A final choice would be to rent the primary in a few months, reside in a rental for several years, sell the primary, and purchase another SFH for rental and a SFH residence as a new primary.Is this a viable place to begin investing?

In fact, you’d have no choice but to claim material participation because that is exactly how the regulations read and require. 

I had it prior but had to make a career choice about 5 years ago when I was working for a dealership because it was too time consuming to keep it open. 

When people don’t have the optionality of another remote work job, they are going to have no choice

Most of the deals I've done, and likely the ones I'll will do in the future, have been funded by HNW investors, by choice. 

I am fairly confident in my choice of the syndication and just need someone to go over the numbers to confirm my understanding of the exit strategy when time comes

Moot point then.But in response to your original question, no, I would not even consider climate in my choices for where to buy rentals or investment properties.

Buyers now have more choices, and that means power is in their hands!

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The right choice not only depends on the property, but the investor as well.