He rented it to a family of 4, Vietnamese refugees.

Now a days, you're more often hearing people complaining about Bay Area housing refugees than you are to hear people striving to move to the coast.

They were Vietnamese refugees who made it into 6 bedrooms, with two bunkbeds to a room, and rented out by the bed.

I personally hadn't given it much thought, but I did after talking to Katrina refugees who were landlords in New Orleans.

I think Oak Park is taking in a lot of refugees from the great Midtown rent increase of 2015.

None of that is accounting for the 20,000 Bay Area refugees coming into Sacramento annually.

This is a bit facetious, but I like to consider the Twin Cities an ultra-long-term investment in that it's a healthy, active population with a terrific quality of life that will be a very attractive relocation target to potential climate change refugees relocating from the coasts and the south in 50-100 years.

A refugee who started with Zero English, zero money, zero family network, and zero REI background.

Refugees have to have an I-94 form stamped upon entry into the country before they file for a social security number. 

And that's how I became a real estate convert (and a stock market refugee who now only invests in professionally managed, low-fee index funds).I've recently moved to Tampa, FL and have been researching and watching the real estate market closely.