Many of the new transplants are younger with lower wages.

Hey BP...I'm considered what they call a transplant here in AZ.

The weather is perfect in the mountains where I live.  Real

I found biggerpockets through J Scott's website and am really impressed with all the information here as well as the podcasts (just started show 30).I've been involved in rentals since I was a kid (my family owned a number of student rentals properties) and the first house my wife and I bought was a triplex so we were lucky enough to live rent free until we started our family and needed something a little bigger.  

Congrats @Joe Manfredi We get a lot of transplants from the east coast in Arizona, its great here in the winters and if you like the heat, well its fun here also in the summer.

Do you want them to live rent free??

I'm a McLean native, transplanted to Chicago 13 years ago.My first and most important criteria in investing is whether I'd spend the night in the neighborhood.

We got a pretty amazing deal as we essentially live rent free.

They might think the land is valuable to a rebuild investor, or hope that transplants from California will justify the price tag/repair value because it's cheaper than what they're used to seeing. 

And now you live rent free. :)If you absolutely cannot stand roommates do the same thing as above but by a duplex, triplex, or fourplex.