Not a native, but I can share any insights here afterward.

It sounds like you may already have the ability to setup a good team in your native Midwest areas...any thought to investing out of state?

My wife and I are both travel nurses and Texas natives looking to turn our lives toward the real estate path. 

Of that, 85 were designated opportunity zones in April.Statewide, Arizona has 168 opportunity zones.The program allowed each state governor to nominate 25% of the qualifying areas as zones.Neidorf said to choose the zones, Arizona cities, counties and Native American communities were asked to nominate 25% of their qualifying tracts, to keep the process fair and proportional."

However, I suggest that you don’t react to anything yet unless you hear his rationale for his buy-out calculation.

Are there any venomous snake native to the area that could find their way into the house one night?

A bit about me: I am a Florida native, born in Clearwater.

I imagine that the Boston market will react to them very similarly to how the DC market does in that here they are a hindrance to the sales process.

I feel strongly that renewable energy is the key to our continued success and prosperity as a species, so it's true that I react strongly when people make statements that might dissuade other people from moving in that direction, especially if those statements may not be backed up by solid research. 

Speaking as a native Mississippian, people who are looking for a beach vacation go to Gulf Shores or the FL panhandle where the beaches are much nicer.