Lower property taxes, affordable housing compared to LA (CA buyers are usually cash buyers because what they net from their smaller home in CA can get them a bigger home here, often covered by what they net from their CA sale), allergies (smog), and politics. 

Hey Paul, I've done a few of these with buyers moving money from California to the Detroit market. 

I live in California but am looking to invest in Texas, Alabama.  

I'll be moving from California and only making a 50k  salary, but this job will cover housing and utilities.

I’ve owned different residential homes in California, both sold off market and for over asking.

I've been lucky so far in Northern California.

., CA) have annual franchise taxes ($800+), while others have lower or no renewal fees.

Metro ONLY, (not in Dubuque Iowa or Merced CA or Athens GA or Toledo OH) Just D.C.

A licensed agent with the California Association of Realtors does have access..

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego