I'd love to buy up some land in the Christmas or Santiago Mountains, but I love hunting for and photographing rare snakes so that's sort of a niche use haha.The Chihuahuan desert and western mountains of Texas are no joke, it is some of the most remote, unpopulated, water-starved, but breathtakingly beautiful country in the entire US.Just FYI it's not that west Texans dislike solar or wind farms... we love money!

It's the sort of market that passes every metric or test when you start doing research, though. 

Most "cash buyers" actually use some sort of financing. 

starting so new, you will not be on the top of many lists as you dont have reviews that will help push you up. as you have probably seen, even with a competitive rate, Airbnb doesnt let you sort searches by price.

I sort of believed that RE would always have plenty of opportunities.  

There is a meetup in the South Bay that happens each month so maybe that's sort of like a REIA, but it's definitely not a place to learn how to flip or be coached. 

My post above regarding Catskill, NY and designating a host sort of ties to your idea however in this case I don’t think it would work.

With permit, benefits are 1) get depreciation and other tax write off benefits since it’s a permitted investment purpose ADU, 2) probably better for resell value, 3) have a separate address and don’t have to bother sorting out mails for our legal tenant, etc. without permit; benefits are 1) no hassle to get the permit, 2) no permit fees, 3) no tax on rental income (as it is more like a “roommate”)Has anyone gone through a similar situation before?

What sort of hiring criteria do you evaluate in the firm performing the study?

., all sort itself out.