"I feel like I'm actually doing something rather than watching others people do it"   what a crazy culture our kids our growing up in...I'm sure you will get pounded with great non-profits to give money to,  but seriously consider investing in children's lives through camp.  

It's not just a more laid back rural lifestyle, a lot of these cities are hip college towns with plenty of culture etc.

People get to live their lives, even people who rent.Some of this may be cultural, I suppose.  

During the height of the drug era, the fires were becoming more culturally destructive in that it was used to justify arson against homes that were known to house and deal crack cocaine.

Most of the designs in that article are way too contemporary for the areas in which we rehab and flip.  

These areas have a subset of renters with a completely different culture and standard.

Wendy's idea of see-thru display shelving would look cool from the lower level, but will be mostly at floor level up top.Have a talented architect, designer, or stair-builder design a creative, contemporary balustrade and railing that wraps around down the steps, with a newel post at the bottom.

I think you'll find that Reno is actually topographically a lot like Salt Lake City; they've always reminded me of each other in form and structure... not so much in culture though. :)Do you have a specific type of multi-family property you are seeking (size, area, demographic niche)?

Property taxes are a tool to redistribute some of the wealth invested in premium real estate, but tax rules vary widely around the world.Opportunity KnocksYet for all their problems, cities are hot spots of economic development and cultural enrichment.

I'm obsessed with the podcasts at the moment and so impressed with the information and peer guidance culture of Bigger Pockets.