Something that will help shed some light on this is reading Garrett Sutton's book "Start Your Own Corporation" as well as Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad's Guide to Investing".  

@Adam ShaThe only person that can properly answer this question is someone that analyses markets on a national level or someone that invests in all 3 of these markets.The answers you're going to get from everyone on this forum that falls outside of the above is going to simply tell you their market is the best market. 

I'm evaluating a property near Yosemite National Park in California that currently sits on a 40 acre parcel.

You may need a National title company like Fidelity or Pioneer.

To clarify, I wasn't saying that hard money is for suckers, I was asking - but the forum wouldn't let me put a question mark in the post title for some reason. to add to Jeff's point about if you have a problem.. this is a real case with one of my clients who left me for the bigger national lender who was cheaper than us..

Average housing price in Detroit is still really low compared to the national average and Detroit's appreciation over the last few years has been good and trending well. 

If any of you are still looking, the National Creditors Bar Association (NARCA) has a law firm directory search.

They also told me that their eviction rate or vacancy rate (can’t remember which one) is the lowest in the nation.

Do I just have a bad home warranty company (Fidelity National) or is this just the reality for STRs?

Our group works with many investors nationally.