With the north entrance to the national park along and the solitude visitors come to the desert for, we think 29 Palms has real potential.Hoping this forum will provide us with both perspectives in support of a profitable venture in 29 Palms or any cautionary tales and/or general words of wisdom for those who have experience in the area. 

I am new to real estate although I own my home in Palm Springs CA, I also have a home in the High Desert area of CA.

Obviously the main concern here is getting involved into a large loan, jobs drying out, and my park becoming a deserted island. 

My friends & I used to go out to the desert camping all the time back in the day.

So I am thinking the affordable parts of CA (Palm Desert, Palmdale, etc) may be a good choice.

East Nashville is soo hot it's a desert.

A lot of these properties will be vacant land in the desert, most will not be worth the time. 

(No, not rentals, we'll get to that - these are NICE houses sitting there empty and furnished in case he wants to go to the beach, the suburb, the desert or downtown San Fran.)

However from my experience at the community I manage, this summer has been extremely busy and I've been told by several prospects that they can't find an apartment anywhere in Palm Desert (which is specifically where I live and work).

No state income tax.3. property tax's some of the lowest in the country.4. quality of construction most homes are built with stucco and tile roofs and desert landscape compared to much of the mid west rust belt were its very common to be looking at houses that are 50 to 100 plus years old. and yards grow fast  snow sleet ice all take more wear and tear on your units.we do a lot in most of the mid west rust belt states. the prime motivation is price point and rent to price ratio for those aspects they are the best.