We are all physicians but in a field that is considered "lower compensated" in medicine (Pediatrics) so it is hard to come up with some of these larger minimums, and some are not as interested in having such a higher portion of their investments dedicated to real estate, but still want the diversification. 

On houses that have small yards I have done artificial(but real looking, they've come a long way) grass.

Like I said there is genuine intent to move, but without them publishing an extenuating circumstances list it could be hard to make the decision to say "oh jeeze I want to trap myself here for a year, unable to help members of my family who are struggling with rent" or "aw man my mom needs help with her medicine but HUD told me no" if taking in an additional family member is not a valid reason to move out of a homepath/HUD property.

I always wondered who the people were who are buying properties at these artificially inflated prices.

Until you have physicians begin to change the way medicine is practiced (by force or voluntarily, likely by force), costs will continue to escalate.

Appreciation in BR over the past two years is a little tricky because property values (especially for those that did not flood) were artificially inflated for at least a year or two after the flood of 2016. 

But I don't want to go to a doctor until I know what I'm sick with, and what the right medicine is.

If your builder does a poor job or doesn't finish the job, your lots are worth significantly less 10-15% of what you paid versus 80-90% of say a multi-family.I would argue that the CA housing shortage is an artificial creation posed by city code and development restrictions, environmental, etc.

They don't want you to do anything that artificially increases the value of your IRA. 

I hope to one day transition out of medicine and into real estate full time.