So I dont really see anything thats changed culturally in that aspect.

Buy the best not a cheap 'Chinese' one.

Of the two guys who ran it, one is a haole who grew up getting thrown off ships as a cast member at the Polynesian Cultural Center (he can explain it funnier than I can) and who is a CPA and Attorney and very smart.

I love teaching and loved my building/ school culture.

The response I got was (note I am the broker and the buyer on this property), you are getting a 40k commission on this property, the seller rejects your repair addendum.In all of my experience, having bought and sold about 20 fourplexes and 50 single family homes, I haven’t had seller straight reject a repair addendum and especially not one in this condition.One item of note is that the seller is either from China or is a Chinese-American.  

So, right after 2007 the bottom fell out and it was really bad for what felt like forever, but within a decade the market so thoroughly "healed" that it was well above the pre-collapse heights.In the words of some ancient Chinese proverb, or @Brandon Turner, "the best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago. 

I think the culture there is a bit more welcoming for RE investors there, too.

I've seen a post on a social media platform with a company culture slogan that expresses "don't be a dick"; the truth of the post can be argued but the sentiment is true, personally as well as professionally :-)

This article and Brandon Turner would argue yes.https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-very-serious-cultural-study-on-beards-and-which-dudes-look-hotter-with-them?

@Jared Stoneman One to think about when considering a move to Colorado is all the little micro cultures.