Zoning - Vancouver city council is an interesting beast; they'll allow huge condo developments on some areas, but are very strict in others - overall it's a big artificial constraint on development with very high fees (that then get passed to the consumers) - but that's not much different than many other cities.5.

I will be staying in the city for 4-5 more years to complete a residency and then I would like to move back to South Florida.I enjoy practicing medicine very much but I have been interested in RE investing ever since I picked up some Robert Kiyosaki books in early high school.

After a couple years of getting settled back in the real estate game, I plan to go full-court press, with a goal to get out of medicine by the time I'm 45 and only working when I want and doing medical missions (I'm 33 now).

I believe the home prices in Philly are artificially inflated right now because of said competition. 

I hope he gets a bit of his own medicine. 

In doing so, I see people create what I believe to artificial barriers to investing here.

(For perspective The Baylor School of Medicine in Houston is ranked #18 nationally and the in-state tuition is only $15,000/year!)

Heck, if someone was looking for artificial high cash flow one could look at junkers under $50k with rents of $875+ in Ohio where all the companies are offering every guarantee under the moon !!!

Ultimately my goal is to be financially independent from medicine so that I can practice as much or as little as I want.

My plan was to redo the backyard with nice pavers and artificial turf so this problem may actually help on my covers!