Roots are very much alive.

2) Given the root causes of the great recession, many regulations and safeguards were put into place in hopes of lowering the likelihood of such a crash happening again. 

I am young and new to this but very hungry to learn and with a deeply rooted entrepreneurial spirit.

@Bastian KneuseI have had a nightmare system that leach field was COMPLETELY blocked by roots, etc, and didn’t know until 2 months after renovations completed and tenant placed, and thousands of dollars replacing the drain field pipes later...

It's a great place to lay down some roots if you are a large company like Carrier....

Compared to OKC, it will be a bit of a shellshock.I recommend sticking to your roots in Oklahoma and eschewing investing in Bay Area for now, unless you are willing to swing around some serious capital on flipping.

Acquisition is the root of real estate investing - if you can master the systems and processes around that you will have a skill that can be translated to bigger and bigger deals.I'd advise against developing on your own at first - if you find a partner that is knowledgable then go for it.Syndications can be great, they also can be horrible.

See if you can find a root cause and then fix the problem.Maybe they are advertising on more places?

Roots cost of living here has been mitigatedWhat is your full time income producing job?                       

I think the real root of this is actively communicating with the tenants.