This isn't going to be an isolated incident, this is going to be massive!

All of the things you're saying were contributing factors to the downturn, were definitely not just isolated to Cali, so I would imagine affected everywhere else too.... but in this article, it's citing 18 year cycles from peak to peak in the real estate market.... 

There's also a condo building downtown that is kinda isolated, and you can find units there listed at around 30k.

My favorite areas are always the most isolated.

It's not a challenge that is isolated to robo advisors...full service advisors often do not factor in your full savings portfolio. 

@Silas Barker, @Michael Mendez is right, the high crime areas in Lubbock are pretty isolated from the areas that most investors want to focus.

This helps to isolate your risk analysis.

However, in my case it is in my best interest to isolate my real estate assets from my career portfolio.

He probably spent 1 hr trying to isolate issue, cut out 2 ft x 2 ft area, repaired the stack, redrywalled, finished and painted.

its isolated I used to fly in there the airport is super cool.. but some really good values there not sure how STR would work.. but lots of bang for the buck.. will let others comment on South America I suspect some good values I have seen developments in Brazil for instance but foreign ownership other than Canada scares me personally..