For style, shaker, raised panel, and for ultra modern, flat panel.Granite colors - so many to choose from, it all depends on what your paint, flooring, and cabinet colors are.

But I often read of people boasting about "getting something for nothing" and it always rubs me wrong. 

The only other such person are ultra-liberals like Paul Kurgman, but I think his agenda is to have the government fall so we can all be fellow comrades.

No doubt, the majority of these posts are written with good intentions but we all make mistakes (including me) so as the old axiom says, “trust but verify.”Be especially careful of undaunted advice and knowledge spewed by people who boast their credentials via “personal testimony,” because that is just what it is... personal testimony.

I can't promise that I'll be able to publish any conculusions - BUT, I will point out some very public data about the site, and let you draw some conclusions on it:The "New Member Introductions" tab has less than 15,000 topics.BiggerPockets boasts over 218,000 members on its homepage.One may infer that under 7% of members have introduced themselves in that forum.What does that tell us about the success rate of that 7%?  

California the added risks would be dealing with the crazy landlord tenant laws might dissuade me a bit but renting property in those ultra Blue areas dissuades me and many others in general, lol.One time we had two tenants in a single family home.

I could however as you say ,put effort in taking a test rather than boasting a guru, but that's not a viable option for most people and for me.

These homes boast so much history, that we fall in love with that, but the "integrity" and the cost to maintain that, may outweigh the lower cost.

I felt extremely prepared as I had a sold foundation of knowledge (much to the thanks of many posters on this board) and I've read numerous times about the importance of these meetings.This REIA boasted a reputation as the states largest and most accomplished organization that has transcended the boundaries of other organizations (a paraphrase).

But the type of berber (ultra tight loop super high quality) would show the seams plain as day.