The pension issue in CA is a big thing too .One recent article on that:http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/30/steve-westly...I am a CA native and there are many great things about the state, but I am pretty worried about how things are going in CA.

The running joke among my [also native] friends is that if you leave, you may not be able to afford to come back, so you might as well stick out until you can really establish roots.

I am a security officer, musician and real estate investor here in Calgary, Alberta Canada and just waiting for my security licence so I can get back to work in 3 more weeks but before that I hope I get my first deal ASAP.Blessings, Rain Pecson  Real Estate Investor

Finally, he is a native of the area we invest in having lived there nearly 30 years.  

I’m a fellow Bay Area native (San Jose) and just starting out.

I'm a native Toledoan and welcome Toledo neighborhood questions. 

I am getting tempted to buy one of these T-***** that reads "Don't CA my AZ".If you are a CA liberal please remember that everyone in AZ carries at least one gun, the exterminator will come back every day until the scorpions are gone from your house (allow 2-3 months), and we are native habituate for rattle snakes.If you are a conservative, houses are half the price and twice the size and a good shoe beats the occasional scorpion every time.

Big issue is, the cabin sits on land leased from a local Native American tribe.

Los Angeles agent and San Diego native here... tooting my own hornThere will be great opportunities in other markets that see great demographic trends (Boise, SLC, Phoenix), but places like Southern California will always attract top talent.

I think it’s funny being a native to Colorado and I am one of the worst skiers I know, but we all got to start some where right?