Love how like-minded people come together.

I warn people over and over and over to know what they are buying and to go personally see what they are buying. 

That would bypass many city/state regulations that force landlords to rent to people here illegally. 

Having people write Spark Investment checks for $25K, $50K, $100K and more.

New realtors, new realty companies, new PMs aren't going to have those established relationships and *no* PMs give up the names of their people to anyone else because getting good people is difficult. 

But for people thinking about diving in now, what’s the point?

My immediate area, 5200 people, has 3 outdoor self storage and 1 new climate controlled.

People are not choosing the cheapest housing available.

People even do this in Vancouver though it must be extremely challenging.  

Another thing, the threads move down the forums rather quickly because it's so busy, so the odds of your post being seen for long by very many people is minimal.