Regulations that no broker on the planet is willing to touch.

Its toxic debt.

I speak about GMR to most REA and they look at me if from another planet. 

I would strongly suggest looking into Indiana as a place to own - since you are from here & the rest of the planet loves our back yard to invest in.- it's always good to see another Hoosier utilizing this great site!

I focus on a triple bottom line myself - people, planet, profits.

This is one of the greatest sources of information and networking for real estate on the planet.

Ditto kids and their piles of unused toys.Formal dining rooms and "bonus" spaces are so last century.Where we once chose to test the limits of the planet's resources by (quote the pope here) "breeding like rabbits," we now limit our offspring and thus need fewer bedrooms.Where most of us once had giant SUVs taking up space in a big garage so that we could burn expensive fuel and hours of each day commuting into downtown from the 'burbs (the only place where we could fit all of these toys), we now own bicycles, bus passes and own/share sensible small electric vehicles...

The big institutions, for the most part, don't work in the self directed space, it is a world unto itself.The 800# gorilla in the self directed space is Equity Trust, but in my opinion, they have the worst customer service on the planet. 

CA is a terrible place to be a W2 wage slave... but if you have some brains and ambition it is one of the best places on the planet.

It now has toxic mold (I had an inspector come in) and was told I have to fix the water problem before having it removed.