I feel that if I were the homeowner and I was most comfortable communicating in Spanish and I got a piece of mail in my native language and one in English, I might choose to call on the Spanish letter or postcard.I am wondering if anyone has used the "Language" or "Ethnicity" query on list source and how reliable the results are? 

one of the area I will look to invest in the future, being a Louisiana native!

Matthew,I'm a San Diego native so have endured many waves.

I am a Boston, MA native but am currently living in San Diego, CA (El Cajon more specifically).

Devin, is an REALTOR® and native to The Greater Palm Springs area.

All the PROs and CONs I listed still apply.Another alternative is to find a market that you have some innate advantage in - where you grew up, where you have friends, where your native language is spoken, whatever - and buy a place that doesn't need much/any renovation, then hire a property manager.  

I am a fellow San Diegan (not a native though lol) so I look forward to see how you make out!

Always great to have a fellow NJ native here!

I'm a Columbus native ready to get into real estate investing with a focus on buy and rent investments.

At best, we could envision some dystopian future wherein mostly abandoned neighborhoods in places like Detroit are reclaimed en masse, ownership rights of the natives disregarded (queue claims of Eminent Domain), and then the area is opened up for re-enclosure, but I see that as unlikely because (I like to think, at least) we're done with the whole "rights of the natives disregarded" thing.This wikipedia article focuses on enclosure in what we now know as the UK, but the phenomenon happened at some point in the history of most countries.