There is so much going on here culturally for the size of the town.

To get there from here we drive up Gay/Flat Shoals Rd.As culture changes, ordinary words take on different meanings and that sometimes impacts their acceptance.

Talk about culture shock, LOL....You're not that far away from Oz, why not go there and see how life might be?

It depends on the price point, but I'm going to assume that you are flipping an average house with shaker style cabinets in your market instead of a luxury home with modern flat panel European style cabinets.I'm not sure if this is available in your market, but we buy from local Chinese Building supply stores.

Sadly it’s tough to make strong returns with STR in the northern half of the US.I tend to buy in the Southern half of the US for 2 reasons:1) you get much higher year-round occupancy rates in the South & it’s simply tough to earn a good ROI in the North if your place sits vacant for a big chunk of the year2) Culturally, the Southern half of the US seems to be a lot more accepting of STRs regulation-wise.

Maybe the Chinese "Cultural" Revolution or the Khmer Rouge would be notable in terms of putting people to death, but these were largely internal convulsions.

The passion, attitude, and culture of Think makes the difference though! 

My general question to all bigger pockets members is as follows: If the bad publicity created by movies such as “San Andreas” and stigmas produced in our culture about the San Andreas fault/1989 Loma Prieta earthquake do not reduce the prices of California real estate currently, how should investors, homeowners, etc. in Oregon, Washington and California feel about the Juan de Fuca plate/the Cascadia Fault expected earthquake to be the big one?

Try a Chinese bank, they are very easy on their terms.Usually are asset based and with very terms, like 60% LTV, 0.25 points, and about 4-5% yearly rate.Try Cathay Bank or so.

Those immigration programs were also interesting to the Chinese prior because of the additional freedoms that came with a Canadian passport - to have more children, easier to obtain visas for travel/business, Canadian pensions, great healthcare etc.