RENT CONTROL - Every area of the country with rent control has problems with affordable housing for a variety of reasons. 

Millions of cash tenants in Detroit and every other state in the country are hiding behind the Moratorium curtain and haven’t been paying rent for the past 6 months.

I believe builders and landlords do the country a service. 

If you do end up going the regular rental route and want to self manage, check out evict.com which is one of the premier landlord/tenant attornies in the country.

This is common with renters coming in from out of the country or renters who refuse to share their SSN.I double checked on SmartMove if you can run a report on an applicant without a SSN and it says, "At this time, SmartMove only has the ability to process an application for renters who have a valid U.S.

If you have no US credit, lenders will want to verify to credit trade lines from your country of origin for the past 2 years.

I am just curious about out of state / out of country investing.

Some like the country/laid back feel.

I’d love to get this group’s thoughts on what to do with 3 acres of undeveloped land (no septic, no water) in the Texas Hill Country that I plan to eventually pass on to my children (read: never sell because it’s family land).

Do people from around the country retire to southern CA?