Sometimes NN can be okay in  warm belt state if only limited to 1 or 2 items and the state has pretty minor weather patterns and fluctuations.Additionally many investors look at some of these states as anti-business friendly so do not want to invest there versus pro-business states.

Now they "mistakenly" took out money twice since the beginning of the year, and refunded back in one case without me calling and another case I had to call, but the concept of them having access to my bank account for withdrawals is just anti-business.How do you guys deal with this?

After the moisture problem is fixed, a mold remediation company can essentially clean the joists to remove the surface mold and then spray with an anti microbial solution to help prevent it from coming back.

Most members here are "anti-guru" but I started off with Fortune Builders years ago and it was a great start.

remember Biggerpockets people to get out and vote there some local elections in Los Angeles orange county Long Beach and then more coming up soon protect your rights economy that supports your financial freedom and your communities  California and some of the East and West Coast states have become to anti-investor which will result in declines we want to start pushing for more investor friendly and landlord friendly politics It starts on a local level

I just wanted to update this thread with what happened after I completed the purchase of the SFH.It turns out AZ passed something of an "anti-squatter" law a few years ago.  

Flood insurance rates are likly to go up and people are going to migrate out of the most exposed ares.I like your anti-cyclical thinking, but I would think twice about this "opportunity". 

If that property was moved to Plymouth, it would be in the high $600K range and taxes would be about $12,000 vs the $3,490 in China.With the incredibly anti-landlord regulations in Massachusetts, I'd never consider owning rentals in Mass. 

Anti-Predatory Lending: Title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Act". 

This is a different sort of  "hardening", but today in a unit I'm renovating I changed the ugly Segal vertical deadbolt to a standard cylindrical deadbolt, but with the addition of a steel plate "anti-kick-in" plate buried under the inside casing with 4" screws into the jamb.