Anytime you deal with scarce resources you are confronted with opportunity costs.

I have decided that if another confrontational post pops up in this thread, I'll just stop answering .

But as much as we love California and all of its amenities, living here isn't in alignment with our financial goals and it's time for us to leave.And now we're confronting the decision on where to move, and where in the country would best serve our financial goals of reducing our personal living expenses and present the most opportunity for acquiring and operating income property.   

Josh, you have done well in simply confronting posters if they are affiliated with some company.

AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO A TRADITIONAL REALTOR SALE.I confronted them on a public post of Opendoor on Facebook, you can see for yourself how it went below(after my question about them charging 19% they stopped responding): HERE IS THE ORIGINAL POST

Tell them what you think is accurate so you get the most accurate quote for a rate and cost.I also think the advice from Tim is a bit over the top so no wonder it's confrontational. 

They were very confrontational with my neighbors adult son and it almost resulted in a fist fight.

I've caught a couple of these guys in what I would summarize as a bold-faced lie as well. when confronted I've never heard from them further either (wonder why).All said, I do think that many good assets are going to come back to the market once times get tough... many newbies are simply over-paying, and using investors money to do so!

When I am in the city, I am confronted by all the latest fads, cars, fashions, eateries, etc.  

I mean, you're super confrontational with replies, but my two cents is a good realtor will get you the deal and save you money. in my market those AVMs you say are "accurate" have about 8000 data points across the state.