One major factor that compensates for the difference in climate would be the low cost of living and the low stress life style.

It's more precise, keeps costs down, climate controlled enviornment all year means no lost days due to weather etc.

@Brian Foster - I think what many of us are saying is not that the maps should be discounted, just with the way climate change is impacting our world, we need to be even more conservative than the maps are suggesting.  

I am currently looking at 2-3 units in North Jersey and don't think that is an easy ask in that market in the current climate.

In today's climate I know many value-add investors are avoiding bridge loans and seeking longer-term, fixed debt.

Those spaces were put there to help control the house climate.

Is it a ridiculous idea to think about this for a buy-and-hold for a 5 year period, with the hope to exit before climate change becomes a major issue?

That area is one that has occurred to me that appeals for personal reasons (distance, location, climate), and it appears much cheaper to purchase than the ski towns I looked at in Colorado.

With the climate of 2008, it doesn't take a brain surgeon on this one.

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