JT generally comes alive with out-of-towners during the Joshua Tree Music Festival which is this weekend this year and ramps up into the Winter and Spring. 

I have an uncle who is an astute investor (CCIM), and he uses 1031's religiously.  

@Damaso BautistaYou do something that my wife and I do, almost as a fervent religious practice...live below your means. 

I was wondering about Indio as well since the big festivals are there, but would it book otherwise I wonder? 

One of the nice things about math is it doesn't have to bend to any particular persuasion - liberal or conservative, religious or not, male or female, any dichotomy you want to come up with, math stays the same.