubling down on the SLC market, breaking into a new asset class and market simultaneously is a tough proposition.

I viewed homes in both towns and thought that Homewood was a better value proposition. 

The owner financing sounds like a scary proposition (with regards to title, etc), but is something that could be done if one was not in a hurry and consulted with a real estate attorney (which I have).

This is a risky proposition in the event you miss one of the heirs along the way.

Looking at it from the seller side, it's pretty much a losing proposition UNLESS the property can't be conventionally financed at all due to its conditionand it's actually necessary to do creative lending to sell it.  

The proposition is basically, "I'd like to take over the studio space and, in exchange, reduce your rent by $X.

There are some growing pains (20,000 to 35,000+ agents in the last year), but the value proposition is hard to beat.  

I've read through the voter information guide as well as the text of the proposition on ballotpedia.