there are literally millions of these types of parcels around the country especially high desert of the west.... and the land flipping guru's on this site .. this is what they teach generally buying worthless dirt and selling it on contract to the greater fool

There are areas of CA that I would stay away from... like Barstow/outer high desert, northern CA, and the deep desert outside of San Diego, Mojave, etc.

Interlinking 15 blogs together IS black-hat UNLESS a user LEGITIMATELY  gets value from doing so.For instance.If I have a blog about fishinga second blog about huntinga third blog about  tying knotsa 4th blog about survival on a deserted islandand I write a post on my fishing blog how to fish, and I link it to the tying knots blog to a page on how to tie fishing knots, and that blog post is linked to my hunting blog about hunting for food in the wild, and that blog is linked to how to survive in the wild..is this "manipulating"?

Palm Desert restricted them as well.

SE east of the river is largely a food desert.

In a desert of deal flow in a frothy market cycle?

In CA, you have the ocean on one side and the mountains/desert on the other. 

Roof materials: I know in Phoenix, buyers like tile roofing best because they last 30 - 40 years in the dry desert climate and investors don't typically have to worry about factoring in repair costs for a home with tile roofing (if it's relatively new).

      It's used  fair bit at residential homes here in the desert. 

It is in Mojave desert and the pitch was that LAX (Los Angeles airport) will eventually be moved there.